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Sahih Muslim 1890c — Guidance After Sin
Two Men, one of whom kills the other, and both will enter Paradise
Hadith About Guidance After Sin: Two Men Enter Paradise
Sahih Muslim : 1890c
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1890c
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ، قَالَ هَذَا مَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرَ أَحَادِيثَ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يَضْحَكُ اللَّهُ لِرَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتُلُ أَحَدُهُمَا الآخَرَ كِلاَهُمَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ " قَالُوا كَيْفَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " يُقْتَلُ هَذَا فَيَلِجُ الْجَنَّةَ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَى الآخَرِ فَيَهْدِيهِ إِلَى الإِسْلاَمِ ثُمَّ يُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيُسْتَشْهَدُ " .
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: God laughs at the two men one of whom kills the other; both of them will enter Paradise. They (the Companions) said: How, Messenger of Allah? He said: One is slain (in the way of Allah) and enters Paradise. Then God forgives the other and guides him to Islam; then he fights in the way of Allah and dies a martyr.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1890cIn-book reference : Book 33, Hadith 190USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 20, Hadith 4660
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1890c
This narration explains the same powerful case in slightly fuller wording. The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said Allah laughs at two men: one kills the other, yet both enter Paradise. The explanation is specific. One is slain and enters Paradise. Then Allah forgives the other, guides him to Islam, and he later fights in the way of Allah and dies as a martyr. A common search phrase for this report is killer and killed enter Paradise Hadith, but the text must be read carefully. It is not praising murder. It is describing a case where Allah grants forgiveness and guidance, and the person’s later life ends in martyrdom. The focus is mercy, Islam, and a changed end.
What we learn from this hadith
- The killed person is described as entering Paradise.
- The killer is later forgiven and guided to Islam.
- The second person’s later martyrdom is part of the case described.
- The Hadith should be read as a specific narrated case, not a general approval of killing.
