Abu Dharr reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, stated: ” He who comes with goodness, there are in store for him ten like those and even more than those: ‘And he who comes with vice, ‘ it is only for that that he is called to account. I even forgive him (as I like) and he who draws close to Me by the span of a palm I draw close to him by the cubit, and he who draws close to Me by the cubit I draw close to him by the space (covered) by two hands, and he who walks towards Me I rush towards him, and he who meets Me in the state that his sins fill the earth, but not associating anything with Me, I would meet Him with the same (vastness) of pardon (on My behalf).” This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Waki’.
Hadith In Arabic Text :
حدثنا أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة، حدثنا وكيع، حدثنا الأعمش، عن المعرور بن سويد، عن أبي ذر، قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ” يقول الله عز وجل من جاء بالحسنة فله عشر أمثالها وأزيد ومن جاء بالسيئة فجزاؤه سيئة مثلها أو أغفر ومن تقرب مني شبرا تقربت منه ذراعا ومن تقرب مني ذراعا تقربت منه باعا ومن أتاني يمشي أتيته هرولة ومن لقيني بقراب الأرض خطيئة لا يشرك بي شيئا لقيته بمثلها مغفرة ” . قال إبراهيم حدثنا الحسن بن بشر حدثنا وكيع بهذا الحديث .
Chapter : The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah; Supplication; Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness – كتاب الذكر والدعاء والتوبة والاستغفار