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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
من مسند أبي سعيد الخدري
From the Musnad of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri
مِنْ مُسْنَدِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ
From the Musnad of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri
Musnad Abi Ya'la 1356 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: A man killed
حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ ، عَنْ أَبِي الصِّدِّيقِ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : « أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَتَلَ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا ، فَسَأَلَ أَعْلَمَ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ فَدُلَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ ، فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ : إِنَّهُ قَتَلَ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا ، فَهَلْ لَهُ مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ ؟ فَقَالَ : بَعْدَ قَتْلِ تِسْعَةٍ وَتِسْعِينَ لَيْسَتْ لَكَ تَوْبَةٌ . فَانْتَضَى سَيْفَهُ فَقَتَلَهُ فَكَمَّلَ بِهِ مِائَةً . قَالَ : ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ مَكَثَ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَ عَنْ أَعْلَمِ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ ، فَدُلَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّهُ قَتَلَ مِائَةَ نَفْسٍ فَهَلْ لَهُ مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ ؟ قَالَ : وَمَنْ يَحُولُ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ التَّوْبَةِ ؟ اخْرُجْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ الْخَبِيثَةِ الَّتِي أَنْتَ بِهَا إِلَى قَرْيَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا ، فَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ فِيهِمْ . قَالَ : فَخَرَجَ وَعَرَضَ أَجَلُهُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ ، فَاخْتَصَمَ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ وَمَلَائِكَةُ الْعَذَابِ ، فَقَالَ إِبْلِيسُ : إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْصِنِي سَاعَةً قَطُّ ، قَالَتْ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ : إِنَّهُ خَرَجَ تَائِبًا . فَزَعَمَ حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ أَنَّ بَكْرًا حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ قَالَ : بَعَثَ اللهُ مَلَكًا فَاجْتَمَعُوا إِلَيْهِ - رَجَعَ الْحَدِيثُ إِلَى حَدِيثِ قَتَادَةَ - قَالَ : فَقَالَ : انْظُرُوا إِلَى أَيِّ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ كَانَ أَقْرَبَ فَأَلْحِقُوهُ بِأَهْلِهَا . قَالَ قَتَادَةُ : « فَقَرَّبَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْقَرْيَةَ الصَّالِحَةَ ، وَبَاعَدَ مِنْهُ الْخَبِيثَةَ وَأَلْحَقُوهُ بِأَهْلِهَا » » .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id 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 asked about the most learned person on earth and was directed to a man. He came to him and said that he had killed ninety-nine people; was there any possibility of repentance for him? He replied: 'After killing ninety-nine, there is no room for repentance for you.' At this, the man drew his sword and killed him too, completing the number of one hundred. Then he stayed as long as Allah willed, after which he again asked about the most learned person on earth and was directed to a man. He said that he had taken a hundred lives; was there any way of repentance for him? That scholar replied: 'Who can stand between you and repentance? Leave this wicked town where you live and go to such-and-such a town, and worship your Lord while living there.' So he set out, and while he was still on the way, his time of death came, whereupon the angels of mercy and the angels of punishment disputed (over him). Iblis said: 'He never disobeyed me for even a moment (that is, he did not give up sin).' But the angels of mercy said: 'Indeed, he set out repenting.' Humayd al-Tawil (may Allah have mercy on him) claimed that Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated to him from Abu Rafi' (may Allah have mercy on him): 'Allah Almighty sent an angel, and they all gathered around him' (and from here the hadith returns to the narration of Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him)), and that angel said: 'Look which of the two towns he is nearer to, and join him with the people of that town.' Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: 'Then Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, brought the righteous town near and moved the wicked town away from him, and the angels joined him with the righteous people.'"
