The phrase “Put a voluntary act between you and the Fire”
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Question:
This questioner asks about a phrase that people circulate, which is “Put a voluntary act between you and the Fire.”
Answer:
This is colloquial speech, and its meaning is invalid. A voluntary act does not prevent you from the Fire on the Day of Resurrection, and no one protects from the Fire on the Day of Resurrection except the taqwa (mindfulness of Allah) of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), righteous deeds, and leaving forbidden deeds. This is what protects from the Fire.[At-Tahrim 66:6] Why do we protect ourselves from the Fire? By the taqwa of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). [Maryam 19:71-72] No one escapes from it except the people of taqwa.
And no one prevents from the Fire except Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), then righteous deeds and the taqwa of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). The phrase “Put a voluntary act between you and the Fire,” or “So-and-so asked me,” or “So-and-so is complaining about you,” all of this is invalid speech and is not permissible. It is not permissible for you to take a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling) when you do not trust it or its speaker. This is not permissible for you. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you, Your Excellency the Shaykh.
This questioner asks about a phrase that people circulate, which is “Put a voluntary act between you and the Fire.”
Answer:
This is colloquial speech, and its meaning is invalid. A voluntary act does not prevent you from the Fire on the Day of Resurrection, and no one protects from the Fire on the Day of Resurrection except the taqwa (mindfulness of Allah) of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), righteous deeds, and leaving forbidden deeds. This is what protects from the Fire.
O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ(71) And there is none of you except he will come to it. This is upon your Lord an inevitability decreed. (72) Then We will save those who feared Allah and leave the wrongdoers within it, on their knees.
وَإِن مِّنكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ حَتْمًا مَّقْضِيًّا ثُمَّ نُنَجِّي الَّذِينَ اتَّقَواAnd no one prevents from the Fire except Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), then righteous deeds and the taqwa of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). The phrase “Put a voluntary act between you and the Fire,” or “So-and-so asked me,” or “So-and-so is complaining about you,” all of this is invalid speech and is not permissible. It is not permissible for you to take a fatwa (scholarly legal ruling) when you do not trust it or its speaker. This is not permissible for you. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you, Your Excellency the Shaykh.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-035-الفتوى وأحكامها|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (45:35)
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