634 - وَ سَأَلَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنْ أَفْضَلِ مَا يَتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ اَلْعِبَادُ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ وَ أَحَبِّ ذَلِكَ إِلَى اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَا هُوَ فَقَالَ «مَا أَعْلَمُ شَيْئاً بَعْدَ اَلْمَعْرِفَةِ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ هَذِهِ اَلصَّلاَةِ أَ لاَ تَرَى أَنَّ اَلْعَبْدَ اَلصَّالِحَ عِيسَى اِبْنَ مَرْيَمَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ «وَ أَوْصٰانِي بِالصَّلاٰةِ ».
Hadith.634 - Muawiya ibn Wahb asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq 
about the best means by which the servants can draw closer to their Lord (azj) and what is most beloved to Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic.
Imam replied: "I do not know of anything, after knowledge (of Allah (swt)), that is better than this prayer. Do you not see that the righteous servant, Jesus, son of Mary , said:
'And He has enjoined upon me prayer' (Surah Maryam 19:31)?".
