Hadith #199
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْغَافِرِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِمَّنْ خَلَا مِنْ النَّاسِ رَغَسَهُ اللَّهُ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا فَلَمَّا حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ وَدَعَا بَنِيهِ فَقَالَ أَيَّ أَبٍ كُنْتُ لَكُمْ قَالُوا خَيْرَ أَبٍ قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ وَاللَّهِ مَا ابْتَأَرَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرًا قَطُّ فَإِذَا مَاتَ فَأَحْرِقُوهُ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ فَحْمًا فَاسْحَقُوهُ ثُمَّ أَذْرُهُ فِي يَوْمٍ يَعْنِي رِيحًا عَاصِفًا قَالَ وَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَخَذَ مَوَاثِيقَهُمْ عَلَى
ذَلِكَ وَرَبِّي فَفَعَلُوا وَرَبِّي لَمَّا مَاتَ أَحْرَقُوهُ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ فَحْمًا سَحَقُوهُ ثُمَّ أَذْرَوْهُ فِي يَوْمٍ عَاصِفٍ قَالَ رَبُّهُ كُنْ فَإِذَا هُوَ رَجُلُ قَائِمٌ قَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى الَّذِي صَنَعْتَ قَالَ رَبِّ خِفْتُ عَذَابَكَ قَالَ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ مَا تَلَافَاهُ غَيْرُهَا أَنْ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ قَالَ الْحَسَنُ مَرَّةً مَا تَلَاقَاهُ غَيْرُهَا أَنْ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ رَجُلٌ خَافَ عَذَابَ اللَّهِ فَأَنْجَاهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ مَخَافَتِهِ
Isnad Chain
حسن بن موسى
شيبان
قتادة
عقبة بن عبد الغافر
أبو سعيد الخدري
ريحا عاصفا
English Translation
Hasan ibn Musa narrated to us, Shayban narrated to us, from Qatadah, from 'Uqbah ibn 'Abd al-Ghafir, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (رضي الله عنه) who said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'A man among those before you killed ninety-nine people, then he asked about the most knowledgeable person on earth and was directed to a monk. He went to him and said: I have killed ninety-nine people. Can I repent? He said: No. So he killed him, completing one hundred. Then he asked about the most knowledgeable person and was directed to a scholar. He said: I have killed one hundred people. Can I repent? He said: Yes, and what stands between you and repentance? Go to such-and-such land, for in it are people who worship Allah. Worship Allah with them and do not return to your land, for it is a land of evil. So he set out, and when he was halfway, death came to him. The angels of mercy and the angels of punishment disputed over him. The angels of mercy said: He came turning to Allah with his heart repentant. The angels of punishment said: He never did any good. Then an angel came in human form and they made him an arbiter. He said: Measure the distance between the two lands. Whichever he is closer to, he belongs to that land. They measured and found him closer to the land he was heading to, so the angels of mercy took him.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 24, Hadith 199
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 11237
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-47627