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Riyad as-Salihin 15

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Verily, Allah is more delighted with the repentance of His slave than a person who lost his camel in a desert land and then finds it (unexpectedly)”.

Anasnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih by agreed upon
2names in the chain
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وعن أبي حمزة أنس بن مالك الأنصارى خادم

رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «لله أفرح بتوبة عبده من أحدكم سقط على بعيره وقد أضله في أرض فلاة» وفى رواية لمسلم: لله أشد فرحا بتوبة عبده حين يتوب إليه من أحدكم كان على راحلته بأرض فلاة، فانفلتت منه وعليها طعامه وشرابه فأيس منها، فأتى شجرة فاضطجع في ظلها، وقد أيس من راحلته، فبينما هو كذلك إذا هو بها، قائمة عنده، فأخذ بخطامها ثم قال: من شدة الفرح: اللهم أنت عبدي وأنا ربك، أخطأ من شدة الفرح

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Verily, Allah is more delighted with the repentance of His slave than a person who lost his camel in a desert land and then finds it (unexpectedly)”.

In another version of Muslim, he said: “Verily, Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His slave than a person who has his camel in a waterless desert carrying his provision of food and drink and it is lost. He, having lost all hopes (to get that back), lies down in shade and is disappointed about his camel; when all of a sudden he finds that camel standing before him.

He takes hold of its reins and then out of boundless joy blurts out: ‘O Allah, You are my slave and I am Your Rubb’. He commits this mistake out of extreme joy”.

Riyad as-Salihin 15, Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, Hadith 15. 1 min read

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Who passed it on, from Imam an-Nawawi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam an-NawawiCompiler, died 676 AH
  2. 2Anas ibn MalikFrom, Companion, died 90 AH

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