The ruling on one who dies upon minor shirk without repentance
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, if a servant dies upon minor shirk without repentance, is he under Allah’s will, or does he enter the Fire as an obligation?
Answer:
There is scholarly disagreement on this. It was said that he falls under the forgiveness, and that whatever is less than it is forgiven for whom He wills. It was also said that he does not fall under it, due to the generality of His saying:[An-Nisa 4:48] This includes major shirk and minor shirk. However, he is not punished as the one who commits major shirk is punished; he is punished according to his degree, and he is not made to remain in the Fire eternally as the one who commits major shirk is made to remain. Yes.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, if a servant dies upon minor shirk without repentance, is he under Allah’s will, or does he enter the Fire as an obligation?
Answer:
There is scholarly disagreement on this. It was said that he falls under the forgiveness, and that whatever is less than it is forgiven for whom He wills. It was also said that he does not fall under it, due to the generality of His saying:
Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-008-أصول أهل السنة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (56:09)
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