Abu Dharr reported,

There are three whom Allah loves.A man who comes to a people and asks them by Allah, not by any kinship between him and them, and they refuse him, so one man stays back behind them and gives to him secretly, with none knowing of his gift except Allah and the one who received it.And a people who travel through the night until, when sleep becomes more beloved to them than anything that could be weighed against it, they dismount and lay down their heads, but one man rises to beseech Me devotedly and recite My verses.And a man who is in a military expedition, and they meet the enemy and are routed, but he turns his chest forward until he is either killed or granted victory.

أخبرنا محمد بن المثنى قال حدثنا محمد قال حدثنا شعبة عن منصور قال سمعت ربعيا عن زيد بن ظبيان رفعه إلى

أبي ذر عن النبي ﷺ قال

ثلاثة يحبهم الله عز وجل رجل أتى قوما فسألهم بالله ولم يسألهم بقرابة بينه وبينهم فمنعوه فتخلفهم رجل بأعقابهم فأعطاه سرا لا يعلم بعطيته إلا الله عز وجل والذي أعطاه وقوم ساروا ليلتهم حتى إذا كان النوم أحب إليهم مما يعدل به نزلوا فوضعوا رءوسهم فقام يتملقني ويتلو آياتي ورجل كان في سرية فلقوا العدو فانهزموا فأقبل بصدره حتى يقتل أو يفتح له