Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْأَحْوَصِ مَوْلَى بَنِي لَيْثٍ يُحَدِّثُنَا فِي مَجْلِسِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ وَابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ جَالِسٌ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يَزَالُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مُقْبِلًا عَلَى الْعَبْدِ فِي صَلَاتِهِ مَا لَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ فَإِذَا صَرَفَ وَجْهَهُ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ.
English Translation
Ali ibn Ishaq told us, he said: Abd Allah said: Yunus told me, from al-Zuhri, who said: I heard Abu al-Ahwas, freedman of Banu Layth, narrating to us in the gathering of Ibn al-Musayyib, while Ibn al-Musayyib was sitting, that he heard Abu Dharr say: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah, Mighty and Sublime, continues to face the servant in his prayer as long as he does not turn away; but when he turns his face away, He turns away from him."