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SEEKING NEARNESS TO ALLAH

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“Allah, the Exalted says: 'I declare war on he who bears enmity towards a friend of Mine. When a worshiper of Mine seeks nearness to Me with that which I love from whatever I have prescribed, and when he seeks My Favor through voluntary prayers, I begin to love him. When I love him, I become his ear with which he hears and his eyes with which he sees and his hand with which he grasps and his foot with which he walks, and when he supplicates I give him, and when he seeks My refuge I rescue him.’”

Bukhari with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.