Abu al-Za’ra’ reported: Abdullah ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “A monk worshiped Allah in his hermitage for sixty years. Then, a woman came and lay down at his side, so he lay down with her and was intimate with her for six nights. He became regretful and fled. He arrived at a mosque and sought refuge in it, while he remained inside for three days without eating anything. He was given a loaf of bread, so he broke it into two halves, giving half to the man on his right and half to the man on his left. Allah sent to him the angel of death to take hold of his soul. The angel placed his good deeds of sixty years upon one side of the Scale and placed the six nights of adultery on the other side, yet the six nights outweighed it. Then, he placed the loaf of bread on the Scale, outweighing the six nights.”
Source: Muṣannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 9813
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani
عَنْ أَبِي الزَّعْرَاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَاهِبًا عَبَدَ اللَّهَ فِي صَوْمَعَتِهِ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً فَجَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فَنَزَلَتْ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَنَزَلَ إِلَيْهَا فَوَاقَعَهَا سِتَّ لَيَالٍ ثُمَّ سَقَطَ فِي يَدِهِ فَهَرَبَ فَأَتَى مَسْجِدًا فَأَوَى إِلَيْهِ فَمَكَثَ ثَلَاثًا لَا يَطْعَمُ شَيْئًا فَأُتِيَ بِرَغِيفٍ فَكَسَرَ نِصْفَهُ فَأَعْطَى نِصْفَهُ رَجُلًا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَأَعْطَى آخَرَ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكَ الْمَوْتِ فَقَبَضَ رُوحَهُ فَوُضِعَ عَمَلُ السِّتِّينَ سَنَةً فِي كِفَّةٍ وَوُضِعَ السَّيِّئَةُ فِي كِفَّةٍ فَرَجَحَتِ السَّيِّئَةُ ثُمَّ جِيءَ بِالرَّغِيفِ فَرَجَحَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ
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