by Al-Nawawi Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Din, Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadith
“ My servant does not grow closer to me with anything more beloved to Me than the duties I have imposed upon him. My servant continues to draw near me with extra works until I love him. When I love him, I am his hearing with which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hands with which he strikes, and his foot with which he walks. ”
