One who kills himself intentionally, does he have a repentance?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the questioner says: Does the one who kills have a repentance along with the expiation?
Answer:
The majority hold that he has a repentance. As for Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father), he holds that he must be punished, but he will not remain in the Fire forever, he will not remain in the Fire forever, but he must be punished[An-Nisa 4:93].
He says: He is punished in the Fire but does not remain in it forever. As for the majority, they say: If he repents, Allah accepts his repentance. The hadith of the one who killed 99 souls and then wanted to repent, so he consulted a worshipper from among the worshippers who was ignorant, asking: Does he have a repentance? He said: No. So he killed him and completed the hundred. Then he went and asked a scholar, asking him: He killed 100 souls, does he have a repentance?
He said: Yes, and who can stand between you and repentance? But you are in a bad land, so go to such-and-such a land, for there are people in it who worship Allah, so worship Allah with them. So he went to the good land, and the angels of death seized him on the way. The angels of punishment came to take him, and the angels of mercy came to take him, each claiming that he was in their grasp. So Allah sent an angel to judge between them by measuring the distance between the two towns. They measured and found that he was closer to the good town by a span. So the angels of mercy seized him. Yes, this is evidence that the killer has a repentance. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the questioner says: Does the one who kills have a repentance along with the expiation?
Answer:
The majority hold that he has a repentance. As for Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father), he holds that he must be punished, but he will not remain in the Fire forever, he will not remain in the Fire forever, but he must be punished
But whoever kills a believer intentionally - his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him and has cursed him and has prepared for him a great punishment.
وَمَن يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًاHe says: He is punished in the Fire but does not remain in it forever. As for the majority, they say: If he repents, Allah accepts his repentance. The hadith of the one who killed 99 souls and then wanted to repent, so he consulted a worshipper from among the worshippers who was ignorant, asking: Does he have a repentance? He said: No. So he killed him and completed the hundred. Then he went and asked a scholar, asking him: He killed 100 souls, does he have a repentance?
He said: Yes, and who can stand between you and repentance? But you are in a bad land, so go to such-and-such a land, for there are people in it who worship Allah, so worship Allah with them. So he went to the good land, and the angels of death seized him on the way. The angels of punishment came to take him, and the angels of mercy came to take him, each claiming that he was in their grasp. So Allah sent an angel to judge between them by measuring the distance between the two towns. They measured and found that he was closer to the good town by a span. So the angels of mercy seized him. Yes, this is evidence that the killer has a repentance. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2742 -3022] قاتل النفس عمدا، هل له توبة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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