1345 – On the authority of Muʿādh ibn Jabal ﵁ who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared, “No deed performed by the child of Adam brings him greater deliverance from Allah’s punishment than remembering Allah.” Reported by Ibn Abī Shaybah and al-Ṭabarānī with a sound chain of transmission. (1)

Hadith grading
This narration is hasan (fair). Al-Ḥāfiẓ al-ʿIrāqī noted: “Ibn Abī Shaybah recorded it in his Muṣannaf and al-Ṭabarānī transmitted it through the route of Muʿādh with a sound chain.” The present author has likewise classed it as hasan. Al-Haythamī remarked: “Its transmitters are those relied upon in the two Ṣaḥīḥs.”

Vocabulary
– Anjā: from najā, yanjū, najāʾan / najāh, meaning “to be saved or delivered.” Here it indicates that the remembrance of Allah is a means of rescue and salvation from His punishment.