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Sahih Muslim 2766a

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: There was a person before you who had killed ninety-nine persons and then made an inquiry about the learned persons of the world (who could…

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، (وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ الْمُثَنَّى) قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الصِّدِّيقِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «كَانَ فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ رَجُلٌ قَتَلَ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا فَسَأَلَ عَنْ أَعْلَمِ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ فَدُلَّ عَلَى رَاهِبٍ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَتَلَ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا فَهَلْ لَهُ مِنَ تَوْبَةٍ فَقَالَ لَا.

فَقَتَلَهُ فَكَمَّلَ بِهِ مِائَةً ثُمَّ سَأَلَ عَنْ أَعْلَمِ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ فَدُلَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ عَالِمٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَتَلَ مِائَةَ نَفْسٍ فَهَلْ لَهُ مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ وَمَنْ يَحُولُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ التَّوْبَةِ انْطَلِقْ إِلَى أَرْضِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَإِنَّ بِهَا أُنَاسًا يَعْبُدُونَ اللَّهَ فَاعْبُدِ اللَّهَ مَعَهُمْ وَلَا تَرْجِعْ إِلَى أَرْضِكَ فَإِنَّهَا أَرْضُ سَوْءٍ.

فَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى إِذَا نَصَفَ الطَّرِيقَ أَتَاهُ الْمَوْتُ فَاخْتَصَمَتْ فِيهِ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ وَمَلَائِكَةُ الْعَذَابِ فَقَالَتْ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ جَاءَ تَائِبًا مُقْبِلاً بِقَلْبِهِ إِلَى اللَّهِ.

وَقَالَتْ مَلَائِكَةُ الْعَذَابِ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ خَيْرًا قَطُّ. فَأَتَاهُمْ مَلَكٌ فِي صُورَةِ آدَمِيٍّ فَجَعَلُوهُ بَيْنَهُمْ فَقَالَ قِيسُوا مَا بَيْنَ الأَرْضَيْنِ فَإِلَى أَيَّتِهِمَا كَانَ أَدْنَى فَهُوَ لَهُ. فَقَاسُوهُ فَوَجَدُوهُ أَدْنَى إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَرَادَ فَقَبَضَتْهُ مَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ».

قَالَ قَتَادَةُ فَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ ذُكِرَ لَنَا أَنَّهُ لَمَّا أَتَاهُ الْمَوْتُ نَأَى بِصَدْرِهِ

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: There was a person before you who had killed ninety-nine persons and then made an inquiry about the learned persons of the world (who could show him the way to salvation). He was directed to a monk.

He came to him and told him that he had killed ninety-nine persons and asked him whether there was any scope for his repentance to be accepted. He said: No. He killed him also and thus completed one hundred.

He then asked about the learned persons of the earth and he was directed to a scholar, and he told him that he had killed one hundred persons and asked him whether there was any scope for his repentance to be accepted.

He said: Yes; what stands between you and the repentance? You better go to such and such land; there are people devoted to prayer and worship and you also worship along with them and do not come to the land of yours since it was an evil land (for you). So he went away and he had hardly covered half the distance when death came to him and there was a dispute between the angels of mercy and the angels of punishment.

The angels of mercy said: This man has come as a penitant and remorseful to Allah and the angels of punishment said: He has done no good at all. Then there came another angel in the form of a human being in order to decide between them.

He said: You measure the land to which he has drawn near. They measured it and found him nearer to the land where he intended to go (the land of piety), and so the angels of mercy took possession of it.

Qatada said that Hasan told him that it was said to them that as death approached him, he crawled upon his chest (and managed) to slip in the land of mercy.

মুহাম্মাদ ইবনুল মুসান্না (রহঃ) ..... জাবালাহ্ (রহঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, আমি ইবনু উমর (রাযিঃ) কে নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম থেকে বর্ণনা করতে শুনেছি যে, তিনি (সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম) বলেনঃ যে ব্যক্তি কদরের রাত অনুসন্ধান করতে চায়, সে যেন (রমাযানের) শেষ দশকে তা অনুসন্ধান করে।

شعبہ نے جبلہ سے روایت کی کہا : میں نے حضرت ابن عمر رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ سے سنا ، وہ نبی صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم سے حدیث بیان کر رہے تھے کہ آپ نے فرما یا : "" جو اس رات کا متلا شی ہو تو وہ اسے آخری دس راتوں میں تلاش کرے ۔

Dan Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Al Mutsanna] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Ja'far] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Syu'bah] dari [Jabalah] ia berkata, saya mendengar [Ibnu Umar] radliallahu 'anhuma menceritakan dari Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam, bahwa beliau bersabda: "Siapa yang ingin mencari (Lailatul Qadr), maka hendaklah ia mencarinya pada sepuluh akhir Ramadlan

Bize Muhammed b. EI-Müsennâ rivayet etti. (Dediki). Bize Muhammed b. Ca'fer rivayet etti. (Dediki) Bize Şu'be, Cebele'den rivayet etti. (Demişki): Ben İbni Ömer (Radiyallahu anhüma)'yi naklen rivayet ederken dinledim. Resulullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Selien)'den Resulullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem) : «Her kim Kadir Gecesini arayacaksa, onu son on gecede arasın.» buyurmuşlar

Sahih Muslim 2766a, Book 50, The Book of Repentance, Hadith 54. 2 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said that among those nations that lived before there was a man who had killed ninety-nine people. He regretted what he had done and asked to be guided to the most knowledgeable of people to see if his repentance could be accepted. He found a worshiper, with little knowledge, who felt that the man’s sin was too serious to be forgiven, so told him: Your repentance is not going to be accepted.

The man got angry and killed the monk. Then, he once again asked of the most knowledgeable of people. He found a scholar who assured him that no one could stand between him and repentance. Moreover, he advised him to travel to a certain village, where people were devoted to worshiping Allah, and to leave his own village, which apparently was a land of disbelief.

The man listened to the scholar’s advice and started his journey to the of believers, when he was in the middle of the way, death approached him. Here, a dispute arose between the angels of mercy and the angels of punishment. Allah sent them another angel to settle that dispute. He suggested measuring the distance between the man and both villages and if he was found closer to the land of disbelief, then his soul should be taken by the angels of punishment.

and if he was found closer to the land of faith, then the angels of mercy should take his soul. Finally, the man was found one span closer to the land of faith and thus his soul was taken by the angels of mercy.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn al-MuthannaTold us, Fourth generation, died 252 AH
  3. 3Muhammad ibn Bashshar, BundarWith, Fourth generation, died 252 AH
  4. 4Muadh ibn HishamTold us, Third generation, died 200 AH
  5. 5Hisham ad-DastawaiTold me, Third generation, died 151 AH
  6. 6Qatadah ibn DiamahFrom, Successor, died 117 AH
  7. 7Bakr ibn AmrFrom, Successor, died 108 AH
  8. 8Abu Said al-KhudriFrom, Companion, died 63 AH

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