Abu Muhammad al-ʿAtaki—ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Salih—narrated to us, saying: ʿAmr ibn Hashim related to us, from Juwaybir, from al-Ḍaḥḥāk, from Ibn ʿAbbas, that the Prophet ﷺ said: Allah said to Moses, peace be upon him, “None of those who seek closeness to Me have ever come nearer by anything better than scrupulous piety.”