حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ حِينَ يَذْكُرُنِي، فَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي نَفْسِهِ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي نَفْسِي، وَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي مَلَأٍ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي مَلَأٍ خَيْرٍ مِنْهُمْ، وَإِنْ اقْتَرَبَ إِلَيَّ شِبْرًا اقْتَرَبْتُ مِنْهُ ذِرَاعًا، وَإِنْ اقْتَرَبَ إِلَيَّ ذِرَاعًا اقْتَرَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ بَاعًا، وَإِنْ أَتَانِي يَمْشِي أَتَيْتُهُ هَرْوَلَةً.
Narrated from Abu Hurairah (RA) that Allah’s Apostle ﷺ said: “Allah, the Most High said: ‘I am as My slave thinks about Me, and I am with him when he remembers Me. If he remembers Me in his mind, I remember him to Myself, and if he remembers Me in a gathering, I remember him in a gathering better than that. And if he comes closer to Me by a hand span, I come closer to him by a forearm’s length, and if he comes to Me by a forearm’s length, I come closer to him by an arm’s length. And if he comes to Me walking, I come to him running.”