Respect for human life, obey God's commands

This hadith discusses the consequences of intentionally killing a believer. It was narrated by Mujalid bin 'Awf that he heard Kharijah bin Zaid bin Thabit narrate that his father said when the verse "And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell" was revealed, they were worried about it. Then another verse in Al-Furqan "And those who invoke not any other ilah along with Allah, or kill such person as Allah has forbidden, except by right." was revealed to clarify that it is forbidden to kill someone without justification. This hadith teaches us that we should not take life lightly and should respect all human life as it is sacred according to Islam. We must also remember that taking someone's life without justification will have severe consequences in this world and hereafter.