مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الزهدBook of Asceticism
كلام ابن عباس ﵁Sayings of Ibn Abbas رضي الله عنه
Hadith 37504
٣٧٥٠٤ - حدثنا أبو (الأحوص) (١) عن هارون بن عنترة عن أبيه قال: سألت ابن عباس أي العمل أفضل؟ قال: ذكر اللَّه (أكبر) (٢)، وما جلس قوم في بيت يتعاطون فيه كتاب اللَّه فيما بينهم ويتدارسونه إلا أظلتهم الملائكة بأجنحتها، وكانوا أضياف اللَّه ما داموا فيه حتى يخوضوا في حديث غيره (٣).
It is narrated from Hazrat Antarah that he says: I asked Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them), "Which deed is the best?" He (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: The remembrance of Allah is the greatest deed. No group of people sit together in a house to teach each other the Book of Allah except that the angels shade them with their wings, and as long as they are engaged in this act, they are guests of Allah. This continues until they become occupied with something else.
