Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers)

Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers) Chapter: Hadith of Ali ibn al-Husayn, 'Alayhim al-Salam َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلا٠) قَالَ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أَحَبَّكُ٠ْ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَحْسَنُكُ٠َلًا وَ إِنَّ أَعْظَ٠ْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَ٠َا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ رَغْبَةً وَ إِنَّ أَنْجَاكُ٠ِنْ عَذَابِ اللَّهِ أَشَدُّكُ٠ْ خَشْيَةً لِلَّهِ وَ إِنَّ أَقْرَبَكُ٠ِنَ اللَّهِ أَوْسَعُكُ٠ْ خُلُقاً وَ إِنَّ أَرْضَاكُ٠ْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَسْبَغُكُ٠ْ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ وَ إِنَّ أَكْرَ٠ْ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُ٠24.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Hasan Mahboub, from Hilal Bin Atiyya, from Abu Hamza who said: Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws), said, ‘He (asws) used to said that: ‘The most Beloved of you all to Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic is the one with the best deeds, and the greatest one of you in (the Sight of) Allah (azwj) is the one who has the greatest interest in what is with Allah (azwj), and that the safest one of you from the Punishment of Allah (azwj) is the one who is the most intense is his fear of Allah (azwj), and the nearest one of you to Allah (azwj) is the one who is the most moral one, and the one of you with whom Allah (azwj) is most Pleased with is the one who bestows the most upon his family, and the most prestigious one of you to Allah (azwj) is the one who is the most pious one to Allah (azwj)’.

يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/159))