Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 29567 — Those who said: There is repentance

Sa'd bin Ubaydah said: A man came to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said: Is the door of repentance open for the one who kills a believer? He said: No, nothing except Hell. When that person had gone, those sitting with him said to him: This is not how you used to give us fatwas. You used to give us the fatwa that the repentance of one who kills a believer is certainly accepted, so what is the ruling today? He said: I think this person is angry and intends to kill a believer. The narrator said: So those people went after the man, and they found him to be just so.