Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 676 – Volume 4, Book 56

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Volume 4, Book 56, Number 676:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said, "Amongst the men of Bani Israel there was a man who had murdered ninety-
nine persons. Then he set out asking (whether his repentance could be accepted or not). He came
upon a monk and asked him if his repentance could be accepted. The monk replied in the negative
and so the man killed him. He kept on asking till a man advised to go to such and such village. (So he
left for it) but death overtook him on the way. While dying, he turned his chest towards that village
(where he had hoped his repentance would be accepted), and so the angels of mercy and the angels
of punishment quarrelled amongst themselves regarding him. Allah ordered the village (towards
which he was going) to come closer to him, and ordered the village (whence he had come), to go far
away, and then He ordered the angels to measure the distances between his body and the two vil –
lages. So he was found to be one span closer to the village (he was going to). So he was forgiven."
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