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The Man Who Killed 100 People: The Hadith of Repentance
HALFWAY: the staff and bundle lying on the empty road at late afternoon, the good village far off on its rise. The same picture opens the film.
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The Man Who Killed 100 People
A 12:51 paper-collage film on the hadith of the man who killed ninety-nine, then a monk, and was forgiven (Sahih al-Bukhari 3470, Sahih Muslim 2766). Every detail is credited to the wording it comes from: the monk's no, the man of knowledge's yes, death about halfway, the land commanded to draw near, a single hand-span. Then it covers what the scholars say about a killer's repentance and the rights of the people he killed.
12:51runtime, CTA and end screen included
8chapters, from the cold open to Hope, Not a Licence
86verified facts; 32 do-not-claim items; 28 contradictions resolved
42 vs 38script judges: the forward road spine beat the verdict-first spine
64bespoke paper-collage plates and cut-outs
20review findings, all fixed
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He Killed 100 People and Was Forgiven by a Single Hand-Span
THE LAND MOVED: the good village's paper hill slides along the road toward the staff and bundle, the other hill drawn back in cold shade.
Pair C · story
"No Repentance for You": The Man Who Killed 100 People
WHO STANDS BETWEEN?: the man of knowledge's open doorway at night, lamplight on the empty lane, the traveller's staff leaning by the wall.
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Chapters
- 00:00Forgiven After Taking a Hundred Lives
- 01:48The Monk Who Said No
- 03:02Who Stands Between?
- 04:03Death Halfway There
- 05:22Can a Killer Be Forgiven?
- 07:30What About the Victims?
- 09:12Nearer by a Hand-Span
- 11:01Hope, Not a Licence
- 12:26Ask Your Own Question
Description
How was the man who killed 100 people forgiven? The hadith of the man who killed 99, then a monk, told from Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. No music: only ambience and paper sounds. The Prophet ﷺ told this story himself. Among the Children of Israel, a man who had killed ninety-nine people asked a monk whether he could repent, was told "no", and killed him too, completing a hundred. A man of knowledge answered: "Yes. And who could come between him and repentance?" He set out for a land of people who worshipped Allah and died about halfway down the road. In al-Bukhari's wording, the land itself was commanded to draw near, he was found nearer by a single hand-span, and he was forgiven. We credit every detail to the wording it comes from, then look at what the scholars (Ibn Abbas, Ibn Hajar, al-Nawawi, Ibn Kathir, Ibn al-Qayyim) said about a killer's repentance (tawbah) and the rights of the people he killed. Hope, the scholars say, is not permission. CHAPTERS 00:00 Forgiven After Taking a Hundred Lives 01:48 The Monk Who Said No 03:02 Who Stands Between? 04:03 Death Halfway There 05:22 Can a Killer Be Forgiven? 07:30 What About the Victims? 09:12 Nearer by a Hand-Span 11:01 Hope, Not a Licence 12:26 Ask Your Own Question SOURCES Hadith (the narrations in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim are sahih; Ibn Majah grades are Darussalam's, as on sunnah.com) • Sahih al-Bukhari 3470: the story in Shu'bah's wording: ninety-nine, the monk, the land commanded to draw near, nearer by a hand-span, "so he was forgiven". https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3470 • Sahih Muslim 2766a: Hisham's longer wording: the man of knowledge's "Yes", halfway down the road, the dispute of the angels, "the angels of mercy took him". https://sunnah.com/muslim:2766a • Sahih Muslim 2766b: the monk's "There is no repentance for you"; nearer by a hand-span, "counted among its people". https://sunnah.com/muslim:2766b • Sahih Muslim 2766c: the lands commanded to move. https://sunnah.com/muslim:2766c • Sunan Ibn Majah 2622 (Sahih): Abu Sa'id al-Khudri's opening, "My ears heard it, and my heart retained it." https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:2622 • Sahih al-Bukhari 4810 and Sahih Muslim 122: people who had killed much asked about expiation, and verses including 39:53 and 25:68 were revealed. https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4810 and https://sunnah.com/muslim:122 • Ibn Abbas on 4:93: Sahih al-Bukhari 4590 https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4590, 4764 https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4764, 3855 https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3855; Sahih Muslim 3023a https://sunnah.com/muslim:3023a • al-Adab al-Mufrad 4 (sahih per al-Albani): Ibn Abbas to a man who had killed: "Repent to Allah and draw near to Him as much as you can." https://sunnah.com/adab:4 • Sunan Ibn Majah 2621 (Sahih): the killer and the slain on the Day of Resurrection. https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:2621 • Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 27753 (a report; Ibn Hajar: "its men are reliable"): Ibn Abbas's severe answer, read as deterrence. Qur'an (translation: Sahih International) • 5:32, 39:53, 25:68-70 and 4:93: https://quran.com/5/32, https://quran.com/39/53, https://quran.com/25/68-70, https://quran.com/4/93 Classical works • Ibn Hajar, Fath al-Bari (on al-Bukhari 3470); al-Nawawi, Sharh Sahih Muslim 17/82; Ibn Kathir, Tafsir (on 4:93) • Ibn al-Qayyim, al-Da' wa al-Dawa' (in al-Mardawi, al-Insaf 10/335); al-Qurtubi, al-Mufhim 7/91-93; Qadi Iyad, Ikmal al-Mu'lim 8/268-269 • al-Ayni, Umdat al-Qari 16/56; al-Ubbi (in al-Harari, Murshid Dhawi al-Hija 15/280-281); Ibn Hibban, Sahih (al-Ihsan, no. 611); Ibn al-Mulaqqin, al-Tawdih 19/642 • al-Nawawi, Riyad al-Salihin, chapter on Repentance, no. 20: https://sunnah.com/riyadussalihin:20 Researched with Qaf AI, then checked against the primary sources above. If you spot an error, tell us in the comments; corrections are pinned. ASK YOUR OWN QUESTION Qaf AI: answers drawn from 8,500 Islamic books. iPhone: https://link.qaf.ai/ios Android: https://link.qaf.ai/android Web: https://qaf.ai Qaf is a research tool. For fatwas, consult a scholar. ABOUT THIS FILM Hand-made paper-collage animation. Out of respect, the Prophet ﷺ and the angels are never depicted, and the man himself is never drawn. The killings are told, never shown. Narration: AI voice (Google Gemini text-to-speech). Research, script, illustration direction and animation by the Qaf team; illustrations made with AI image tools in our paper-collage style. No music: only ambience and paper sounds. Sound effects and ambience: CC0 recordings from Freesound and sounds synthesized for this series; the full list with links is at https://hundred-killer-story.pages.dev/credits.html #Islam #Hadith #Repentance
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Notes for the reviewer
- The man is never drawn: a staff and a bundle stand for him. The Prophet ﷺ, the angels and the victims are never shown; the angels' dispute is only their two quoted sentences.
- We never say he "entered Paradise": the film keeps to the hadith's words, so he was forgiven (al-Bukhari) and the angels of mercy took him (Muslim).
- No music, no Athan and no recitation: ambience and paper sounds only. The three sacred moments are written-phrase pauses.
- Arabic quote cards and the Qur'an panels need a native Arabic proofread before upload (see DONE.md).
- The Qaf answer in the CTA is Qaf's real answer, unedited but cropped to the part that answers the question.