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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند البراء بن عازب
Musnad of al-Bara bin Azib
مُسْنَدُ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ
Musnad of al-Bara bin Azib
Musnad Abi Ya'la 1704 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked
حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ الْكُوفِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ إِيَادٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : كَيْفَ تَقُولُونَ بِفَرَحِ رَجُلٍ انْفَلَتَتْ مِنْهُ رَاحِلَتُهُ تَجُرُّ زِمَامَهَا بِأَرْضٍ قَفْرٍ لَيْسَ بِهَا طَعَامٌ وَلَا شَرَابٌ وَعَلَيْهَا لَهُ الطَّعَامُ وَالشَّرَابُ ، فَطَلَبَهَا حَتَّى شَقَّ عَلَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ مَرَّتْ بِجِذْلِ شَجَرَةٍ ، فَتَعَلَّقَ زِمَامُهَا فَوَجَدَهَا مُتَعَلِّقَةً بِهِ ؟ قُلْنَا : شَدِيدًا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : لَلَّهُ أَشَدُّ فَرَحًا بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ بِرَاحِلَتِهِ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked (the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them): "What do you think of the joy of a man whose she-camel breaks loose from him in a barren wilderness and wanders off dragging her nose-rein along the ground, while in that land there is neither food nor water, and all his provisions are loaded on that very she-camel; he searches for her until the hardship exhausts him, then the she-camel passes by the stump of a tree, her rein gets caught in it, and he finds her held fast there?" We said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! His joy would be very great indeed." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty is certainly far more joyful at the repentance of His servant than that man is at finding his she-camel."
