Arabic (Original)
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو عُتْبَةَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ ثنا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ خُطْوَتَانِ إِحْدَاهُمَا أَحَبُّ الْخُطَا إِلَى اللهِ ﷻ وَالْأُخْرَى أَبْغَضُ الْخُطَا إِلَى اللهِ فَأَمَّا الْخُطْوَةُ الَّتِي يُحِبُّهَا اللهُ ﷻ فَرَجُلٌ نَظَرَ إِلَى خَلَلٍ فِي الصَّفِّ فَسَدَّهُ وَأَمَّا الَّتِي يُبْغِضُ اللهُ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَقُومَ مَدَّ رِجْلَهُ الْيُمْنَى وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَيْهَا وَأَثْبَتَ الْيُسْرَى ثُمَّ قَامَ
English Translation
Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz informed us, Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub narrated to us, Abu Utbah Ahmad ibn al-Faraj narrated to us, Baqiyyah ibn al-Walid narrated to us, Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us from Khalid ibn Ma'dan from Mu'adh ibn Jabal from the Prophet (peace be upon him) who said: 'Two steps — one of them is the most beloved step to Allah the Exalted, and the other is the most hated. As for the step that Allah the Exalted loves, it is a man who sees a gap in the row and fills it. As for the one Allah hates, it is when a man wants to stand up and extends his right leg, places his hand on it, and keeps the left leg still, then stands up.'