عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ حَدِيثَيْنِ أَحَدَهُمَا عَنْ نَفْسِهِ وَالْآخَرَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يَرَى ذُنُوبَهُ كَأَنَّهُ فِي أَصْلِ جَبَلٍ يَخَافُ أَنْ يَقَعَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنَّ الْفَاجِرَ يَرَى ذُنُوبَهُ كَذُبَابٍ وَقَعَ عَلَى أَنْفِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ هَكَذَا فَطَارَ وَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ ((اللَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ رَجُلٍ خَرَجَ بِأَرْضٍ دَوِّيَّةٍ مَهْلَكَةٍ مَعَهُ رَاحِلَتُهُ عَلَيْهَا طَعَامُهُ وَشَرَابُهُ وَزَادُهُ وَمَا يُصْلِحُهُ فَأَضَلَّهَا فَخَرَجَ فِي طَلَبِهَا حَتَّى إِذَا أَدْرَكَهُ الْمَوْتُ فَلَمْ يَجِدْهَا قَالَ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَكَانِي الَّذِي أَضْلَلْتُهَا فِيهِ فَأَمُوتُ فِيهِ قَالَ فَأَتَى مَكَانَهُ فَغَلَبَتْهُ عَيْنُهُ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ فَإِذَا رَاحِلَتُهُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ عَلَيْهَا طَعَامُهُ وَشَرَابُهُ وَزَادُهُ وَمَا يُصْلِحُهُ))
It is narrated from Harith bin Suwaid, he says: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated two hadiths to us, one was his own saying and the other was a hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He himself said: Indeed, a believer considers his sins as if he is standing beneath a mountain and fears that the mountain may fall upon him, whereas a wicked person considers his sins like a fly that sits on his nose and he just swats it away like this. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty is more pleased with the repentance of a servant than that person who is in a barren and deadly wilderness, with him is his riding animal on which are loaded his food, drink, provisions, and other necessities. Then that riding animal is lost from him, he searches for it until he is overtaken by death, then he says: Now I will return to the place where I lost my riding animal, and going there, he dies. Then he returns to his place and sleeps there, and when he wakes up, his riding animal is standing beside him, and on it are his food, drink, provisions, and other necessities.