Hadith 56

Sahih Muslim

Book 50: The Book of Repentance

Chapter 8

The Acceptance Of The Repentance Of The One Who Kills, Even If He Has Killed A Great Deal

باب قَبُولِ تَوْبَةِ الْقَاتِلِ وَإِنْ كَثُرَ قَتْلُهُ ‏‏

Sahih Muslim 2766c
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ مُعَاذِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ وَزَادَ فِيهِ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَى هَذِهِ أَنْ تَبَاعَدِي وَإِلَى هَذِهِ أَنْ تَقَرَّبِي ‏"
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Qatida with the same chain of transmitters but (with this variation of wording):

" Allah commanded the earth (from where) he wanted to come out to move itself away and to the other earth (where he wanted to go) to draw nearer."

Chain of Narrators

successor
1

Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj

شعبة بن الحجاج

2,461 narrations

successor
2

Muhammad bin Abi 'Adi

محمد بن أبي عدي

228 narrations

3rd Generation
3

Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar

محمد بن بشار بندار

1,311 narrations