Hadith #224
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَبِي الصِّدِّيقِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ رَجُلًا قَتَلَ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا فَسَأَلَ عَنْ أَعْلَمِ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ فَدُلَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَتَلَ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا فَهَلْ لَهُ مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ قَالَ لَقَدْ قَتَلَ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا فَلَيْسَتْ لَهُ تَوْبَةٌ قَالَ فَانْتَضَى سَيْفَهُ فَقَتَلَهُ فَكَمَّلَ مِائَةً ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ مَكَثَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ سَأَلَ عَنْ أَعْلَمِ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ فَدُلَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَدْ قَتَلَ مِائَةَ نَفْسٍ فَهَلْ لَهُ مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ فَقَالَ وَمَنْ يَحُولُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ التَّوْبَةِ اخْرُجْ مِنْ الْقَرْيَةِ الْخَبِيثَة
ِ الَّتِي أَنْتَ بِهَا إِلَى قَرْيَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِيهَا قَالَ فَخَرَجَ وَعَرَضَ لَهُ أَجَلُهُ فَاخْتَصَمَ فِيهِ مَلَائِكَةُ الْعَذَابِ وَمَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ قَالَ إِبْلِيسُ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْصِنِي سَاعَةً قَطُّ قَالَتْ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ إِنَّهُ خَرَجَ تَائِبًا فَزَعَمَ حُمَيْدٌ أَنَّ بَكْرًا حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ قَالَ فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ مَلَكًا فَاخْتَصَمَا إِلَيْهِ رَجَعَ الْحَدِيثُ إِلَى حَدِيثِ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ انْظُرُوا إِلَى أَيِّ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ كَانَ أَقْرَبَ فَأَلْحِقُوهُ بِهَا قَالَ قَتَادَةُ فَقَرَّبَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ الْقَرْيَةَ الصَّالِحَةَ وَبَاعَدَ عَنْهُ الْقَرْيَةَ الْخَبِيثَةَ فَأَلْحَقُوهُ بِأَهْلِهَا
Isnad Chain
عفان
همام
قتادة
أبي الصديق
أبو سعيد الخدري
English Translation
'Affan narrated to us, Hammam narrated to us, Qatadah narrated to us, from Abu al-Siddiq, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (رضي الله عنه) that the Prophet ﷺ said: 'A man killed ninety-nine people and then asked about the most knowledgeable person on earth and was directed to a monk. He came to him and said: I have killed ninety-nine people. Can I repent? He said: After ninety-nine? So he killed him, completing one hundred. Then he asked about the most knowledgeable person on earth 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 village, for in it are people who worship Allah. Worship Allah with them and do not return to your village, for it is a village of evil. So he set out, and when he reached the halfway point, death came to him. The angels of mercy and the angels of punishment disputed over him. Allah revealed to [the village] of evil: Move away, and to the good village: Draw near. And He said: Measure the distance between them. They found him closer to the good village by a hand's span, so he was forgiven.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 24, Hadith 224
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 11262
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-47652