0.51. Excellence of Good Hopes

٠.٥١۔ باب فضل الرجاء

(440) muslim:2675hSūwayd b. Saʿīd > Ḥafṣ b. Maysarah > Zayd b. Aslam > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he said, "Allah ﷻ said: 'I am as my servant expects of me and I am with him as he remembers me.'" ˹The Prophet further said,˺ "By Allah, Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His servant than what one of you would do on finding the lost camel in the waterless desert: ˹Allah said:˺ 'When he draws near Me by the span of his hand, I draw near him by the length of a cubit. And when he draws near Me by the length of a cubit, I draw near him by the length of a fathom. And when he draws near Me walking, I draw close to him running.'"  

(٤٤٠) مسلم:٢٦٧٥hحَدَّثَنِي سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ: أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي، وَأَنَا مَعَهُ حَيْثُ يَذْكُرُنِي۔ وَاللَّهِ لَلَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنْ أَحَدِكُمْ يَجِدُ ضَالَّتَهُ بِالْفَلاَةِ۔ وَمَنْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَىَّ شِبْرًا تَقَرَّبْتُ إِلَيْهِ ذِرَاعًا، وَمَنْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَىَّ ذِرَاعًا تَقَرَّبْتُ إِلَيْهِ بَاعًا، وَإِذَا أَقْبَلَ إِلَىَّ يَمْشِي أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ أُهَرْوِلُ۔»  

(441) muslim:2877aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Yaḥyá b. Zakariyyāʾ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

I heard Allah's Apostle ﷺ as saying three days before his death: None of you should court death but only hoping good from Allah  

(٤٤١) مسلم:٢٨٧٧aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّاءَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ بِثَلاَثٍ يَقُولُ لاَ يَمُوتَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلاَّ وَهُوَ يُحْسِنُ بِاللَّهِ الظَّنَّ  

(441) muslim:2877cAbū Dāwud Sulaymān b. Maʿbad > Abū al-Nuʿmān ʿĀrim > Mahdī b. Maymūn > Wāṣil > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ say three days before his death: None of you should die but hoping only good from Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.  

(٤٤١) مسلم:٢٨٧٧cوَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو دَاوُدَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ عَارِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَاصِلٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ يَقُولُ لاَ يَمُوتَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلاَّ وَهُوَ يُحْسِنُ الظَّنَّ بِاللَّهِ ﷻ  

Vastness of the Forgiveness of Allah as long as one does not commit shirk

(442) tirmidhi:3540ʿAbdullāh b. Isḥāq al-Jawharī al-Baṣrī > Abū ʿĀṣim > Kathīr b. Fāʾid > Saʿīd b. ʿUbayd > Bakr b. ʿAbdullāh al-Muzanī > Anas b. Mālik

I heard the Messenger of Allah say, “Allah ﷻ said: 'O son of Adam! As long as you call upon Me and have hope in ˹meeting˺ Me, I will forgive you despite whatever may have occurred from you and I do not mind; O son of Adam! If your sins reach the clouds in the sky and then you seek forgiveness from Me, I will forgive you and I do not mind; O son of Adam! If you come to me with sins as great as the earth and then you meet Me not associating anything with Me, I will come to you with forgiveness as great as it.’”  

(٤٤٢) الترمذي:٣٥٤٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ فَائِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ بَكْرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُزَنِيَّ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «قَالَ اللَّهُ: يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنَّكَ مَا دَعَوْتَنِي وَرَجَوْتَنِي، غَفَرْتُ لَكَ عَلَى مَا كَانَ فِيكَ وَلاَ أُبَالِي؛ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ لَوْ بَلَغَتْ ذُنُوبُكَ عَنَانَ السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ اسْتَغْفَرْتَنِي، غَفَرْتُ لَكَ وَلاَ أُبَالِي؛ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنَّكَ لَوْ أَتَيْتَنِي بِقُرَابِ الأَرْضِ خَطَايَا ثُمَّ لَقِيتَنِي لاَ تُشْرِكُ بِي شَيْئًا، لأَتَيْتُكَ بِقُرَابِهَا مَغْفِرَةً۔»  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ