Authentic hadithNarrated by Bukhari & Muslim

When two Muslims meet to fight each other with their swords, both the killer and the killed are doomed to Hellfire

عن أبي بَكرة رضي الله عنه قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: «إِذَا الْتَقَى الْمُسْلِمَانِ بِسَيْفَيْهِمَا فَالْقَاتِلُ وَالْمَقْتُولُ فِي النَّارِ»، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذَا الْقَاتِلُ، فَمَا بَالُ الْمَقْتُولِ؟ قَالَ: «إِنَّهُ كَانَ حَرِيصًا عَلَى قَتْلِ صَاحِبِهِ».

Explanation

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informs that if two Muslims fight each other with their swords, with each one intending to kill the other, the killer will be in Hellfire for the actual killing of his companion; but the Companions were confused regarding the killed one and why he would be in Hellfire!

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) explained that he, too, would be in Hellfire because of his keenness to kill his companion and that nothing prevented him except that his companion managed to kill him first.

Source

صحيح البخاري (1/ 15) (31). صحيح مسلم (4/ 2213) (2888). نزهة المتقين شرح رياض الصالحين، (1/ 26). شرح رياض الصالحين، لابن عثيمين شرح رياض الصالحين لابن عثيمين (1/ 71). المعجم الوسيط، (1/ 166).
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