Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Khalid Rab'i narrates that he says: There was a man among the Children of Israel who was covered with knowledge. He invented a bid'ah (innovation). Then he invited people to it and it began to be followed. One night, this thought occurred to him and he said: Leave these people; they do not know about my invention. But does Allah Almighty not know about this bid'ah that I have created? He says that he reached such a state in his repentance that he burned his collarbone and put a rope through it, then tied it to one of the pillars of the mosque and said: I will not untie it until my repentance is accepted. The narrator says: Upon this, Allah Almighty revealed to one of the prophets among the Children of Israel that you should say to so-and-so: If your sin was only between Me and you, I would have forgiven you, but what about those of My servants whom you have led astray? Thus, he entered Hell.