101 Hadith Qudsi by pImam ibn Arabi

Preface
in the name of god,
the all-compassionate, the most merciful
And may the blessing of God be upon our master Muhammad, his
family and his companions, and peace be upon them all.
The servant who is in utter need of God, Mu¢ammad ibn ¡Al¨ ibn
Mu¢ammad ibn al-¡Arab¨ al-Ê夨 al-±åtim¨ al-Andalus¨, may God
seal him with the best of outcomes, says:
Praise be to God, Lord of the universes, who is the ultimate
reward for those who fear Him. There is no power nor might save in
God, the High, the Magni¥cent. May blessings and peace be upon
Muhammad, master of the universes, upon his family, the pure ones,
and upon his companions, followers and all believers.
According to Ibn ¡Abbås, the Messenger of God, may God give
him blessings and peace, said: “Whoever preserves for my community
forty ¢ad¨th of the Sunna, I shall be his intercessor on the Day
of Resurrection.” According to Anas ibn Målik, the Messenger of
God, may God give him blessings and peace, also said: “Whoever
preserves for my community forty ¢ad¨th of which they stand in
need, God shall put him down as learned and knowing.”
Having come to know these words of the Prophet, and taking into
account that man stands more in need of the other world, which is
the place of his return, than this world, I collected these forty ¢ad¨th
at Mecca, may God protect it, during the months of the year 599.
I took as criterion that they be ¢ad¨th with a chain of transmission
going directly back to God, ever exalted is He.
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