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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Repentance

Sahih Muslim 2747b

Chapter: Exhortation To Repent And Rejoicing Therein

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 2747b

Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik

حَدَّثَنَا هَدَّابُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏

لَلَّهُ أَشَدُّ فَرَحًا بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنْ أَحَدِكُمْ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ عَلَى بَعِيرِهِ قَدْ أَضَلَّهُ بِأَرْضِ فَلاَةٍ ‏"

Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:

Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His servant than if one of you gets up and he finds his camel missing in a waterless desert (and then he accidentally finds it). This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas b. Malik through another chain of transmitters.

Reported by Muslim (No. 2747b) and Ahmad (No. 12750).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَدِيث أَنَس مِنْ رِوَايَة هَدَّاب بْن خَالِد : ( لَلَّه أَشَدُّ فَرَحًا بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْده مِنْ أَحَدكُمْ إِذَا اِسْتَيْقَظَ عَلَى بَعِيره قَدْ أَضَلَّهُ بِأَرْضٍ فَلَاة ) هَكَذَا هُوَ فِي جَمِيع النُّسَخ ( إِذَا اِسْتَيْقَظَ عَلَى بَعِيره ) وَكَذَا قَالَ الْقَاضِي عِيَاض , أَنَّهُ اِتَّفَقَتْ عَلَيْهِ رُوَاة صَحِيح مُسْلِم , قَالَ : قَالَ بَعْضهمْ : وَهُوَ وَهْم , وَصَوَابه ( إِذَا سَقَطَ عَلَى بَعِيره ) أَيْ : وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِ , وَصَادَفَهُ مِنْ غَيْر قَصْد , قَالَ الْقَاضِي : وَقَدْ جَاءَ فِي الْحَدِيث الْآخَر عَنْ اِبْن مَسْعُود ( قَالَ : فَأَرْجِع إِلَى الْمَكَان الَّذِي كُنْت فِيهِ فَأَنَام حَتَّى أَمُوت , فَوَضَعَ رَأْسه عَلَى سَاعِده لِيَمُو…

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