Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3166
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ، قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " يَضْحَكُ اللَّهُ إِلَى رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتُلُ أَحَدُهُمَا الآخَرَ كِلاَهُمَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ يُقَاتِلُ هَذَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيُقْتَلُ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَى الْقَاتِلِ فَيُقَاتِلُ فَيُسْتَشْهَدُ " .
Muhammad ibn Salamah and al-Harith ibn Miskin reported to us, by recitation to al-Harith while I listened, from Ibn al-Qasim, who said: Malik narrated to me, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-Araj, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Allah laughs at two men, one of whom kills the other, yet both enter Paradise. This one fights in the cause of Allah and is killed; then Allah accepts the killer’s repentance, and he fights and is martyred.
Translation notes
This version explains how both men enter Paradise: the first is killed while fighting in Allah’s cause, and Allah later accepts the killer’s repentance before he too is martyred.