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Sunan Ibn Majah 4249

Chapter: Repentance

Weak 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 4249

Narrator:Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri

حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَكِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ مَرْزُوقٍ، عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏:

‏ ‏"‏ 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 ‏"

It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) 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 heard the footsteps of his mount where he lost it, so he lifts the garment from his face and there is his mount.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 4249) and Ahmad (No. 11364).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( لَلَّه ) بِفَتْحِ اللَّام مُبْتَدَأ خَبَره أَفْرَح ( بِفَلَاةٍ ) بِفَتْحِ الْفَاء أَيْ بِمَفَازَةٍ ( أَعِيِّي ) أَيّ جَعَلَهُ الِالْتِمَاس عَاجِزًا ( تَسَجَّى ) أَيْ تَغَطَّى بِثَوْبِهِ لِيَمُوتَ مَكَانه ( وَجْبَة الرَّاحِلَة ) صَوْت وَقْع قَدَمهَا عَلَى الْأَرْض وَفِي الزَّوَائِد فِي إِسْنَاده عَطِيَّة الْعَوْقِيّ وَسُفْيَان اِبْن وَكِيع وَهُمَا ضَعِيفَانِ وَأَصْل الْحَدِيث أَخْرَجَهُ الشَّيْخَانِ مِنْ حَدِيث اِبْن مَسْعُود وَأَنَس.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 4249
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 4249
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH WeakMunkar The hadith No. 4249

Other versions

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  • مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي (1291)لَلَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ أَضَلَّ رَاحِلَتَهُ بِفَلاةٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ ، فَطَلَبَهَا فَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَيْهَا ، فَتَسَجَّى لِلْمَوْتِ ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ سَمِعَ وَجْبَةَ الرَّاحِلَةِ حِينَ بَرَكَتْ ، فَكَشَفَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِرَاحِلَتِهِ
  • مسند ابن الجعد (1724)لَلَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ أَضَلَّ رَاحِلَتَهُ بِفَلاةٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ ، فَطَلَبَهَا ، فَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَيْهَا فَتَسَجَّى لِلْمَوْتِ ، فَبَيْنَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ سَمِعَ وَجْبَةَ الرَّاحِلَةِ حِينَ بَرَكَتْ فَكَشَفَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِرَاحِلَتِهِ

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