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2498. And the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Allāh is more pleased with the repentance of one of you than a man in a desolate, barren, destructive wasteland, who has his mount carrying his provisions, his food, and his drink and what he needs with him. Then it wanders away. So he goes to find it until he is on the brink of death. He says: 'I will return to the place where I lost it, to die.' So he returns to his place and his eyes become heavy (falling asleep). Then he awakens to find his mount at his head carrying his food, drink and what he needs." (Sahih)
Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ. There are narrations about this from Abū Hurairah, An-Nu'mān bin Bashīr, and Anas bin Mālik from the Prophet ﷺ.
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We learn from no.2497 (a saying of 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd) that the commission of a sin by a well-meaning believer is an extremely painful experience for him, and he feels as though he were at the base of a mountain ready to fall upon him any moment. A disbeliever or an arrogant person, on the other hand, does not care about any wrongdoing or act of sin committed by him. He only feels as if it were a fly that had dropped on his nose and he would drive it away by a movement of his hand.
