Ibn 'Abbas narrated: "The prophet Muhammad said: 'One should not say that I am better than Jonah Ibn Matta."
Related Quran Ayaaths of this Hadith.
Surah 6 : Ayah 86 Surah 10 : Ayah 98 Surah 10 : Ayah 87 Surah 37 : Ayah 139 Surah 4 : Ayah 163"When a person dies, his works end, except for three: ongoing charity, knowledge that is benefited from, and a righteous child who prays for him."
Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)
"The best of what a man leaves behind are three: a righteous child who supplicates for him, ongoing charity the reward of which reaches him, and knowledge that is acted upon after him."
Sunan Ibn Mājah
"Every day two angels come down from Heaven and one of them says, 'O Allah! Compensate every person who spends in Your Cause,' and the other (angel) says, 'O Allah! Destroy every miser.'"
Sahih Bukhari