Lu'lu' wal-Marjan

Hazrat Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Among the Children of Israel there was a man (his name is unknown) who had killed ninety-nine innocent people. Then he (feeling remorseful) set out to ask about his situation. He came to a monk and asked him, "Is there any way for repentance to be accepted for this sin?" The monk replied, "No." Upon hearing this, he killed the monk as well (thus completing one hundred murders). Then he began to ask others. Eventually, another monk told him, "Go to such-and-such town." (He had not even reached halfway when) death overtook him. As he was dying, he turned his chest towards that town. Then the angels of mercy and the angels of punishment began to dispute among themselves (as to who should take him). But Allah Almighty commanded the town called Nasrah (to which he was going for repentance) to come closer to his corpse, and commanded the other town (from which he had set out) to move farther away from his corpse. Then Allah Almighty said to the angels, "Now measure the distance between the two." (When they measured,) they found that the town (to which he was going for repentance) was one hand-span closer to his corpse, so he was forgiven.