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مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
مسند المكثرين من الصحابة
Musnad of the Prolific Narrators Among the Companions
مسنَد عبد الله بن مسعود رَضِیَ اللَّه تَعَالَى عَنه
Musnad of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him)
Musnad Ahmad 3629 — Musnad of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
حَدَّثَنَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ ، عَنْ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ والأعمش ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ ، عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ ، قَالَا : قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ : " إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يَرَى ذُنُوبَهُ كَأَنَّهُ فِي أَصْلِ جَبَلٍ يَخَافُ أَنْ يَقَعَ عَلَيْهِ ، وَإِنَّ الْفَاجِرَ يَرَى ذُنُوبَهُ كَذُبَابٍ وَقَعَ عَلَى أَنْفِهِ " ، فَقَالَ بِهِ هَكَذَا ، فَطَارَ . قَالَ : قَالَ : وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لَلَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ أَحَدِكُمْ ، مِنْ رَجُلٍ خَرَجَ بِأَرْضٍ دَوِّيَّةٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدِيثَيْنِ : أَحَدَهُمَا عَنْ نَفْسِهِ ، وَالْآخَرَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَهْلَكَةٍ ، مَعَهُ رَاحِلَتُهُ ، عَلَيْهَا زَادُهُ وَطَعَامُهُ وَشَرَابُهُ وَمَا يُصْلِحُهُ ، فَأَضَلَّهَا ، فَخَرَجَ فِي طَلَبِهَا ، حَتَّى إِذَا أَدْرَكَهُ الْمَوْتُ ، قَالَ : أَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَكَانِي الَّذِي أَضْلَلْتُهَا فِيهِ ، فَأَمُوتُ فِيهِ ، قَالَ : فَرَجَعَ ، فَغَلَبَتْهُ عَيْنُهُ ، فَاسْتَيْقَظَ ، فَإِذَا رَاحِلَتُهُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ عَلَيْهَا زَادُهُ وَطَعَامُهُ وَشَرَابُهُ وَمَا يُصْلِحُهُ " .
Aswad (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A believer considers his sins as if he is in the hollow 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, while traveling through a desolate and deadly land, has his riding animal with him on which is his food and drink, his provisions and necessities, and suddenly they are lost. He goes out in search of them, and when he feels that his death is near but cannot find his mount, 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, falls asleep there, and when he wakes up, he finds his mount standing by his head, with his food, drink, provisions, and all his necessities on it."
