Hadith 440
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه ، عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال: “ قال الله، عز وجل: أنا عند ظن عبدي بي وأنا معه حيث يذكرني، والله لله أفرح بتوبة عبده من أحدكم يجد ضالته بالفلاة، ومن تقرب إلي شبراً، تقربت إليه ذراعاً، ومن تقرب إلي ذراعاً، تقربت إليه باعاً، وإذا أقبل إلي يمشي، أقبلت إليه أهرول" ((متفق عليه)) . وهذا لفظ إحدى روايات مسلم. وتقدم شرحه في الباب قبله. وروي في الصحيحين : "وأنا معه حين يذكرني" بالنون، وفي هذه الرواية "حيث” بالثاء وكلاهما صحيح.
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Allah says: 'I am just as My slave thinks of Me when he remembers Me.' By Allah! Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His slave than one of you who unexpectedly finds in the desert his lost camel. 'He who comes closer to Me one span, I come closer to him a cubit; and he who comes closer to Me a cubit, I come closer to him a fathom; and if he comes to Me walking, I come to him running". [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
In plain words
Allah deals with the servant according to how the servant thinks of Him, and He delights in repentance more than a lost traveler rejoices at finding his camel. The closer you move to Him, the closer He comes to you.
Reference : Riyad as-Salihin 440 In-book reference : Introduction, Hadith 440
Hadith 441
Jabir bin 'Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
وعن جابر بن عبد الله، رضي الله عنهما ، أنه سمع النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، قبل موته بثلاثة أيام يقول : لا يموتن أحدكم إلا وهو يحسن الظن بالله عز وجل" ((رواه مسلم)).
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying three days before his death: "Let none of you die unless he has good expectations from Allah". [Muslim].
In plain words
Three days before his death, the Prophet urged that no one should die except holding good expectations of Allah. Meet Him with hope and trust in His mercy.
Reference : Riyad as-Salihin 441 In-book reference : Introduction, Hadith 441
Hadith 442
Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
وعن أنس ، رضي الله عنه قال:” سمعت رسول الله ، صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: “قال الله تعالى: يا ابن آدم، إنك ما دعوتني ورجوتني غفرت لك على ما كان منك ولا أبالي، يا أبن آدم، لو بلغت ذنوبك عنان السماء، ثم استغفرتني غفرت لك ، يا ابن آدم، إنك لو أتيتنى بقراب الأرض خطايا، ثم لقيتني لا تشرك به شيئاً، لأتيتك بقرابها مغفرة" ((رواه الترمذي. وقال حديث حسن)).
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Allah, the Exalted, has said: 'O son of adam, I forgive you as long as you pray to Me and hope for My forgiveness, whatever sins you have committed. O son of 'Adam, I do not care if your sins reach the height of the heaven, then you ask for my forgiveness, I would forgive you. O son of 'Adam, if you come to Me with an earth load of sins, and meet Me associating nothing to Me, I would match it with an earthload of forgiveness."' [At- Tirmidhi, who classified it as Hadith Hasan].
In plain words
Allah promises to keep forgiving as long as the servant prays and hopes for pardon, however great the sins, and to meet a person who associates nothing with Him with forgiveness as vast as the earth.
Reference : Riyad as-Salihin 442 In-book reference : Introduction, Hadith 442