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(3). 3234. Ibn 'Abbās narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "My Lord, Blessed is He and Most High, came to me in the best of appearances. So he said: 'O Muḥammad!' I said: 'Here I am O my Lord! And I am at Your service.' He said: 'What is it that the most exalted group busy themselves with?' I said: '[Lord] I do not know.' So He placed His Hand between my shoulders, until I sensed its coolness between my breast, so I knew what was in between the east and the west. He said: 'O Muḥammad!' I said: 'Here I am O my Lord! And I am at Your service.' He said: 'What is it that the most exalted group busy themselves with?' I said: 'In the acts that raise ranks and the acts that atone, and in recording the footsteps to the congregation, Isbāgh Al-Wudū' in difficulties, and awaiting the Ṣalāt after the Ṣalāt. And whoever preserves them, he shall live in goodness and die upon goodness, and his sins shall be like that on the day upon which his mother bore him.” (Hasan) [Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb from this route. He said: There are narrations on this topic from Mu‘ādḥ bin Jabal, and ‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin ‘Ā‘ish from the Prophet ﷺ. And this Hadīth has been reported in its entirety from Mu‘ādḥ bin Jabal from the Prophet ﷺ, and he (ﷺ) said: “I dozed off and fell deep asleep, then I saw my Lord in the best of appearances. He said: ‘What is it that the most exalted group busy themselves with?’”