(7) باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الْقَوْمِ يَجْلِسُونَ فَيَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَا لَهُمْ مِنَ الْفَضْلِ .
Abu Sa'eed Al Khudri narrated the:
Mu'awiyah came out to the Masjid and said: "What has caused you to gather for this sitting." They said: "We gathered so that we may remember Allah." He said, "By Allah, nothing caused you to gather for this sitting except for that?" They said, "By Allah, nothing caused us to gather for this sitting except for that." He said: "Indeed, I did not ask you out of suspicion, and there was no one in the position I was from the Messenger of Allah who narrates less Ahadith from him than me. Indeed the Messenger of Allah came out upon a circle of his Companions and said: 'what has caused you to gather for this sitting?' They said: 'We have gathered for this sitting to remember Allah, and praise Him for His having guided us to Islam, and having bestowed blessings upon us.' So he said: 'By Allah, nothing caused you to gather for this sitting except for that?' He said: 'Indeed, I did not ask you out of suspicion, verily Jibra'il came to me and informed me that Allah boasts of you to the angels.'"
Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3379
In-book reference: Book 48, Hadith 10
English translation: Vol. 6, Book 45, Hadith 3379