From the Supplications of Those in Seclusion

85 - 'Abdullāh narrated to us, he said: It was narrated to me from Sa'īd ibn Sulaymān, from Ibrāhīm ibn 'Anbasa, he said: I heard my maternal aunt, Umm Ismā'īl daughter of Nu'aym ibn Abī al-Mutta'id, narrating from her father, Nu'aym ibn Abī al-Mutta'id, that he said: Among his supplications was: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the proximity of anyone whose proximity only increases my distance from You." (1)