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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
حديث أبي موسى الأشعري
Hadith of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
حَدِيثُ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ
Hadith of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
Musnad Abi Ya'la 7285 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah Almighty
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا بُرَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : « لَلَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ الَّذِي قَدْ أَسْرَفَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ سَافَرَ فِي أَرْضٍ فَلَاةٍ مَعْطَبَةٍ مَهْلَكَةٍ ، فَلَمَّا تَوَسَّطَ أَضَلَّ رَاحِلَتَهُ ، فَسَعَى فِي بُغَائِهَا يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا حَتَّى أَعْيَى - أَوْ أَيِسَ - مِنْهَا ، وَظَنَّ أَنْ قَدْ هَلَكَ ، نَظَرَ فَوَجَدَهَا فِي مَكَانٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَرْجُو أَنْ يَجِدَهَا ، فَاللهُ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ الْمُسْرِفِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ بِرَاحِلَتِهِ حِينَ وَجَدَهَا » .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty is far more pleased with the repentance of His servant who has wronged himself (through sins) than a man who travelled through a barren, deadly and ruinous land. When he reached its middle, his mount was lost, so he ran right and left searching for it until he was exhausted, or he despaired of it, and he became certain that he would now perish. Then suddenly he looked and found his mount in a place where he had no hope of finding it. So Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, is far more pleased with the repentance of His sinful servant than that man who found his lost mount again (on the brink of death)."
