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THE BEST PERSON

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“Someone asked the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, ‘Who is the best man?’ He answered: ‘A believer who strives in the Cause of Allah with his self and his property.’ The man asked, ‘And after him?’ He replied, ‘One who withdraws into a narrow valley and worships his Lord.’"

He added:

‘”One who is mindful of one's duty to Allah and safeguards people against his own mischief.”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Sa'id Khudri who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, was asked this.