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ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; my father narrated to me; Wakiʿ narrated to us; from Sufyan; from Habib ibn Abi Thabit; from ʿUbayd ibn ʿUmayr, who said: “Allah—exalted is He—continues to have a claim upon the servant as long as the servant remains in need of Him.”
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ قَالَ: «لَا يَزَالُ لِلَّهِ – Exalté soit-Il – فِي الْعَبْدِ حَاجَةٌ مَا كَانَتْ لِلْعَبْدِ إِلَيْهِ حَاجَةٌ»