Explanation of the Hadith: (The man who killed ninety-nine souls)

The Shaykh : And the greatest of these in clarifying or depicting this impact is a hadith in the two Sahihs from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There was a man among those before you who killed ninety-nine souls without right. Then he sought to repent, so he asked about the most knowledgeable person on earth, and he was directed to a monk. What does 'monk' mean? He was directed to a worshipper, a monk who was ignorant. So he went to him and recounted the story, saying: 'I am a man who has killed ninety-nine, ninety-nine souls. Is there any repentance for me?' He said: 'You have killed the full number, and I think there is no repentance for you.'"
This was a wicked man who had shed the blood of ninety-nine souls without right. It was not far-fetched for him to complete the number, and so he did: he beheaded this monk and completed the number with him, making it one hundred. But the man was sincere, truly a sinner and a killer, but sincere in that he was seeking a way to repent. He kept asking until, this time, he was directed to a scholar. He went to him and said: 'I have killed one hundred souls without right. Is there any repentance for me?' Look at the difference between the scholar and the ignorant one. We fear that our da'wah (calling) may end up like what happened with the monk, because he was not a scholar. The scholar said to him: 'Who is to stand between you and repentance? But you are in a land of evil, so leave it for such-and-such a land. But you are in a land of evil, so leave it for such-and-such a village whose people are righteous.' So he left. Indeed, this man truly wanted to repent. Why? He was asking about a scholar. When he was directed to a scholar, the scholar said to him: 'Leave the village in which you have been living, because it is a sinful village that encourages you in wrongdoing. Therefore, leave it and go to such-and-such a village.' He obeyed and left. Do you want to lengthen your life a little? Since you have lengthened it for all this time, only a little remains for you. So he set out walking toward the village whose people are righteous. On the way, death came to him, by the decree of the Mighty and Wise. The angels of mercy and the angels of punishment disputed over him, each claiming that he belonged to their portion. The angels of punishment said: 'He killed one hundred souls without right.' And the angels do not know except what Allah has taught them, so they knew that this man had killed one hundred people without right, but they did not know of his repentance. However, Allah taught the angels of mercy that he had repented to Allah and turned back to Him. The two groups differed over who would take his soul, so Allah sent to them an angel and said to them: 'Measure the distance between him and each of the two villages, and assign him to the people of whichever is closer.' They measured and found that he was closer to the village whose people are righteous than to the village from which he had left. So the angels of mercy took charge of him. Thus, the environment has an effect. Therefore, the one who goes out for da'wah—so the meaning of all this, in summary, is that the one who goes out for da'wah must be a scholar, and it is not sufficient for him to be a worshipper. Second, he should not remain in those polluted lands in meaning, not in material, but rather he should convey the da'wah and then return to what he is in.
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