Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A man killed ninety-nine people, then he thought of repenting. He inquired about a scholar, and he was informed about a scholar. He went to that scholar and said, "I have killed ninety-nine people, can I repent?" The scholar said, "Repentance after ninety-nine murders?" So the man drew his sword and killed him as well, thus completing one hundred. Then he again thought of repenting and inquired about a scholar. He was told about a scholar, so he went to that scholar and said, "I have killed one hundred people, can I repent?" The scholar said to him, "Leave the town in which you are and go to the town of the righteous; go to such-and-such town and worship your Lord there." So the man set out for that town, and on the way, the time of his death came. The angels of mercy and the angels of punishment disputed over him. Iblis said, "I have more right to him because he never disobeyed me for even a moment." The angels of mercy said, "He set out with the intention of repentance." Allah sent another angel, and they took their dispute to him. That angel said, "Measure the distance between the two towns; whichever town he is closer to, count him among its people." When the man realized his death was near, he dragged himself towards the town of the righteous. Allah made him closer to the town of the righteous and distanced him from the town of the wicked, so he was counted among the people of the righteous.