Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was asked about the best of deeds. He observed: Belief in Allah. He (the inquirer) said: What next? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Jihad (struggle to the utmost) in the cause of Allah. He (the inquirer) again said: What next? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Pilgrimage accepted into the grace of the Lord. In the. tradition narrated on the authority of Muhammad bin Ja'far (the words are) that he (the Holy Prophet) said: Belief in Allah and His Messenger. Muhammad bin Rafi and 'Abd bin Humaid, 'Abdur-Razzaq and Ma'mar and Zuhri have narrated a hadith like this on the authority of the same chain of transmitters.

Muhammad bin Abu Rafi' narrated the hadith on the authority of Abu Dharr (RA) with a slight difference.