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1403. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Indeed, whoever kills a Mu’āhid that has a covenant from Allāh and a covenant from His Messenger ﷺ, then he has violated the covenant with Allāh and the covenant of His Messenger, so he shall not smell the fragrance of Paradise; even though its fragrance can be sensed from the distance of seventy autumns.” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Abū Bakrah.
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] The Hadīth of Abū Hurairah is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth, it has been reported through
[1] “One who has a treaty with the Imām to not fight, whether he is a Dhimmi or not.” Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi.
more than one route from Abū Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ.
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The fragrance of the Paradise will be sensed by the people in proportion of their good deeds done in this world, and according to their status in the Hereafter. The least distance from where it could be sensed is forty years, and the maximum one thousand years. (Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi v. 2, p.308.)
