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Can The One Who Kills A Believer Repent?

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21. The Chapters On Blood Money

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2622. It was narrated that Abu Sa'eed Khudri said: "Shall I not tell you what I heard directly from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ? I heard it and memorized it: 'A man killed ninety-nine people, then the idea of repentance occurred to him. He asked who was the most knowledgeable of people on earth, and he was told of a man so he went to him and said: "I have killed ninety-nine people. Can I repent?" He said: "After ninety-nine people?!" He said: 'So he drew his sword and killed him, thus completing one hundred. Then the idea of repentance occurred to him (again), so he asked who was the most knowledgeable of people, and he was told of a man (so he went to him) and said: "I have killed one hundred people. Can I repent?" He said: "Woe to you, what is stopping you from repenting? Leave the evil town where you are living and go to a good town, such and such town and worship your Lord there." So he went out, heading for the good town, but death came to him on the road. The angels of mercy and the angels of punishment argued over him. Iblis (Satan) said: "I have more right to him, for he never disobeyed me for a moment." But the angels of mercy said: "He went out repenting." (One of the narrators) Hammâm said: "Humaid At-Tawil narrated to me from Bakr bin 'Abdullâh, that Abu Râfî' said: 'So Allâh sent an angel to whom they referred (the case). He said: "Look and see which of the two towns was he closer, and put him with its people."' (One of the narrators) Qatâdah said: "Hasan narrated to us: 'When death came to him he strove and drew closer to the good town, and farther away from the evil town, so they put him with the people of the good town.'" (Sahih) Another chain from Hammâm, and he mentioned similarly.

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2622 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الصِّدِّيقِ النَّاجِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ: أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِمَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَايَ، وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي " إِنَّ عَبْدًا قَتَلَ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا ثُمَّ عَرَضَتْ لَهُ التَّوْبَةُ، فَسَأَلَ عَنْ أَعْلَمِ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ، فَدُلَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ فَأَتَاهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي قَتَلْتُ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا، فَهَلْ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ؟ قَالَ: بَعْدَ تِسْعَةٍ وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا قَالَ: فَانْتَضَى سَيْفَهُ فَقَتَلَهُ، فَأَكْمَلَ بِهِ الْمِائَةَ، ثُمَّ عَرَضَتْ لَهُ التَّوْبَةُ، فَسَأَلَ عَنْ أَعْلَمِ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ، فَدُلَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي قَتَلْتُ مِائَةَ نَفْسٍ، فَهَلْ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: وَيْحَكَ، وَمَنْ يَحُولُ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ التَّوْبَةِ؟ اخْرُجْ مِنَ الْقَرْيَةِ الْخَبِيثَةِ الَّتِي أَنْتَ فِيهَا إِلَى الْقَرْيَةِ الصَّالِحَةِ قَرْيَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ فِيهَا، فَخَرَجَ يُرِيدُ الْقَرْيَةَ الصَّالِحَةَ، فَعَرَضَ لَهُ أَجَلُهُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ، فَاخْتَصَمَتْ فِيهِ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ وَمَلَائِكَةُ الْعَذَابِ، قَالَ إِبْلِيسُ: أَنَا أَوْلَى بِهِ، إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْصِنِي سَاعَةً قَطُّ، قَالَ: فَقَالَتْ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ: إِنَّهُ خَرَجَ تَائِبًا " قَالَ هَمَّامٌ: فَحَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ، عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ قَالَ: فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَلَكًا، فَاخْتَصَمُوا إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا، فَقَالَ: انْظُرُوا، أَيَّ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ كَانَتْ أَقْرَبَ، فَأَلْحِقُوهُ بِأَهْلِهَا، قَالَ قَتَادَةُ: فَحَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ، قَالَ: لَمَّا حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ احْتَفَزَ بِنَفْسِهِ فَقَرُبَ مِنَ الْقَرْيَةِ الصَّالِحَةِ، وَبَاعَدَ مِنْهُ الْقَرْيَةَ الْخَبِيثَةَ، فَأَلْحَقُوهُ بِأَهْلِ الْقَرْيَةِ الصَّالِحَةِ. قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ الْقَطَّانِ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ

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    [1] This is a reference to the Verse: "And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell to abide therein; and the wrath and the curse of Allāh are upon him, and a great punishment is prepared for him." (An-Nisā' 4:93)

Commentary

One who after committing a crime is afraid of Allāh's justice, he should not be disappointed by religious scholars from Allāh's mercy. They should encourage him to repent and ask Allāh's mercy. Anyone who takes undue leave of Allāh's mercy should be warned of severe punishment. True and sincere repentance may induce the mercy of Allāh to pardon mortal sins like bloodshed. One way of improvement of character is to leave the bad and impure environment and join the company of good people.