Is there repentance for the one who kills intentionally?
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The questioner : Our Shaykh, is there repentance for the one who kills intentionally?
The Shaykh : Does he fight what?
The questioner : The one who kills intentionally, is it not a mistake that he has no repentance?
The Shaykh : Does the one who kills intentionally have repentance?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Of course, he has repentance.
The questioner : How do you mean?
The Shaykh : Do you not read His saying—Exalted is He—describing the servants of Allah:[Al-Furqan 25:68-70] This is from the perspective of the text and from the perspective of correct reasoning: Is the killing of a Muslim by a Muslim without legal right worse than associating partners with Allah—Mighty and Majestic—or not?
The questioner : Associating partners with Allah.
The Shaykh : Fine, if a polytheist repents, his repentance is not accepted, then a fortiori the repentance of the killer is accepted. Let us proceed, Professor.
The student : ... .
The Shaykh : Oh Allah.
The student : O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Does he fight what?
The questioner : The one who kills intentionally, is it not a mistake that he has no repentance?
The Shaykh : Does the one who kills intentionally have repentance?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Of course, he has repentance.
The questioner : How do you mean?
The Shaykh : Do you not read His saying—Exalted is He—describing the servants of Allah:
(68) And those who do not invoke with Allah another deity or kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty. (69) Multiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated - (70) Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allah will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.
وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا * يُضَاعَفْ لَهُ الْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيَخْلُدْ فِيهِ مُهَانًا * إِلَّا مَنْ تَابَ وَآمَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا فَأُولَئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ اللَّهُ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ حَسَنَاتٍ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًاThe questioner : Associating partners with Allah.
The Shaykh : Fine, if a polytheist repents, his repentance is not accepted, then a fortiori the repentance of the killer is accepted. Let us proceed, Professor.
The student : ... .
The Shaykh : Oh Allah.
The student : O Shaykh.
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