اللؤلؤ والمرجان
Lu'lu' wal-Marjan
كتاب التوبةBook of Repentance
باب في الحض على التوبة والفرح بها
Encouragement to Repent and Joy in It
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Hadith 1746
1746 صحيح حديث أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضي الله عنه، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: يَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالَى: أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ إِذَا ذَكَرَنِي فَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي نَفْسِهِ، ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي نَفْسِي وَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي ملإٍ، ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي مَلإٍ خَيْرٍ مِنْهُمْ وَإِنْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَيَّ بِشِبْرٍ، تَقَرَّبْتُ إِلَيْهِ ذِرَاعًا وَإِنْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَيَّ ذِرَاعًا، تَقَرَّبْتُ إِلَيْهِ بَاعًا وَإِنْ أَتَانِي يَمْشِي، أَتَيْتُهُ هَرْوَلَةً
Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty says, "I am as My servant thinks of Me, and I am with him whenever he remembers Me. So if he remembers Me in his heart, I remember him in My heart, and if he remembers Me in a gathering, I remember him in a gathering better than it (his gathering of angels). And if he draws near to Me by a span, I draw near to him by a cubit, and if he draws near to Me by a cubit, I draw near to him by two cubits, and if he comes to Me walking, I go to him running."
Hadith 1747
1747 صحيح حديث عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: للهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ، مِنْ رَجُلٍ نَزَلَ مَنْزِلاً، وَبِهِ مَهْلَكَةٌ، وَمَعَهُ رَاحِلَتُهُ، عَلَيْهَا طَعَامُهُ وَشَرَابُهُ فَوَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ، فَنَامَ نَوْمَةً، فَاسْتَيْقَظَ، وَقَدْ ذَهَبَتْ رَاحِلَتُهُ حَتَّى اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ الْحَرُّ وَالْعَطَشُ، أَوْ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ، قَالَ: أَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَكَانِي فَرَجَعَ، فَنَامَ نَوْمَةً، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ، فَإِذَا رَاحِلَتُهُ عِنْدَهُ
Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His servant than that person who camps in a dangerous place, with his riding animal along with him, and on it are his food and drink. He lays his head down and sleeps, and when he wakes up, his riding animal is gone. Eventually, due to hunger and thirst or whatever Allah wills, he is greatly distressed, and he thinks to himself that now he should return home. When he turns back and sleeps again, and then raises his head from this sleep, he finds his riding animal standing before him with his food and drink. So imagine how happy he would be.
Hadith 1748
1748 صحيح حديث أَنَسٍ رَضي الله عنه، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: اللهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنْ أَحَدِكُمْ، سَقَطَ عَلَى بَعِيرِهِ، وَقَدْ أَضَلَّهُ فِي أَرْضٍ فَلاَةٍ
Hazrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His servant than any one of you is when he finds his camel, which he had lost in a barren land, suddenly after having lost hope.
