ed; for know ye that God will not answer the prayer of a proud and negligent heart."'—At Tirmidhí.
It is related from ʿOmar binuʾl-Khaṭṭáb that he said, 'I asked permission of the Prophet to make the lesser pilgrimage, and he gave me permission. And he said, "O dear brother, make us partners in thy supplications, and do not forget us." He said a thing than which the whole world in exchange would not have pleased me more.'—Abú Dáud, At Tirmidhí.
It is related from Anas that, 'The Apostle of God said, "Let each one of you supplicate his Lord for all his needs, even to asking him for his bootlaces when they are broken."' And in a tradition from Thábituʾl-Bunáni it is added, 'Even to asking Him for salt, and to asking Him for his boot-lace when it is broken.'—At Tirmidhí.
On Remembering God, and Approaching Near to Him
It is related from Abú Hurairah and Abú Saʾíd that, 'The Apostle of God said, "No people sit remembering God, but the angels encompass them about, and mercy covers them over, and there comes down upon them the Sakinah, and God remembers them amongst those who are near Him."'—Muslim.
It is related from Abú Músá that, 'The Apostle of God said, "The likeness of him who remembers his Lord, and of him who remembers Him not, is as the living and the dead."'—Muslim, Al Bukhárí.
It is related from Abú Dharr that, 'The Apostle of God said, "God most High says, 'He who comes with one good action will get ten (rewards) like unto it and more. And he who comes with one evil action, its punishment is one evil equal thereto, or I will forgive him. And he who approaches near to me one span, I will approach near to him one cubit; and he who approaches near to me one cubit, I will approach near to him one fathom; and whoever approaches me walking, I will come to him running; and he who meets me with sins equivalent to the whole world, but does not associate anything with me, I will greet him with forgiveness equal to it.'"'—Muslim.
It is related from Abú Hurairah that, 'The Apostle of God said, "Verily God has certain angels who go round the roads seeking people who remember Him; and when they find a peo-
