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Sunan an-Nasai 4865 — Repentance and Murder
What Is Mentioned In The Book Of Retaliation From Al-Mujtaba Which Is Not Contained In The Sunan: Interpreting The Saying Of Allah, The Mighty And Sublime: "And Whoever Kills A Believer Intentionally, His Recompense Is Hell To Abide Therein"
Hadith About Repentance After Intentional Murder
Sunan an-Nasai : 4865
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4865
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ أَبِي بَزَّةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لاِبْنِ عَبَّاسٍ هَلْ لِمَنْ قَتَلَ مُؤْمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ قَالَ لاَ . وَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ الآيَةَ الَّتِي فِي الْفُرْقَانِ { وَالَّذِينَ لاَ يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ وَلاَ يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلاَّ بِالْحَقِّ } قَالَ هَذِهِ آيَةٌ مَكِّيَّةٌ نَسَخَتْهَا آيَةٌ مَدَنِيَّةٌ { وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ } .
Sa'eed bin Jubair Narrated from:
I said to Ibn Abbas. 'Can a person who killed a believer intentionally repent?' He said: 'No.' I recited the Verse from Al-Furqan to him: And those who invoke not any other ilah (god) along with Allah, nor kill such person a Allah has forbidden, except but right. He said: 'This Verse was revealed in Makkah and was abrogated by a verse that was revealed in Al-Madinah: And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell
[3] Al-Furqân 25:68.[4] An-Nisâ' 4:93. This preceded; No. 4006.Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4865In-book reference : Book 45, Hadith 160English translation : Vol. 5, Book 45, Hadith 4869
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4865
This hadith about repentance after intentional murder records Sa’eed bin Jubair asking Ibn Abbas whether a person who killed a believer intentionally could repent. Ibn Abbas answered, “No,” according to this narration. Sa’eed then recited the verse from Al-Furqan about not calling on another god and not killing the soul Allah has forbidden except by right. Ibn Abbas replied that this verse was revealed in Makkah and was abrogated by the Madinan verse: “And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell.” The narration is severe in wording, so the explanation should not soften or expand it beyond the text. It stresses the heavy warning around deliberate murder.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report presents Ibn Abbas’s severe answer about deliberate killing.
- The narration distinguishes between a Makkan verse and a Madinan verse.
- Intentional murder is shown as a matter with a very serious warning.
