عَنْهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ قَالَ:
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قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَقَالَ أَنْ تَحْمَدَهُ.
Read English translationHide English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn
2. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Ali ibn al-Husayn from Sayf ibn ‘Amirah from Muhammad ibn Marwan who has said the following: “Once I asked Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) ‘What deed is the most beloved to Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy?’ The Imam said, ‘It is your deed of praising Him.’”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.
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1- مجهولAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/145)