At a glance
«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 لاَ، فَقَتَلَهُ فَكَمَّلَ بِهِ مِائَةً۔ ثُمَّ سَأَلَ عَنْ أَعْلَمِ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ،…»
A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources
Connections
People and things also explored
Muslim 2759 — God stretches out His hand for sinners to repent· Riyad al-Salihin 16 — God spreads His hand at night for the penitent of the day· Riyad al-Salihin 18 — God accepts a servant's repentance until the death-rattle· Riyad al-Salihin 22 — A woman of Juhayna repented from unlawful intercourse· The reckoning of good and bad deeds· Bukhari 4476 — The great intercession: raise your head, intercede and it will be granted· Bukhari 6491 — God has written good deeds and bad deeds· Bukhari 7501 — God has written good deeds and bad deeds
Sources
- رياض الصالحين — النووي
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islam.museum contributors. “Riyad al-Salihin 20 — The man who killed ninety-nine souls then repented”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/riyad-20/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.
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