Hadith #277
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنَا مَعَ عَبْدِي حِينَ يَذْكُرُنِي فَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي نَفْسِهِ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي نَفْسِي وَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي ف
ِي مَلَإٍ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي مَلَإٍ هُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُمْ وَإِنْ اقْتَرَبَ إِلَيَّ شِبْرًا اقْتَرَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ ذِرَاعًا وَإِنْ اقْتَرَبَ إِلَيَّ ذِرَاعًا اقْتَرَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ بَاعًا فَإِنْ أَتَانِي يَمْشِي أَتَيْتُهُ هَرْوَلَةً وَقَالَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ حَيْثُ يَذْكُرُنِي
Isnad Chain
أبو معاوية وابن نمير
شعبة
الأعمش
أبي صالح
أبو هريرة
English Translation
It was narrated from Abu Hurayra (رضي الله عنه) — via Abu Mu'awiya and Ibn Numayr, from Shu'ba, from al-A'mash, from Abu Salih — that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Allah (عز وجل) says: "I am with My servant when he remembers Me. If he remembers Me in himself [privately], I remember him in Myself. If he remembers Me in a gathering, I remember him in a gathering [of those] better than theirs. If he draws near Me by a hand-span, I draw near him by a forearm's length. If he draws near Me by a forearm's length, I draw near him by a full arm-span [ba']. If he comes to Me walking, I come to him at a trot [harwala]."' Ibn Numayr added in his version: '"I am as My servant thinks of Me, and I am with him wherever he remembers Me."'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 17, Hadith 277
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 7115
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-43505