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"لَلَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ أَضَلَّ رَاحِلَتَهُ بِفَلَاةٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، فَطَلَبَهَا فَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَيهَا، فَتَسَجَّى لِلْمَوْتِ، فَبَينَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ سَمِعَ وَجْبَةَ الرَّاحِلَةِ حِينَ بَرَكَتْ فَكَشَفَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ، فَإِذَا هُوَ بِرَاحِلَتِهِ".  

[حم] أحمد [هـ] ابن ماجة [ع] أبو يعلى عن أَبي سعيد

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
ibnmajah:4249 – Sufyān b. Wakīʿ from my father > Fuḍayl b. Marzūq > ʿAṭiyyah > Abū Saʿīd

“Allah rejoices more over the repentance of His slave, than a man who loses his mount in a barren land, and he searches for it until he gets tired and covers his face with his garment, and while he is like that, he heard the footsteps of his mount where he lost it, so he lifts the garment from his face and there is his mount.”  

ابن ماجة:٤٢٤٩ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَكِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ مَرْزُوقٍ عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَلَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ أَضَلَّ رَاحِلَتَهُ بِفَلاَةٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ فَالْتَمَسَهَا حَتَّى إِذَا أَعْيَى تَسَجَّى بِثَوْبِهِ فَبَيْنَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ سَمِعَ وَجْبَةَ الرَّاحِلَةِ حَيْثُ فَقَدَهَا فَكَشَفَ الثَّوْبَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِرَاحِلَتِهِ  

ahmad:11791 – Yazīd > Fuḍayl b. Marzūq > ʿAṭiyyah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

“Allah rejoices more over the repentance of His slave, than a man who loses his mount in a barren land, and he searches for it until he gets tired and covers his face with his garment, and while he is like that, he heard the footsteps of his mount where he lost it, so he lifts the garment from his face and there is his mount.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4249)   

أحمد:١١٧٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَلَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ أَضَلَّ رَاحِلَتَهُ بِفَلَاةٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فَطَلَبَهَا فَلَمْ يَقْدِرْعَلَيْهَا فَتَسَجَّى لِلْمَوْتِ فَبَيْنَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ سَمِعَ وَجْبَةَ الرَّاحِلَةِ حِينَ بَرَكَتْ فَكَشَفَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِرَاحِلَتِهِ