Gardens of the Righteous — Page 99
RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 99 wherever he remembers Me. (Allah is more pleased with the repentance of a servant of His than one of you who recovers something of his in the desert after. he has lost it). He who approaches Me over å distance of a hand's breadth, I approach him an arm's length, and he who approaches Me an arm's length, I approach him two arms' length. If a servant of Mine comes to Me walking, I go to him running (Bokhari and Muslim). . 444. Jabir ibn Abdullah relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say, three days before his death: Let no one of you die except in a state of mind hoping for the best from Allah, the Lord of honour and glory (Muslim). 445. Anas relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: Allah, the Exalted, has said: Son of Adam, I shall continue to forgive thee so long as thou callest on Me and hopest for My forgiveness, whatever may be thy defaults. I care not, son of Adam, even if thy sins should pile up to the sky and thou shouldst supplicate Me for forgiveness I would forgive thee. Son of Adam, if thou camest to Me with an earthful of sins and meetest Me, not associating aught with Me, I would come to thee with an earthful of forgiveness (Tirmidhi). 53. . On Combining Hope and Fear. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 162. None feels secure against the design of Allah, except those that are losers (7. 100). 163. None despairs of Allah's mercy, save the unbelieving people (12. 88). 164. On the day when some faces will be bright and some faces will be gloomy (3. 107). 165. Thy Lord is swift in exacting retribution, and He is also Most Forgiving, Ever Merciful (7. 168). 166. Verily, the virtuous will be in bliss and the wicked shall be in hell (82. 14-15). 167. He whose scales will be heavy with good deeds will have a pleasant life; but he whose scales are light for want of good deeds will have hell as a resort (101. 7-10). 446. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: If a believer realised the full extent of the chastisement of Allah, none would desire His. Paradise; and if a disbeliever realised the full extent of Allah's mercy, none would despair of His Paradise (Muslim). 447. Abu Sa'id Khudri relates that the Holy Prophet said: When the bier is lifted above the shoulders of the pall-bearers, if the corpse is that of a