Chapter 37: Trials and Fierce Battles (Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim)

Sa' id bin Jubair said: I asked Ibn 'Abbas (about the verse relating to intentional homicide in Surat An-Nisa') He said: When the verse "Those who invoke not with Allah any other god, nor slay such life as Allah had made sacred, except for just cause" was revealed, the polytheists of Mecca said: We have killed the soul prohibited by Allah, invoked another god along with Allah for worship, and committed shameful deeds. So Allah revealed the verse "unless he repents, believes, and works righteous deeds, for Allah will change the evil of such persons into good." This is meant for them. As regards the verse "if a man kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell" He said: If a man knows the command of Islam and intentionally kills a believer, his repentance wil not be accepted. I then mentioned it to Mujahid. He said: "Except the one who is ashamed (of his sin)."
Sunan Abi Dawud 4273
Chapters
1 Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah) 2 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat) 3 The Book Of The Prayer For Rain (Kitab al-Istisqa') 4 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Rules of Law about the Prayer during Journey 5 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers 6 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Ramadan 7 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Prostration while reciting the Qur'an 8 Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr 9 Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat) 10 The Book of Lost and Found Items 11 The Rites of Hajj (Kitab Al-Manasik Wa'l-Hajj) 12 Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah) 13 Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq) 14 Fasting (Kitab Al-Siyam) 15 Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad) 16 Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya) 17 Game (Kitab Al-Said) 18 Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya) 19 Shares of Inheritance (Kitab Al-Fara'id) 20 Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai' Wal-Imarah) 21 Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz) 22 Oaths and Vows (Kitab Al-Aiman Wa Al-Nudhur) 23 Commercial Transactions (Kitab Al-Buyu) 24 Wages (Kitab Al-Ijarah) 25 The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah) 26 Knowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm) 27 Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashribah) 28 Foods (Kitab Al-At'imah) 29 Medicine (Kitab Al-Tibb) 30 Divination and Omens (Kitab Al-Kahanah Wa Al-Tatayyur) 31 The Book of Manumission of Slaves 32 Dialects and Readings of the Qur'an (Kitab Al-Huruf Wa Al-Qira'at) 33 Hot Baths (Kitab Al-Hammam) 34 Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas) 35 Combing the Hair (Kitab Al-Tarajjul) 36 Signet-Rings (Kitab Al-Khatam) 37 Trials and Fierce Battles (Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim) 38 The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi) 39 Battles (Kitab Al-Malahim) 40 Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud) 41 Types of Blood-Wit (Kitab Al-Diyat) 42 Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah) 43 General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)