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tirmidhi:2388 – Abū Kurayb > Wakīʿ > Jaʿfar b. Burqān > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam > Abū Hurayrah

"Indeed Allah Most High says: 'I am as My slave thinks of Me, and I am with him when He calls upon Me.'"  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٣٨٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بُرْقَانَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الأَصَمِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي فِيَّ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ إِذَا دَعَانِي  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ

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bukhari:7505 – Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah said, 'I am to my slave as he thinks of Me, (i.e. I am able to do for him what he thinks I can do for him). (See Hadith No. 502)  

البخاري:٧٥٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي  

muslim:2675d – Abū Kurayb Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Wakīʿ > Jaʿfar b. Burqān > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam > Abū Hurayrah

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

مسلم:٢٦٧٥d – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بُرْقَانَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الأَصَمِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ إِذَا دَعَانِي  

ahmad:13192 – Sulaymān > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

I live in the thought of My servant as he thinks of Me and with him as he calls Me. (Using translation from Muslim 2675d)   

أحمد:١٣١٩٢ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ يَقُولُ اللهُ أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ إِذَا دَعَانِي  

ahmad:13939 – Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

I live in the thought of My servant as he thinks of Me and with him as he calls Me. (Using translation from Muslim 2675d)   

أحمد:١٣٩٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ يَقُولُ اللهُ أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ إِذَا دَعَانِي  

ahmad:9749 – Wakīʿ > Jaʿfar b. Burqān > Yazīd b. al-Aṣam > Abū Hurayrah

I live in the thought of My servant as he thinks of Me and with him as he calls Me. (Using translation from Muslim 2675d)  

أحمد:٩٧٤٩ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بُرْقَانَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يَقُولُ أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ إِذَا دَعَانِي  

ahmad:10704 – Rawḥ > Zuhayr b. Muḥammad > Zayd b. Aslam > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala) said: "I am as My servant thinks I am, and I am with him when he remembers Me."  

أحمد:١٠٧٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ حِينَ يَذْكُرُنِي  

tabarani:17116 – Aḥmad b. al-Muʿallá al-Dimashqī And al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Maʿmarī Waʿabdān b. Aḥmad > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Mukhayyis b. Tamīm > Bahz b. Ḥakīm from his father from his grandfather

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah said, 'I am to my slave as he thinks of Me, (i.e. I am able to do for him what he thinks I can do for him). (See Hadith No. 502) (Using translation from Bukhārī 7505)  

الطبراني:١٧١١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمُعَلَّى الدِّمَشْقِيُّ وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْمَعْمَرِيُّ وَعَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالُوا ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ثنا مُخَيِّسُ بْنُ تَمِيمٍ عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ اللهُ «أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي»  

adab:616 –

Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said that Allah Almighty said, "I am according to My slave's opinion of Me, and I am with him when He calls on Me.'"  

الأدب المفرد:٦١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا خَلِيفَةُ بْنُ خَيَّاطٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الأَصَمِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ إِذَا دَعَانِي