Sahih al-Bukhari Book 65, Hadith 287
Ibn Abza said to me, "Ask Ibn `Abbas regarding the Statement of Allah:
'And whoever murders a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell.' (4.69)
And also His Statement: '...nor kill such life as Allah has forbidden, except for a just cause .....except
those who repent, believe, and do good deeds.' " (25.68-70) So I asked Ibn `Abbas and he said, "When
this (25.68-69) was revealed, the people of Mecca said, "We have invoked other gods with Allah, and
we have murdered such lives which Allah has made sacred, and we have committed illegal sexual
intercourse. So Allah revealed:
'Except those who repent, believe, and do good deeds and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.'
(25.70)
I asked Ibn `Abbas about Allah's saying:-- '.. this reward is Hell Fire.' (4.93) He said, "No repentance is accepted from him (i.e. the murderer of a believer)." I asked him regarding the saying of Allah: 'Those who invoke not with Allah any other god.' ...(25.68) He said, "This Verse was revealed concerning the pagans of the pre-lslamic period."
`Abdur-Rahman bin Abza ordered me to ask Ibn `Abbas regarding the two Verses (the first of which was ): "And whosoever murders a believer intentionally." (4.93) So I asked him, and he said, "Nothing has abrogated this Verse." About (the other Verse): 'And those who invoke not with Allah any other god.' he said, "It was revealed concerning the pagans."