Killing
23 sayings
.....and whoever keeps it alive, it is as though he kept alive all men
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 128; Surah Maidah 5:32 link
Whoever slays a soul, unless it be for a manslaughter or for mischief in the land, it is as though he slew all men; and whoever keeps it alive, it is as though he kept alive all men.
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 127; Surah Maidah 5:32 link
...and do not kill ourselves; surely Allah is Merciful to you. And whoever does this aggressively and unjustly, We will soon cast him into Fire; and this is easy for Allah.
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 127; Surah Nisa 4:29-30 link
Regarding the killing of a believer, Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.) says:
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 128; Al Kafi link
One who kills a believer intentionally is deprived of the 'Tawfeeq' of repenting (for his sins).
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 129; Wasaelush Shia link
"The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) was told that a Muslim has been killed and his corpse is lying on the street. When the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) and his companions reached the site of the murder, he enquired as to who the killer was."
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 129 link
"On the day of Qiyamat a person would be presented before Allah. He will be having a streak of blood (like one gets a cut while shaving). He will say,
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 129 link
Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida [a] said
If someone is killed in the east and one who lives in the west is pleased upon this, then he is a partner in this murder.
Greater Sins Vol 1, part 3, page 129; Wasaelush Shia link
"If someone gives refuge to a person and then kills him, he will come on the Day of Judgment holding a banner of fraud."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 322 link
"One who supports the murder of a believer by speaking a few words, will appear on the Day of Judgment having a forehead on which it will be written: This person is deprived of Divine mercy."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 344 link
While accounting of deeds will be going on, a person will come forward and soak another person in blood. He will be asked the reason for doing so. He will reply, "On so and so day he had spoken a few words due to which I was murdered."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 345 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq was asked, "What is the punishment of murder?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "Hell."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 345 link
The narrator asked Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) that Allah, the Mighty and Sublime has said: For this reason did We prescribe to the children of Israel that whoever slays a soul, unless it be for manslaughter or for mischief in the land, it is as though he slew all men.[Surah Maidah 5:32] He has killed but one? Imam (a.s.) replied, "He will be kept in a place in Hell where there will be severe chastisement and if he kills everyone, too he will be kept in this place." The narrator asked, "What is the punishment if he murders again?" He replied, "His punishment is doubled."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 345 link
"The Almighty Allah will account for the deeds of the murderers first on the Day of Judgment. He will gather all murderers and the victims. Every victim will stand near his/her murderer with a bleeding face. He will tell Allah: This person had murdered me. Allah will ask the murderer: Did you murder him? And the person will not be able to hide anything from Him."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 345.. link
The murderer of a believer will have the option to die as a Jew, Christian or as a Magian (he will not die a Muslim).
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 346 link
"A murder victim is not good or bad. He will be brought on the Judgment Day holding his killer by his collar with the right hand and holding his severed head in the left with blood dripping from it. He will say: O Lord! Ask him why he had murdered me? Thus if he had killed on the order of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, Allah will take the murderer to Paradise and the person to Hell but if he had killed him on the order of someone else, he would be told, 'Kill him like he killed you.' Then Allah will deal with them as He likes."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 346 link
"Even that woman will be punished severely who had left a goat tied in sun and it died of thirst."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 346 link
"A person most unjust in Allah's eyes is one who kills a person who hasn't murdered him or hurt one who did not hurt him."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 346 link
It is narrated that Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) said that the Almighty Allah revealed onto Prophet Musa (a.s.),"Keep away from murdering a human being unlawfully. If one of you murders someone, he will be murdered a hundred thousand times in Hell in the same way as he had murdered his victim."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 346 link
"One who murders someone, the Almighty Allah will write all the sins of the victim in the name of his murderer and cleanse the victim. This is described the verse: Surely I wish that you should bear the sin committed against me and your own sin, and so you would be of the inmates of the fire." [Surah Maidah 5:29]
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 346/347 link
It is narrated that Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) or Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) relates that A person asked the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.), "A dead body is lying in Jahina mosque." The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) got up immediately and hurried to that mosque on foot. All those who met him on the way joined them. Upon reaching there, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) asked about the murderer of that person. People said, "The murderer is unknown." The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "This is the body of a Muslim lying among Muslims and you don't know its murderer? I swear by that Allah who made me an apostle if all the creatures of the heaven and earth are involved in the murder of a Muslim or are pleased with it, Allah will throw them headlong into Hell fire." Or he said, "He would toss them on their faces."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 347 link
Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "Do not be surprised with a person who murders excessively because his killer is with Allah who will never die."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 347 link
Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida [a] said
Imam Reza (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "The Almighty Allah has cursed the one who causes something and one who hides him." I asked: Who is that? He replied: One who kills."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 347/348 link
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