what are the factors that make one's distance far from divine mercy
رسول الله صلی الله علیه وآله وسلّم :من اکل ما یشتهی ولبس ما یشتهی ورکب مایشتهی لم ینظر اللّه الیه حتی ینزع او یترک
The Prophet Muhammad (S): Whosoever eats whatever he desires, wears any clothes he wishes, and mounts any roadster he wnats, God will not look at him until he takes off , and gives up . (Tuhaf al-Uqul, p.38)
Exposition:
In the phrase “…mounts any roadster he wishes", the real meaning of the words may be meant; that is choosing any roadster he is willing to mount. It is also possible that the phrase refers to “whatever he likes to do".
Anyway, the person will be deprived of Allah’s nercy _as the source of all goodness and any perfection_ by doing such things. The only solution is to give up, through a voluntary asceticism, whatever he wishes and can attain.
Those who have no power to fulfill all their desires must be happy, for it is a great blessing not to be able to fulfill all one’s passions and desires. However, if one is able and refrains, he will get a greater reward.
Book: Hadith Of Life, Published by: Tahseen.