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and the third is his saying, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, relating from Allah: “I am the companion of whoever remembers Me.”
There are several points to consider here. First, al-Ghazālī stated in his book entitled Ihyā’ ‘Ulūm al-Dīn (The Revival of the Religious Sciences): “I heard some of his companions say:
وثالثها قوله صلى الله عليه وسلم حاكيًا عن الله أنا جليس من ذكرني والكلام على هذا من وجوه أحدها أن الذي ذكره الغزالي في كتابه المسمى بإحياء علوم الدين أنه قال سمعت بعض أصحابه يقول