He traced this back to the Prophet ﷺ, "Allah truly laughs at two men, one of whom killed the other, yet both enter Paradise together. He explained, one was a disbeliever who killed a Muslim, then the disbeliever embraced Islam before he died, so Allah
admitted them both into Paradise."
حدثنا سفيان عن أبي الزناد عن الأعرج
يبلغ به النبي ﷺ إن الله عز وجل ليضحك من الرجلين قتل أحدهما الآخر يدخلان الجنة جميعا يقول كان كافرا قتل مسلما ثم إن الكافر أسلم قبل أن يموت فأدخلهما الله عز وجل الجنة
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Its isnad is sahih. Muslim narrated it, 2:99, at length, similarly, through Sufyan, with this isnad. Nasai narrated it, 2:63, through Sufyan, in a shortened form. Malik narrated it in Muwatta, 460, similarly to the version in al-Musnad, from Abu Zinad from Aaraj. Bukhari narrated it, 6:29-30, through Malik. Muslim also narrated it, from the hadith of Hammam bin Munabbih, from Abu Hurairah.