Allah Is Happier at Your Repentance Than a Traveller Who Finds His Lost Mount — Hadith Library

Said by: Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (as)

Status: ✅ Verified reference

Reference: Al-Kafi (Shaykh al-Kulayni), Volume 2, Kitab al-Iman wa al-Kufr, Chapter 191 (Bab al-Tawba — Repentance), Hadith 8.

Arabic — core saying (excerpt):

إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى أَشَدُّ فَرَحاً بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ أَضَلَّ رَاحِلَتَهُ وَزَادَهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ ظَلْمَاءَ فَوَجَدَهَا

English translation:

"Allah, the Most High, is more pleased with the repentance of His servant than a man who loses his riding animal, with his food and provisions on it, in a dark night, and then finds it."

Explanation: Imagine a traveller in a dark desert who has lost everything and then suddenly finds it — that joy is small next to Allah's pleasure when His servant turns back to Him. Repentance is not something Allah accepts coldly. He welcomes it with joy.

💡 Remember:

Imagine a traveller in a dark desert who has lost everything and then suddenly finds it — that joy is small next to Allah's pleasure when His servant turns back to Him.