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3600. Abū Hurairah, or Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Indeed, Allāh has angels who go about on the earth in addition to the Kuttāb[1] of the people. So when they find groups of people remembering Allāh, they call to one another: 'Come to that which you have been seeking.' They will come and cover them up to the lowest heaven. Allāh will say: 'What were My worshippers doing when you left them?' They will say: 'We left them as they were praising You, glorifying You, and remembering You.'" He said: "So He will say: 'Have they seen Me?' They say: 'No.'" He said: "So He will say: 'So how would it be had they seen Me?'" He said: "So they will say: 'Had they seen You, they would have been more ardent in praise of You, more ardent in glorification of You, more ardent in remembrance of You.'" He said: "So He will say: 'And what do they seek?'" He said: "They will say: 'They seek Paradise.'" He said: "So He will say: 'So have they seen it?'" He said: "So they will say: 'No.'" He said: "So He will say: 'So how would it be had they seen it?'" He said: "They will say: 'Had they seen it, they would be more ardent in seeking it, and more eager for it.” He said: “So He will say: ‘So from what thing do they seek refuge?’ They will say: ‘They seek refuge from the Fire.’” He said: “So He will say: ‘And have they seen it?’ So they will say: ‘No.’” He said: “So He will say: ‘So how would it be had they seen it?’ So they will say: ‘Had they seen it, they would be more ardent in flight from it, more ardent in fear of it, and more ardent in seeking refuge from it.’” He said: “So He will say: ‘So I do call You to witness that I have forgiven them.’ So they will say: ‘Indeed among them is so-and-so, a sinner, he did not intend them, he only came to them for some need.’ So He will say: ‘They are the people, that none who sits with them shall be miserable.’” (Sahih) [Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Sahih, and it has been reported from Abū Hurairah from other than this route.