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4733. It was narrated from 'Alqamah bin Wâ'il that his father told them that a man who had killed another man was brought to the Prophet ﷺ and he handed him over to the heir of the victim to kill him. Then the Prophet ﷺ said to those who were sitting with him: "The killer and the slain will both be in Fire." A man went after him and told him that, and when he told him that, he left him (let him go). He (the narrator) said: "I saw him dragging his string when he let him go. I mentioned that to Habîb and he said: 'Sa'eed bin Ashwa' told me that the Prophet ﷺ commanded the man to forgive him.'" (Sahih)
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'The killer and the slain, will both be in the Fire': This does not mean that if he kills him, then both would enter the Fire. Such a connotation is against the accepted postulates, because in the event of getting slain, the sir of the slayer would be forgiven and the one who seeks retribution would gain his right. Why should he be doomed to Fire? But the meaning is that if the slayer and the slain are both bent on taking each other's life, then both of them would be doomed to Hellfire. The killer might not necessarily be in the wrong. Hence, one should resort to forgiveness. By the usage of such words, it is meant to arouse the feelings of forgiveness, and that objective was fulfilled.
