Hadith #345
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ الْأَعْمَشُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَالِحٍ قَالَ
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ حِينَ يَذْكُرُنِي إِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي نَفْسِهِ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي نَفْسِي وَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي مَلَإٍ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي مَلَإٍ خَيْرٍ مِنْهُ وَمَنْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَيَّ شِبْرًا تَقَرَّبْتُ إِلَيْهِ ذِرَاعًا وَمَنْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَيَّ ذِرَاعًا تَقَرَّبْتُ إِلَيْهِ بَاعًا وَمَنْ جَاءَنِي يَمْشِي جِئْتُهُ مُهَرْوِلًا
Isnad Chain
عفان
عبد الواحد
سليمان الأعمش
أبو صالح
English Translation
'Affan narrated to us, he said: 'Abd al-Wahid narrated to us, he said: Sulayman al-A'mash narrated to us, he said: Abu Salih narrated to us, he said: I heard Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه) saying: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah (عز وجل) said: 'I am as My servant thinks of Me, and I am with him when he remembers Me. If he remembers Me in himself, I remember him in Myself. If he remembers Me in a gathering, I remember him in a gathering better than it. Whoever draws near to Me a handspan, I draw near to him an arm's length. Whoever draws near to Me an arm's length, I draw near to him a fathom's length. And whoever comes to Me walking, I come to him running.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 20, Hadith 345
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 8983
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-45373