Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2826
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، رضى الله عنه أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " يَضْحَكُ اللَّهُ إِلَى رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتُلُ أَحَدُهُمَا الآخَرَ يَدْخُلاَنِ الْجَنَّةَ، يُقَاتِلُ هَذَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيُقْتَلُ، ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَى الْقَاتِلِ فَيُسْتَشْهَدُ ".
ʿAbd Allah ibn Yusuf informed us; Malik informed us, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-Aʿraj, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah said: “Allah smiles at two men, one of whom kills the other, yet both enter Paradise. One fights in Allah’s cause and is killed; then Allah accepts the killer’s repentance, and he is martyred.”
Translation notes
The two men enter Paradise through distinct paths: one is killed while fighting, the other later repents and is killed as a martyr.