صحيح البخاري

Hadith 7537

Book 98: The Book of Tauhtd (Islamic Monotheism)

كِتَاب التَّوْحِيدِ

Chapter 50

(50) Chapter. What the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) mentioned and narrated of his Lord’s Sayings.

50- بَابُ ذِكْرِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَرِوَايَتِهِ عَنْ رَبِّهِ:

English narration

Narrated by أنس بن مالك الأنصاري

Perhaps the Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned the following (as Allah's Saying) "If My slave comes nearer to Me for a span, I go nearer to him for a cubit; and if he comes nearer to Me for a cubit; I go nearer to him for the span of outstretched arms. (See Hadith No. 502)

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى ، عَنْ التَّيْمِيِّ ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : رُبَّمَا ذَكَرَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : "

إِذَا تَقَرَّبَ الْعَبْدُ مِنِّي شِبْرًا تَقَرَّبْتُ مِنْهُ ذِرَاعًا ، وَإِذَا تَقَرَّبَ مِنِّي ذِرَاعًا تَقَرَّبْتُ مِنْهُ بَاعًا ، أَوْ بُوعًا

" ، وَقَالَ مُعْتَمِرٌ ، سَمِعْتُ أَبِي ، سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَرْوِيهِ ، عَنْ رَبِّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ .

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 7537In-book: Book 98, Hadith 7537

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