أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ ، عَنْ الْحَسَنِ ، قَالَ : سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، عَنْ رَجُلَيْنِ كَانَا فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ : أَحَدُهُمَا كَانَ عَالِمًا يُصَلِّي الْمَكْتُوبَةَ، ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ فَيُعَلِّمُ النَّاسَ الْخَيْرَ، وَالْآخَرُ يَصُومُ النَّهَارَ وَيَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ، أَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ؟، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :" فَضْلُ هَذَا الْعَالِمِ الَّذِي يُصَلِّي الْمَكْتُوبَةَ ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ فَيُعَلِّمُ النَّاسَ الْخَيْرَ، عَلَى الْعَابِدِ الَّذِي يَصُومُ النَّهَارَ وَيَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ، كَفَضْلِي عَلَى أَدْنَاكُمْ رَجُلًا "

Abu Al-Mughirah told us, Al-Awza’i told us, on the authority of Al-Hasan, he said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, was asked about two men who were among Bani Israel: One of them was a scholar who prayed the scriptures, then sat and taught the people good, and the other fasted during the day and stayed up at night. Which of the two of them? Better? The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “The virtue of this scholar who prays the obligatory prayers and then sits and teaches people goodness, over “The worshiper who fasts during the day and stays awake at night is like My superiority over the nearest of you in man.”