حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَکِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ مَرْزُوقٍ عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَلَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ أَضَلَّ رَاحِلَتَهُ بِفَلَاةٍ مِنْ الْأَرْضِ فَالْتَمَسَهَا حَتَّی إِذَا أَعْيَی تَسَجَّی بِثَوْبِهِ فَبَيْنَا هُوَ کَذَلِکَ إِذْ سَمِعَ وَجْبَةَ الرَّاحِلَةِ حَيْثُ فَقَدَهَا فَکَشَفَ الثَّوْبَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِرَاحِلَتِهِ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 4249
It was narrated from Abu saeed that the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H said: "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 hears the footsteps of his mount where he lost it, so he lift the garment from his face and there is his mount." (Da'if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020