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637 — Al-Firyābī also informed us, saying: Abū Kurayb Muhammad ibn al-‘Alā’ narrated to us, saying: Yahyā ibn Ādam narrated to us, saying: Isrā’īl narrated to us, from Abū Ishāq, from Abū ‘Ubayda and Abū al-Kanūd, from ‘Abd Allāh ibn Mas‘ūd, who said: “Allah—Glorious is His Majesty—laughs at two men: a man who rises in the depths of the night while his family are asleep, performs ablution, and then stands to pray—Allah—Glorious is His Majesty—laughs at him; and a man who meets the enemy and whose companions flee, yet he stands firm until Allah grants him martyrdom.”
٦٣٧ - وَأَخْبَرَنَا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ قَالَ: نا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ قَالَ: نا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ: نا إِسْرَائِيلُ , عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ , عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ , وَأَبِي الْكَنُودِ , عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: " يَضْحَكُ اللَّهُ ﷿ إِلَى رَجُلَيْنِ: رَجُلٌ قَامَ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ وَأَهْلُهُ نِيَامٌ , فَتَطَهَّرَ , ثُمَّ قَامَ يُصَلِّي , فَيَضْحَكُ اللَّهُ ﷿ إِلَيْهِ , وَرَجُلٌ لَقِيَ الْعَدُوَّ فَانْهَزَمَ أَصْحَابُهُ , وَثَبَتَ حَتَّى رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ الشَّهَادَةَ "