The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Our Lord marvels at two men. A man who rises from his bed and blanket, leaving his family and his beloved, to perform his prayer. Our Lord says, 'My angels, look at My servant. He has risen from his bed and his blanket, leaving his beloved and his family, to perform his prayer, out of desire for what is with Me and out of awe of what is with Me.'And a man who fights in the path of Allah
, and his companions are routed. He knows the consequence of fleeing and the reward of returning, so he returns until his blood is shed, out of desire for what is with Me and out of awe of what is with Me. So Allah
says to His angels, 'Look at My servant. He returned out of desire for what is with Me and fear of what is with Me, until his blood was shed.'"
قال رسول الله ﷺ: عجب ربنا عز وجل من رجلين: رجل ثار عن وطائه ولحافه، من بين أهله وحبه إلى صلاته، فيقول ربنا: أيا ملائكتي، انظروا إلى عبدي، ثار من فراشه ووطائه، ومن بين حبه وأهله إلى صلاته، رغبة فيما عندي، وشفقة مما عندي، ورجل غزا في سبيل الله عز وجل، فانهزموا، فعلم ما عليه من الفرار، وما له في الرجوع، فرجع حتى أهريق دمه، رغبة فيما عندي، وشفقة مما عندي، فيقول الله عز وجل لملائكته: انظروا إلى عبدي، رجع رغبة فيما عندي، ورهبة مما عندي، حتى أهريق دمه.
Ahmad narrated it (3949), and Ibn Abu Asim in Sunnah (569), and Ibn Hibban graded it sahih (2557, 2558), and Hakim (2/112), all of them through various routes from Hammad bin Salama, who said, Ata bin Saaib told us, from Mura Hamdani, from Abdullah bin Masud, and he mentioned it.Ata bin Saaib is trustworthy, and a group of scholars affirmed his reliability, except that he became confused in his later years. Hammad bin Salama is among those who heard from him before this confusion set in. Among what this verse is understood to refer to is the night prayer performed in congregation, as stated in the hadith.