The Special Proximity of Allah to the Believers
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Question:
And if they associate partners with Allah, may Allah preserve you. Allah the Exalted brings near to His Majesty those who remember Him with a special proximity. We ask for clarification of this special proximity. Does it differ from the general companionship, which is a state of encompassing and succession?
Answer:
We said that proximity is specific to the believers. The difference lies in companionship, which is divided into two categories: a general category for believers and disbelievers, and a special category for the believers. Thus, proximity is synonymous with the special companionship of the believers. Honorable Shaykh, finally, the connection is that whenever you draw near to Allah through worship, He draws near to you. He, Glorious and Majestic is He, says in the Qudsi Hadith: in His own self. So whenever the servant draws near to Allah through worship, remembrance, and supplication, Allah is near, responsive, and draws near to him with a special proximity.
And if they associate partners with Allah, may Allah preserve you. Allah the Exalted brings near to His Majesty those who remember Him with a special proximity. We ask for clarification of this special proximity. Does it differ from the general companionship, which is a state of encompassing and succession?
Answer:
We said that proximity is specific to the believers. The difference lies in companionship, which is divided into two categories: a general category for believers and disbelievers, and a special category for the believers. Thus, proximity is synonymous with the special companionship of the believers. Honorable Shaykh, finally, the connection is that whenever you draw near to Allah through worship, He draws near to you. He, Glorious and Majestic is He, says in the Qudsi Hadith:
Whoever draws near to Me a hand's span, I draw near to him an arm's span. And if My servant comes to Me walking, I come to him running.
من تقرب إلي ذراعا تقربت منه باعا، وإذا أتاني عبدي يمشي أتيته هرولة،And I am with him wherever he remembers Me. If he remembers Me in a gathering, I remember him in a gathering better than it. And if he remembers Me in his own self, I remember him in
وأنا معه حيث ذكرني، فإن ذكرني في ملأ ذكرته في ملأ خير منه، وإن ذكرني في نفسه ذكرته في
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