Musnad Ahmad

Harith bin Suwaid says that once Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated two hadiths to us, one from himself and one from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A believer considers his sins as if he is sitting at the foot of a mountain and fears that the mountain may fall upon him, while a wicked person considers his sins as if a fly sat on his nose, he waved it away and it flew off. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Allah is more pleased with the repentance of any one of you than that person who, during a journey, passes through a deserted and deadly area, and he has a riding animal with him on which is his food and drink, his provisions and all his necessities, and suddenly they are lost. He goes out in search of them, and when he feels that his death is near but does not find the animal, he says in his heart: I will return to the place where my camel was lost, and there I will die. So he returns to his place, and upon reaching there, he falls asleep. When he wakes up, he finds his riding animal standing by his head, on which are his food, drink, provisions, and all his necessities.”