قُلْتُ فَأَيُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَكْمَلُ إِيمَاناً I -ra said...

قُلْتُ فَأَيُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَكْمَلُ إِيمَاناً I -ra said, ‘Which of the Momineen is of most perfect Eman?’ قَالَ أَحْسَنُهُمْ خُلُقاً He -saww said: ‘Their most excellent in manners’.

قُلْتُ وَ أَيُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَفْضَلُ I -ra said, ‘And which of the Momineen is most superior?’ قَالَ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَ يَدِهِ He -saww said: ‘One who greets the Muslims from his tongue and his hands!’ قُلْتُ فَأَيُّ اللَّيْلِ أَفْضَلُ I -ra said: ‘Which of the nights is most superior?’ قَالَ جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الْغَابِرِ He -saww said: ‘Middle of the passing night’.

قُلْتُ فَأَيُّ الصَّلَاةِ أَفْضَلُ I -ra said, ‘Which Salat is the most superior?’ قَالَ طُولُ الْقُنُوتِ He -saww said: ‘Lengthy of Qunout’. قُلْتُ فَأَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ I -ra said, ‘Which charity is most superior?’ قَالَ جُهْدٌ مِنْ مُقِلٍّ إِلَى فَقِيرٍ فِي سِرٍّ He -saww said: ‘Effort from one of little means to a poor one in secret’.

قُلْتُ فَمَا الصَّوْمُ I -ra said, ‘What is the fast?’ قَالَ فَرْضٌ مَجْزِيٌّ وَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَضْعَافٌ كَثِيرَةٌ He -saww said: ‘A Rewarded Imposition, and in the Presence of Allah -azwj there is a many multiple’. قُلْتُ فَأَيُّ الرِّقَابِ أَفْضَلُ I -ra said, ‘Which of the slaves are best?’ قَالَ أَغْلَاهَا ثَمَناً وَ أَنْفَسُهَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِهَا He -saww : ‘Their most expensive in price and their most precious with their people (owners)’.

قُلْتُ فَأَيُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ I -ra said, ‘Which Jihad is the most superior?’ قَالَ مَنْ عُقِرَ جَوَادُهُ وَ أُهَرِيقَ دَمُهُ He -saww said: ‘One who hamstrings his horse and spills its blood (in war to stop it being stolen by the enemy)’. قُلْتُ فَأَيُّ آيَةٍ أَنْزَلَهَا اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ أَعْظَمُ I said, ‘So which Verse Allah -azwj Revealed unto you -saww is mightiest?’ قَالَ آيَةُ الْكُرْسِيِّ He -saww said: ‘Ayat Al Kursi (Verse of the Chair)’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَا السَّمَاوَاتُ السَّبْعُ فِي الْكُرْسِيِّ إِلَّا كَحَلْقَةٍ مُلْقَاةٍ فِي أَرْضِ فَلَاةٍ وَ فَضْلُ الْعَرْشِ عَلَى الْكُرْسِيِّ كَفَضْلِ الْفَلَاةِ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَلْقَةِ Then he -saww said: ‘O Abu Zarr -ra ! The seven skies in the Chair are not except like a ring thrown in a desert land, and merit of Throne over the Chair is like merit of the desert over that ring’. قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَمِ النَّبِيُّونَ I -asws said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww !

How many Prophets -as are there ?’ قَالَ مِائَةُ أَلْفٍ وَ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَ عِشْرُونَ أَلْفَ نَبِيٍّ He -saww said: ‘ One hundred and twenty-four thousand (1,24000) Prophets -as ’.