Is repentance accepted from the murderer?.

Is repentance accepted from the murderer?.

 There are two types of of killing, namely killing by mistake, and intentional killing, and Allah has made an expiation for he who kills a believer by mistake, but He did not make any expiation for he who kills a believer intentionally unless he is a disbeliever, then he converted to Islam, as Islam will expiate him from his evil deeds as Allah has stated in Ayat (68-71) of Surat Alfurqan "And those who do not invoke another god along with Allah, and they do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden except by right, and they do not commit adultery, and whoever does that will meet a recompense, the punishment will be doubled for him on the day of resurrection, and he will abide therein, humiliated, except he who repents and believes and does righteous deeds, then for those Allah will replace their evil deeds with good deeds, and Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful, and he who repents and does righteous deeds, then indeed, he turns to Allah with repentance", and as as narrated by Ibn Abbas: "Some pagans who committed murders in great number and committed illegal sexual intercourse excessively, came to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and said O Muhammad! Whatever you say and call people to is good, but we wish if you could inform us whether we can make an expiation for our deeds, So Allah revealed this Aya and Aya (53) of Surat Alzumar" (Sahih Albukhari 4810), and in another narration, Ibn Abbas said: "But as for he who enters the fold of Islam and understands its commands, and then kills a soul, then there is no repentance for him" (Sahih Muslim 3023 d). 

 It is not for a believer to kill a believer except by mistake, without the intention of killing, such as beating that led to death, killing a person instead of another one, or in an accident, and Allah has made an expiation for it in Aya (92) of Surat Alnisa' saying "And it is not for a believer to kill a believer except by mistake, and whoever kills a believer by mistake, then a freeing of a believing neck, and a blood money, delivered to his family unless they give charity, but if he was from a people hostile to you, and he is a believer, then a freeing of a believing neck, and if he was from a people between you and them there is a treaty, then a blood money, delivered to his family, and a freeing of a believing neck, and whoever does not find, then fasting for two consecutive months, a repentance from Allah, and Allah is All-Knower, All-Wise", so the expiation of killing a person by mistake varies according to the condition of the murdered, so if the murdered is a believer from among the Muslims, then the murderer has to free a believing slave who bears witness that there is no God but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, in addition to a blood money to be paid to his family, and Allah's Messenger (PBUH) has judged that one hundred she-camels should be paid as a blood money to the family of the dead person, and the blood money is obligatory on the murderer unless the heirs and the guardians of the murdered give it in charity and exempt the murderer from the blood money imposed on him.

 But if the murdered is a believer, and he belongs to a people who are in war with Muslims, then his people are not entitled to blood money lest the blood money would be a mean by which they gain strength over the Muslims, but the murderer must free a believing slave, and nothing else, and if the murdered was from a people between the Muslims and them there is a treaty, then his people are entitled to a blood money, and the murderer must free a believing slave, whether the murdered was a believer or not. And whoever does not find the means to free a believing slave, then he must fast for two consecutive months without breaking the fast even for one day, and if he breaks the fast without any excuse, then he must begin the fast for two consecutive months again, without taking into account what he has fasted before, and that is a repentance from Allah for he who kills a soul by mistake and he does not find means to free a believing slave.

 And as for the intentional killing, Allah did not make any expiation for it, and He has threatened he who kills a believer intentionally that his recompense is Hellfire, abiding therein, and Allah has become angry with him, and He has cursed him, kept him away from His Mercy, and prepared for him a great punishment in Hellfire on the day of resurrection as He has stated in Aya (93) of Surat Alnisa' "And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hellfire, abiding therein, and Allah has become angry with him, and He has cursed him and He has prepared for him a great punishment", so there is no repentance for he who kills a believer intentionally, and as narrated by Alahnaf bin Qais: "I heard Allah's Messenger (PBUH) saying if two Muslims meet each other with their swords, then the killer and the killed one are in the Fire, I said O Allah's Messenger! It is alright for the killer, but what about the killed one, He said he was eager to kill his opponent" (Sahih Albukhari 6875), and as narrated by Umm Aldarda' from Abu Aldarda': ''I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) as saying it is hoped that Allah may forgive every sin except in the case of one who dies a polytheist, or one who kills a believer intentionally" (Sunan Abu Dawood 4270).

 And as narrated by Amr bin Dinar from Ibn Abbas that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said: "On the day of resurrection, the murdered will come with the murderer's forelock and his head in his hand, and his jugular vein flowing blood saying O Lord! This one killed me until he comes close to the Throne, so they mentioned repentance to Ibn Abbas, and he recited And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hellfire, he said this Aya was not abrogated nor replaced, so from where is his repentance" (Jami' Altirmidhi 3029).