Is it said, "He deserves the Fire," or "He has been decreed the Fire"?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: You mentioned, may Allah preserve and protect you, regarding some of the major sins that one who commits them is thereby deserving of entering the Fire. Is it better to say that the doer of a major sin deserves to enter the Fire, or is it better to say that it has been decreed for him to enter the Fire?
Answer:
It is all the same; whether one says "deserves" or "has been decreed," it is all the same. But if the sin is less than shirk (associating partners with Allah), it is under Allah's will: if He wills, He will punish him, and if He wills, He will forgive him[An-Nisa 4:48]. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: You mentioned, may Allah preserve and protect you, regarding some of the major sins that one who commits them is thereby deserving of entering the Fire. Is it better to say that the doer of a major sin deserves to enter the Fire, or is it better to say that it has been decreed for him to enter the Fire?
Answer:
It is all the same; whether one says "deserves" or "has been decreed," it is all the same. But if the sin is less than shirk (associating partners with Allah), it is under Allah's will: if He wills, He will punish him, and if He wills, He will forgive him
Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَاءُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [148/186] هل يقال "يستحق النار" أم "أوجب له النار"؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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