The Meaning of Eternity in the Saying of Allah the Exalted: “So his reward is Hellfire, in which he will abide forever”
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The questioner:
So he prostrated. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:93].
The Shaykh:
It is not from. Yes.
The questioner:
[An-Nisa 4:93] What is meant by the saying of Allah the Exalted “in which he will abide forever”? Does it mean that he will not come out of it, or that he died?
The Shaykh:
To clarify this, the questioner may not have been present. “Abiding in it” means a long abiding, a very long abiding, but not an eternal abiding forever and ever, because that is only for the disbeliever. This person is not a disbeliever; he is a believer. So he will abide in it for a long time, then he will come out to Paradise by his faith, even if it is little, even if it is the weight of a mustard seed of faith. Yes.
So he prostrated. Allah the Exalted said:
But whoever kills a believer intentionally - his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally
وَمَن يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَاThe Shaykh:
It is not from. Yes.
The questioner:
But whoever kills a believer intentionally - his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally
وَمَن يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَاThe Shaykh:
To clarify this, the questioner may not have been present. “Abiding in it” means a long abiding, a very long abiding, but not an eternal abiding forever and ever, because that is only for the disbeliever. This person is not a disbeliever; he is a believer. So he will abide in it for a long time, then he will come out to Paradise by his faith, even if it is little, even if it is the weight of a mustard seed of faith. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 79 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الديات|باب كفارة القتل|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:57)
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