Sahih Muslim · Hadith 6982
The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah; Supplication; Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness - كتاب الذكر والدعاء والتوبة والاستغفار
حدثنا أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة، وأبو كريب قالا حدثنا أبو معاوية، عن الأعمش، بهذا الإسناد ولم يذكر " وإن تقرب إلى ذراعا تقربت منه باعا " .
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters, but there is no mention of these words: " He draws near Me by the space of a hand, I draw near him by the space (covered) by two hands."
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).