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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "My Lord says, '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;
and if he comes to Me walking, I go to him running.' "
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 97, Hadith 161
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`Amr bin Taghlib said, "Some property was given to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he gave it to some people and
withheld it from some others. Then he came to know that they (the latter) were dissatisfied. So the
Prophet said, 'I give to one man and leave (do not give) another, and the one to whom I do not give is
dearer to me than the one to whom I give. I give to some people because of the impatience and
discontent present in their hearts, and leave other people because of the content and goodness Allah
has bestowed on them, and one of them is `Amr bin Taghlib." `Amr bin Taghlib said, "The sentence
which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said in my favor is dearer to me than the possession of nice red camels."
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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)