حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ شُيُوخِ مِصْرَ ، أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ :" الْقُرْآنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ "

Abdullah bin Saleh told us, Yahya bin Ayyub told us, on the authority of Ubayd Allah bin Abi Jaafar, on the authority of a man from the sheikhs of Egypt, that He told him, on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, on the authority of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, that he said: “The Qur’an is more beloved to God than the heavens and the earth.” And who is among them?