حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَالِمُ بْنُ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا قَتَلَ مُؤْمِنًا قَالَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ جَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا قَالَ ثَكِلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ وَأَنَّى لَهُ التَّوْبَةُ وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ الْمَقْتُولَ يَجِيءُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مُتَعَلِّقًا رَأْسَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ أَوْ قَالَ بِشِمَالِهِ آخِذًا صَاحِبَهُ بِيَدِهِ الْأُخْرَى تَشْخَبُ أَوْدَاجُهُ دَمًا فِي قُبُلِ عَرْشِ الرَّحْمَنِ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّ سَلْ هَذَا فِيمَ قَتَلَنِي
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2683
Salim bin Abil-Ja'd narrated: A man came to Ibn 'Abbas (RA) and said: O Ibn 'Abbas, what do you think of a man who kills a believer? Ibn 'Abbas replied: "...his recompense is Hell to abide therein; and the Wrath and the Curse of Allah are upon him, and a great punishment is prepared for him" [an-Nisa' 4:93]. He said: O Ibn 'Abbas, what do you think if he repents, believes and does righteous deeds? He said: May his mother be bereft of him! How could he repent when the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)said: "The slain one will come on the Day of Resurrection, carrying his head in his right hand - or he said: in his left hand - and holding on to his killer with his other hand, and with his vein gushing with blood; [he will come] towards the Throne of the Most Merciful, saying, 'O Lord, ask this one why he killed me"'?
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020