صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب الرقائقBook of Heart-Softeners
باب التوبة - ذكر ما يجب على المرء من لزوم الندم والتأسف على ما فرط منه رجاء مغفرة الله جل وعلا ذنوبه به
Chapter on Repentance – Necessity of persistent remorse and regret for past shortcomings in hope of Allah’s forgiveness
Hadith 615
أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي الصِّدِّيقِ النَّاجِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " كَانَ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ رَجُلٌ قَتَلَ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ إِنْسَانًا ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ يَسْأَلُ ، فَأَتَى رَاهِبًا فَسَأَلَهُ : هَلْ لَهُ مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ ؟ قَالَ : لا ، فَقَتَلَهُ ، وَجَعَلَ يَسْأَلُ ، فقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ : ائْتِ قَرْيَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا ، فَأَدْرَكَهُ الْمَوْتُ فَمَاتَ ، فَاخْتَصَمَتْ فِيهِ مَلائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ وَمَلائِكَةُ الْعَذَابِ ، فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَى هَذِهِ : تَقَرَّبِي وَإِلَى هَذِهِ تَبَاعَدِي ، فَوُجِدَ أَقْرَبَ إِلَى هَذِهِ بِشِبْرٍ فَغُفِرَ لَهُ " .
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "There was a man among the Children of Israel who had killed ninety-nine people. Then that man set out to inquire about this matter. He came to a monk and asked: Is there any possibility of repentance for him? The monk replied: No. So that man killed the monk as well. Then he kept inquiring, and a person said to him: Go to such-and-such town. Then death came to that man and he passed away. There was a dispute between the angels of mercy and the angels of punishment regarding him. So Allah Almighty revealed to this (part of) the land to come closer, and to the other part to move farther away. Thus, the man was found to be a handspan closer to that (part, i.e., where he was going), so he was forgiven."
