101 Hadith Qudsi by pImam ibn Arabi

part one
thirty-eighth hadith (38)
¡Abd al-Ra¢mån ibn ¡Awf reported:
I entered the mosque and I saw the Messenger of God leaving. I
followed him, walking after him without him noticing me. Shortly
afterwards he went into a palm-grove, turned towards the qibla
and prostrated. His prostration lasted such a long time as I waited
behind him that I began to wonder if God had caused him to die.
So I approached him and bent down to look at his face. He raised
his head and said: “What is the matter, ¡Abd al-Ra¢mån?”
“O Messenger of God,” I replied, “when you made such a long
prostration, I feared that God, ever mighty and majestic is He, had
taken your soul, and so I came to look.”
The Prophet declared: “When you saw me enter the palm-grove
I met Gabriel, upon him peace, who said to me:
‘I bring you tidings of joy: God, ever exalted is He, says to you:
“He who greets you with peace, him shall I greet with peace. He
who blesses you, him shall I bless.”’”
thirty-ninth hadith (39)
According to Ab¬ Hurayra, the Prophet, may God give him blessings and peace,
said:
God, ever exalted is He, says: “O child of Adam, devote yourself
exclusively to My worship, and I shall ¥ll your breast with riches
and preserve you from poverty. If you do not do this, I shall ¥ll your
hands with labour, and preserve you not from poverty.”
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