Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah reported that Allah’s Messenger (SAW) said, ‘If anyone kills a gecko (a small lizard) with the first blow then it is as though he has so many good deeds. If he kills it with the second blow then it is as though he has ‘so many’ good deeds. If he kills it with the third blow then it is as though he has ‘so many’ good deeds (meaning, each time the credit is lesser than before).”
[Muslim 2240]
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