49/1. Chapter:
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 1747 — The Book of At-Tauba (the Repentance)
Exhortation for At-Tauba (the repentance) and to be pleased for it.
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan : 1747
Al-Lu'lu Wal-MarjanHadith Number 1747
حديث عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، قَالَ: للهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ، مِنْ رَجُلٍ نَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا، وَبِهِ مَهْلَكَةٌ، وَمَعَهُ رَاحِلَتُهُ، عَلَيْهَا طَعَامُهُ وَشَرَابُهُ فَوَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ، فَنَامَ نَوْمَةً، فَاسْتَيْقَظَ، وَقَدْ ذَهَبَتْ رَاحِلَتُهُ حَتَّى اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ الْحَرُّ ⦗٢٣٩⦘ وَالْعَطَشُ، أَوْ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ، قَالَ: أَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَكَانِي فَرَجَعَ، فَنَامَ نَوْمَةً، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ، فَإِذَا رَاحِلَتُهُ عِنْدَهُ.
'Abdullah bin Mas'ud Narrated from:
Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "Allâh is more pleased with the repentance of His slave than a man who encamps at a place where his life is in jeopardy, but he has his riding animal carrying his food and water.He then rests his head and sleeps for a short while and wakes to find his riding animal gone. (He starts looking for it) and suffers exhaustion from severe heat and thirst or what Allâh wished (him to suffer from). He then says, 'I will go back to my place.' He returns and sleeps again, and then (getting up), he raises his head to find his riding animal standing beside him." ( Sahîh Al-Bukhârî, Hadîth No. 320, Vol. 8)
