وَحَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ أَبِي مُزَاحِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ، (يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ) عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ
قَالَ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَىُّ الأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ: «إِيمَانٌ بِاللَّهِ». قَالَ ثُمَّ مَاذَا قَالَ: «الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ».
قَالَ ثُمَّ مَاذَا قَالَ: «حَجٌّ مَبْرُورٌ». وَفِي رِوَايَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: «إِيمَانٌ بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ» وَحَدَّثَنِيهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ مِثْلَهُ
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was asked about the best of deeds. He observed: Belief in Allah. He (the inquirer) said: What next? He (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) replied: Jihad (struggle to the utmost) in the cause of Allah.
He (the inquirer) again said: What next? He (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) replied: Pilgrimage accepted into the grace of the Lord. In the. tradition narrated on the authority of Muhammad ibn Jafar (the words are) that he (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) said: Belief in Allah and His Messenger. Muhammad ibn Rafi and Abd ibn Humaid, Abdur-Razzaq and Mamar and Zuhri have narrated a hadith like this on the authority of the same chain of transmitters.