Syedna Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a man came to me and said: Advise me. I said: The question you have asked me, I had asked the same question to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) before you (and he said): I advise you to fear Allah, for it is the foundation of everything; adhere to Jihad, for it is the monasticism of Islam; and be regular in the remembrance of Allah and the recitation of the Holy Qur’an, for it is a source of mercy for you in the heavens and a source of mention for you on the earth.