Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Burdah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the time of Hazrat Abu Musa’s (may Allah be pleased with him) death approached, he said: O my sons! Remember the man with the bread. There was a man who worshipped in his monastery for seventy years. Then one day he came down, and Satan appeared before his eyes in the form of a woman. He committed adultery with her for seven days and seven nights. Then his mistake became clear to him, so he set out to repent. Whenever he took a step, he would pray and prostrate. At night, he took shelter in a shop in which there were twelve poor people. He was very tired, so he placed himself between two people. There was a monk who used to send them a loaf of bread every day and would give each person a loaf. Then the bread-giver came and gave each person a loaf of bread, and he also passed by the man who had left the monastery to repent. He thought he was also poor, so he gave him a loaf as well. One of them, who was left out, said to the bread-giver: What happened that you did not give me my bread? He said: Ask, did I give two loaves to any one of you? The people said: No. He said: I have withheld it from you. By God, tonight you will not get anything. The man who was repenting intended to give the loaf that was given to him to the one who was left out, so he gave it to him. In the morning, the man who was repenting was found dead. His seventy years of good deeds were weighed against the sins of those seven nights, but they did not outweigh them. Then the loaf of bread was weighed against the sins of those seven nights, and the side of the bread became heavier. Hazrat Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Remember the man with the bread.