THE WEIGHT OF MAKING ZIKR (THE REMBRANCE OF ALLAH) H 1472 "Shall I tell you what your best deed is and the purest with your King, which raises your rank to the highest, and is better for you than spending gold and silver, and is even better for you than if you should engaged with the enemy and cut off their necks, and they cut off yours?" The Companions replied, 'Indeed, tell us!' He told them: 'It is the remembrance of Allah, the Exalted.'" R 1472 Tirmidhi with a chain up to Abu Darda' who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this.
1441- وعن أَبي الدرداءِ رضي الله عنه ، قَالَ : قَالَ رسُولُ الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم : "ألا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ أعْمالِكُمْ ، وأزْكَاهَا عِنْدَ مَلِيكِكُمْ ، وأرْفَعِهَا في دَرَجَاتِكُمْ ، وَخَيرٍ لَكُمْ مِنْ إنْفَاقِ الذَّهَبِ والفِضَّةِ ، وَخَيْرٍ لَكُمْ مِنْ أن تَلْقَوا عَدُوَّكُمْ فَتَضْرِبُوا أعْنَاقَهُمْ وَيَضْرِبُوا أعْنَاقَكُمْ ؟" قَالَوا : بَلَى ، قَالَ : "ذِكر الله تَعَالَى" . رواه الترمذي ، قَالَ الحاكم أَبُو عبد الله : "إسناده صحيح" .