سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَشَدُّ فَرَحاً بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ أَضَلَّ رَاحِلَتَهُ وَ زَادَهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ ظَلْمَاءَ فَوَجَدَهَا فَاللَّهُ أَشَدُّ فَرَحاً بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ بِرَاحِلَتِهِ حِينَ وَجَدَهَا .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Umar Bin Azina, from Abu Ubeyda Al Haza’a who said, ‘I heard Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> saying: ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> the Exalted is more Intensely Happier with the repentance of His<sup>azwj</sup> servant than a man would be whose ride and his provision has strayed during a dark night, and he finds it. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> is more intensely Happy with the repentance of His<sup>azwj</sup> servant than that man would be when he finds his ride’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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