hadith
1814
۞
In Al-Mahasin it is narrated that the
Almighty God said: “Some of My believing servants ask Me to help them succeed in worshipping Me. But since I love them I do not help them succeed, so that they do not get conceited.”
من كتاب المحاسن: قال الله تبارك وتعالى: إن من عبادي المؤمنين لمن يسألني الشئ من طاعتي فاحبه فأصرف ذلك عنه لكي لا يعجبه عمله.
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