1546 — Isa ibn Ali informed us: Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Aziz informed us; Ali ibn al-Ja'd narrated to us; Shu'bah narrated to us, from al-Walid ibn al-Ayzar, who said: I heard Abu Amr al-Shaybani say: The resident of this house narrated to me—and he pointed to the house of Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud. [Alternative chain]

1547 — Ubayd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Ali informed us; Ahmad ibn Ali ibn al-Ala' narrated to us; Yusuf ibn Musa narrated to us; Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik narrated to us; Shu'bah narrated to us, from al-Walid ibn al-Ayzar, who said: I heard al-Shaybani say, from Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud, who said:

“I asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, ‘Which deeds are most excellent?’ He said, ‘Prayer at its appointed time.’ I asked, ‘Then which?’ He said, ‘Jihad in the path of Allah.’ I did not continue asking the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, out of consideration for him.”

Recorded by al-Bukhari through Hisham, and by Muslim through the narration of Shu'bah.