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Sahih Muslim 1913aصحيح مسلم 1913a
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ بَهْرَامَ الدَّارِمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ - عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ مُوسَى، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ، عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ السَّمِطِ، عَنْ سَلْمَانَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صِيَامِ شَهْرٍ وَقِيَامِهِ وَإِنْ مَاتَ جَرَى عَلَيْهِ عَمَلُهُ الَّذِي كَانَ يَعْمَلُهُ وَأُجْرِيَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقُهُ وَأَمِنَ الْفَتَّانَ " .
It has been narrated on the authority of Salman who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Keeping watch for a day and a night is better (in point of reward) than fasting for a whole month and standing in prayer every night. If a person dies (while, performing this duty), his (meritorious) activity will continue and he will go on receiving his reward for it perpetually and will be saved from the torture of the grave.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن ← هشام بن عبد الملك ← الليث بن سعد ← أيوب بن موسى بن عمرو ← مكحول بن أبي مسلم ← شرحبيل بن السمط بن الأسود ← سلمان
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Rahman → Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik → Al-Layth ibn Sa'd → Ayyub ibn Musa ibn Amr → Makhul ibn Abi Muslim → Shurahbil ibn al-Simt ibn al-Aswad → Salman