3-256 Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad narrated that Abul Qasim al-Boqavy quoted Ali - that is Ibn al-Ja’ed, on the authority of Al-Shu’bat, on the authority of Al-Walid ibn al-Ayzar ibn Hareeth, on the authority of Aba Amr al-Sheibany, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Masood, on the authority of the Prophet (MGB)
“Indeed the best deeds in the Opinion of God are praying, kindness and participating in a holy war.”