The Location of Paradise and the Fire
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The questioner:
And the Shaykh sat. Those of the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) who said that the Fire is in the lowest of the two magicians, based on the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted: "Nay! Indeed, his record is in Sijjin." In a clear hadith, Allah the Exalted says: "Nay! His record is in Sijjin, in the lowest earth." Glorified and Exalted is He, and He is Exalted.
The Shaykh:
Yes, so Paradise is in the highest place, in my view, Paradise is in the highest place, its canopy is the Throne of the Most Merciful. As for the Fire, may Allah protect us from it, it is in the lowest place, beneath the stationary earth, Sijjin. Yes, have the evidences been transmitted? Yes.
The questioner:
The nature of the Shaykh, may Allah protect you.
The Shaykh:
(Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[Adh-Dhariyat 51:22]
And the Shaykh sat. Those of the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) who said that the Fire is in the lowest of the two magicians, based on the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted: "Nay! Indeed, his record is in Sijjin." In a clear hadith, Allah the Exalted says: "Nay! His record is in Sijjin, in the lowest earth." Glorified and Exalted is He, and He is Exalted.
The Shaykh:
Yes, so Paradise is in the highest place, in my view, Paradise is in the highest place, its canopy is the Throne of the Most Merciful. As for the Fire, may Allah protect us from it, it is in the lowest place, beneath the stationary earth, Sijjin. Yes, have the evidences been transmitted? Yes.
The questioner:
The nature of the Shaykh, may Allah protect you.
The Shaykh:
(Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.
وَفِي السَّمَاءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 12/9 شرح كتاب لمعة الاعتقاد : الشريط التاسع — youtube.com (57:45)
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