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[Machine] "God continues to look favorably upon His servant with His face as long as he does not turn away or speak."

الطبراني:٩٣٤٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

«لَا يَزَالُ اللهُ مُقْبِلًا عَلَى الْعَبْدِ بِوَجْهِهِ مَا لَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ أَوْ يُحْدِثْ»

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nasai:1195 – Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ

"I heard Abu Al-Ahwas saying to us in a gathering with Ibn Al-Musayyab when Ibn Al-Musayyab was sitting there, that he had heard Abu Dharr say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah (SWT) continues to look upon His slave while he is praying, so long as he does not turn away. If he turns his face away, He turns away from him."

النسائي:١١٩٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الأَحْوَصِ يُحَدِّثُنَا فِي مَجْلِسِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ وَابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ جَالِسٌ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَزَالُ اللَّهُ ﷻ مُقْبِلاً عَلَى الْعَبْدِ فِي صَلاَتِهِ مَا لَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ فَإِذَا صَرَفَ وَجْهَهُ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ

darimi:1463 – ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Ibn al-Musayyab > Abū Dhar

The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah, the Most High, continues to turn favourably towards a servant while he is engaged in prayer as long as he does not look to the side (by turning the neck), but if he does so, He turns away from him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 909)

الدارمي:١٤٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْأَحْوَصِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَزَالُ اللَّهُ مُقْبِلًا عَلَى الْعَبْدِ مَا لَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ فَإِذَا صَرَفَ وَجْهَهُ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ»

hakim:862 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Baḥr b. Naṣr b. Sābiq al-Khawlānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Abū Muḥammad b. al-Qāsim al-ʿAtakī > al-Faḍl b. Muḥammad b. al-Musayyib > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Dhar

The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah, the Most High, continues to turn favourably towards a servant while he is engaged in prayer as long as he does not look to the side (by turning the neck), but if he does so, He turns away from him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 909)

الحاكم:٨٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا بَحْرُ بْنُ نَصْرِ بْنِ سَابِقٍ الْخَوْلَانِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ الْعَتَكِيُّ ثنا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَا ثنا اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْأَحْوَصِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَزَالُ اللَّهُ مُقْبِلًا عَلَى الْعَبْدِ مَا لَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ فَإِذَا صَرَفَ وَجْهَهُ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ»

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَأَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ هَذَا مَوْلَى بَنِي اللَّيْثِ تَابِعِيٌّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَثَّقَهُ الزُّهْرِيُّ وَرَوَى عَنْهُ وَجَرَتْ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُنَاظَرَةٌ فِي مَعْنَاهُ» صحيح