Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "Which deed is the best?" He (peace be upon him) said: "To perform the prayer at its proper time." I asked: "Then which one?" He said: "To treat parents with kindness." I asked: "Then which one?" He said: "Jihad in the way of Allah." Then Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: "By Allah! If I had asked further, he would have told me more." I asked: "Which sin is the greatest in the sight of Allah?" He said: "That you associate a partner with Allah, while He created you." I asked: "Then which one?" He said: "That you kill your child out of fear that he will eat with you." I asked: "Then which one?" He said: "That you commit adultery with your neighbor's wife." Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: "We had not sat for long when Allah Almighty revealed this verse in confirmation of it: «وَالَّذِينَلَايَدْعُونَمَعَاللَّهِإِلَٰهًاآخَرَوَلَايَقْتُلُونَالنَّفْسَالَّتِيحَرَّمَاللَّهُإِلَّابِالْحَقِّوَلَايَزْنُونَ» Translation: And those who do not call upon any other god along with Allah, nor kill a soul which Allah has forbidden except by right, nor commit adultery. [الفرقان: 68]"
Hadith Referenceسنن سعید بن منصور / كتاب الجهاد / 3479
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«صحيح، وأخرجه البخاري فى «صحيحه» برقم: 527، 2782، 5970، 7534، ومسلم فى «صحيحه» برقم: 85، 85، وابن خزيمة فى «صحيحه» برقم: 327، وابن حبان فى «صحيحه» برقم: 1474، والنسائي فى «المجتبیٰ» برقم: 609، 610، والنسائي فى «الكبریٰ» برقم: 1593، والترمذي فى «جامعه» برقم: 173، 1898، والدارمي فى «مسنده» برقم: 1261، وسعيد بن منصور فى «سننه» ترقيم الدرالسلفية برقم:، 2302، والدارقطني فى «سننه» برقم: 967، 968، وأحمد فى «مسنده» برقم: 3967، والحميدي فى «مسنده» برقم: 103، وابن أبى شيبة فى «مصنفه» برقم: 3229»