Sahih al-Bukhari 7537
Sahih al-Bukhari · Book 97: Oneness, Uniqueness of Allah (Tawheed) · What the Prophet (saws) mentioned and narrated of his Lord’s Sayings
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى ، عَنِ التَّيْمِيِّ ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ ـ رُبَّمَا ذَكَرَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " إِذَا تَقَرَّبَ الْعَبْدُ مِنِّي شِبْرًا تَقَرَّبْتُ مِنْهُ ذِرَاعًا وَإِذَا تَقَرَّبَ مِنِّي ذِرَاعًا تَقَرَّبْتُ مِنْهُ بَاعًا أَوْ بُوعًا " . وَقَالَ مُعْتَمِرٌ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي ، سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا ، {عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ،} عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَرْوِيهِ عَنْ رَبِّهِ، عَزَّ وَجَلَّ .
Perhaps the Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned the following (as Allah's Saying): "If My slave comes nearer to Me for a span, I go nearer to him for a cubit; and if he comes nearer to Me for a cubit; I go nearer to him for the span of outstretched arms. (See Hadith No. 502)