THE MAN WHO KILLED 99 PEOPLE

It was reported from Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri (may Allah be pleasd with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:

“Among the Children of Israel there was a man who killed ninety-nine people. Then he went out and came to a monk and

asked him, ‘Can I repent?’

He said, ‘No,’ so he killed him.

Then he started asking, and a man said to him, ‘Go to such and such a town.’ But death caught up with him,

so he inclined his chest towards (that town, as he was dying).

The angels of mercy and the angels of punishment disputed concerning him. Allah inspired (the good town) to come closer to him,

and (the evil town) to move away from him, then He said, Measure the distance between them. They found that he was closer to (the good town) by a hand-span, so he was forgiven.”



(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3283; Muslim, 2766).

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اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ ❁ اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ


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Al-Mulk 67:23
قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَكُمۡ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ وَٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةَۖ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشۡكُرُونَ

English - Mohsin Khan/Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say it is He Who has created you, and endowed you with hearing (ears), seeing (eyes), and hearts. Little thanks you give.

Dhivehi - Abu Bakr Ibrahim Ali (Bakurube)
(23) (ރަސޫލު ﷲ އެވެ.) ކަލޭގެފާނު ވިދާޅުވާށެވެ! ކަލޭމެން ހެއްދެވީ ހަމަ އެކަލާނގެއެވެ. އަދި އެކަލާނގެ ކަލޭމެންނަށް އިވުމާއި ފެނުމާއި ވިސްނާ ފިކުރުކުރުމަށް ހިތްލެއްވިއެވެ! އެކަންކަމަށްވެސް ކަލޭމެން ޝުކުރު ކުރަނީ ދާދި މަދުންނެވެ.

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🍃🍂 Popular Aḥādīth That Are Not Confirmed 🍂🍃

There is nothing authentic stating that a du’ā’ (supplication) made while it is raining is more likely to be answered by Allāh (ﷻ).

There is a ḥadīth attributed to Sahl ibn Sa’d who narrates that Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said:

ثِنْتَانِ لَا تُرَدَّانِ - أَوْ قَلَّمَا تُرَدَّانِ - الدُّعَاءُ عِنْدَ النِّدَاءِ، وَعِنْدَ الْبَأْسِ حِينَ يُلْحِمُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا

Two [supplications] will not be declined – or little will it be declined – supplication at the time of the call to prayer, and [supplication] at the time of fighting, when some are grappling with others.

And following this ḥadīth, an additional chain is given where Sahl ibn Sa’d is reported to have narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

وَوَقْتُ الْمَطَرِ (وَتَحْتَ المَطَرِ)

And at the time of rain (and under the rain) [1]

This ḥadīth comes by way of Mūsā ibn Ya’qūb az-Zam’ī, from Abī Ḥāzim (Salamah ibn Dīnār), from Sahl ibn Sa’d, and the first part of the ḥadīth (without the addition of the rain) is ṣaḥīḥ in mawqūf form – meaning from the words of Sahl ibn Sa’d - as Imām Mālik reports this as well from Abī Ḥāzim from Sahl ibn Sa’d. [2] The wording is slightly different, but the meaning is the same.

As for the addition of “And at the time of rain,” then Mūsā ibn Ya’qūb is alone in reporting this, and although Yaḥyā ibn Ma’īn considered him trustworthy, ‘Alī ibn al-Madīnī said, “He is weak in ḥadīth; munkar al-ḥadīth.” Imām Aḥmad said, “I am not pleased with is aḥādīth.” An-Nasā’ī said, “He is not strong.” And ad-Dāraquṭnī said, “He is not to be relied upon.” Mūsā ibn Ya’qūb also takes this addition from Rizq ibn Sa’īd from Abū Ḥāzim, and Rizq ibn Sa’īd is unknown.

As for the ḥadīth attributed to Abū Umāmah who narrates that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said:

تُفْتَحُ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ، وَيُسْتَجَابُ الدُّعَاءُ فِي أَرْبَعَةِ مَوَاطِنَ: عِنْدَ الْتِقَاءِ الصُّفُوفِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، وَعِنْدَ نُزُولِ الْغَيْثِ، وَعِنْدَ إِقَامَةِ الصَّلاةِ، وَعِنْدَ رُؤْيَةِ الْكَعْبَةِ

The gates of the heavens are open and the supplication is responded to in four places: When the rows meet for the cause of Allāh [meaning in battle], when the rain comes down, when the prayer is established, and when seeing the Ka’bah. [4]

This ḥadīth only comes by way of Ġufayr ibn Ma’dān, from Sulaym ibn ‘Āmir, from Abū Umāmah, and Ġufayr is rejected. He was classed as munkar by Aḥmad, al-Bukhārī, and Abū Zur’ah ar-Rāzī, and weakened by Yaḥyā ibn Ma’īn, Abū Ḥātim ar-Rāzī, Abū Dāwūd, at-Tirmiṫhī, and others. An-Nasā’ī said, “He is not trustworthy, nor should his aḥādīth be written.”

And as for the narration:

اطْلُبُوا إِجَابَةَ الدُّعَاءِ عِنْدَ الْتِقَاءِ الْجُيُوشِ، وَإِقَامَةِ الصَّلَاةِ، وَنُزُولِ الْغَيْثِ

Seek the response to supplication when the armies meet, the prayer is established, and when the rain comes down [3]

This was reported by ash-Shāfi’I in Al-Umm and it is weak as Imām ash-Shāfi’ī does not name the one he heard this from. The narration is also from Makḥūl from the Prophet (ﷺ), and Makḥūl is a Tābi’ī who did not hear from him, so it is mursal as well.

It is confirmed that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) would make certain supplications while it is raining, such as what we find in the ḥadīth of ‘Ā’ishah who said:

أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا رَأَى الْمَطَرَ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا

When the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) would see rain, he would say, “O Allāh, let it be a beneficial rain.” [5]

There are many instances where the Prophet (ﷺ) would supplicate when things occurred, but this does not mean the supplications are more likely to be answered during these times when made by others.

And Allāh (ﷻ) knows best.

Abu Ubadah, Harith Yarub Al-Shiraida
November 12, 2019 / 15 Rabī’-ul-Awwal 1441

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An-Najm 53:29-30
(29) فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
(30) ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ


English - Mohsin Khan/Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

(29) Therefore withdraw (O Muhammad ﷺ) from him who turns away from Our Reminder (this Qur’an) and desires nothing but the life of this world.
(30) That is what they could reach of knowledge. Verily, your Lord it is He Who knows best him who goes astray from His Path, and He knows best him who receives guidance.

It is well known that people only strive for the things that they want, so their efforts are limited to this world and its pleasures and desires, therefore they take whatever measures will lead to that and they hasten to make the most of whatever opportunity they may have. (That is the extent of their knowledge) that is, this is all they know. As for those who believe in the hereafter - the people of understanding and mature thinking, whose aspirations and goals are focused on the hereafter their knowledge is the best and most sublime of knowledge, for it is based on the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger . Allah knows best who is deserving of guidance, so He guides him, and who does not deserve that, so He leaves him to his own devices and forsakes him, so he goes astray from the path of Allah.
Hence Allah says: (Verily your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His path, and He knows best who is rightly guided) so He bestows His grace where He knows it is most fitting and appropriate.
Extracted from Tafsir As-Sa'di, Volume No. 9, page 338

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