Hadith 25

Sahih Muslim

Book 48: The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness

Chapter 6

The Virtue Of Remembrance, Supplication, Drawing Close To Allah And Thinking Positively Of Him

باب فَضْلِ الذِّكْرِ وَالدُّعَاءِ وَالتَّقَرُّبِ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى

Sahih Muslim 2675d
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بُرْقَانَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ، بْنِ الأَصَمِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ إِذَا دَعَانِي ‏"
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him as saying that Allah thus stated:

I live in the thought of My servant as he thinks of Me and with him as he calls Me.

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

Abu Hurairah -

أبو هريرة عبد الرحمن بن صخر الدوسي

4,186 narrations

follower
2

Yazid bin al-Asm

يزيد بن الأصم

33 narrations

successor
3

Ja'far bin Brqan

جعفر بن برقان

28 narrations

successor
4

Waki' bin al-Jarrah

وكيع بن الجراح

1,129 narrations

3rd Generation
5

Abu Karayb, Muhammad bin al-'Ala' -

محمد بن العلاء أبو كريب

782 narrations