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Sahih al-Bukhari, 2826
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Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Allah welcomes two men with a smile; one of whom kills the other and both of them enter Paradise. One fights in Allah's Cause and gets killed. Later on Allah forgives the 'killer who also get martyred (In Allah's Cause)."

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 ‏

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References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 56, Hadith 42
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Vol. 4, Book 52, Hadith 80 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
The mercy of Allah, Exalted is He, is infinite, He accepts the repentance of people regardless of their sins, forgives those who disobeyed Him regardless of their disobedience, and rewards those who believe in Him and do good abundantly. In this hadeeth, the Prophet ﷺ informs us that Allah laughs, as it befits His Majesty and Highness, without interpreting it, resembling Allah with the creation,or negating that which is obligatory to affirm for Allah from His Names and Attributes. The reason Allah laughs as mentioned in the hadeeth is that two men will be together in Paradise despite what they did, i.e., the two men, one of them was a disbeliever and the other a believer. The former killed the latter; so, the believer attained the reward of martyrdom. Afterwards, the disbeliever embraced Islam and then fought in the way of Allah and died as martyr. Allah admitted both of them into Paradise because He promised martyrs Paradise. From the benefits that can be concluded from this hadeeth is learning about Allah’s generosity and mercy and their numerous aspects that manifest in everything. The hadeeth shows that whoever dies in the way of Allah will be in Paradise. It also encourages people to enter Islam. It shows that the door of repentance is open all the time, and that Islam wipes out the sins that a person committed before embracing Islam. It confirms the attribute of laughing to Allah in a way that befits Him and does not resemble the laughing of His creation..
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