Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَلَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ أَضَلَّ رَاحِلَتَهُ بِفَلَاةٍ مِنْ الْأَرْضِ فَطَلَبَهَا فَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَيْهَا فَتَسَجَّى لِلْمَوْتِ فَبَيْنَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ سَمِعَ وَجْبَةَ الرَّاحِلَةِ حِينَ بَرَكَتْ فَكَشَفَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِرَاحِلَتِهِ.
English Translation
Yazid told us, Fudayl ibn Marzuq informed us, from Atiyya, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Allah is more joyful at the repentance of His servant than a man who lost his riding beast in a desert wasteland, sought it and could not find it, so he lay down resigned to death. While he was in that state, he suddenly heard the thud of the riding beast as it knelt down, so he uncovered his face, and there was his riding beast."