The Issue of the Extinction of the Fire and What Is Attributed to the Shaykh al-Islam and Ibn al-Qayyim
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Do not read to us about those who say that the disbelievers will not accept that their abode in the Fire is eternal and permanent, but that Allah will take them out of the Fire. Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) expressed this opinion best.
Answer:
How do I know? These are matters of the Hereafter in which we do not intervene. Allah is Greater; the people of the Fire are abiding in it, and the people of Paradise are abiding in it. So we do not intervene and set a limit for the Fire at which it ends without knowledge. As for what is attributed to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, if it is established, it is his independent legal reasoning (ijtihad), and he is not agreed with on it. If it is established, as for Ibn al-Qayyim, it is not established that he said this statement; he was hesitant, sometimes saying it and sometimes denying it in his books. In any case, we do not investigate these details. If a mistake occurs from some scholars, we seek mercy for them and ask forgiveness for them, and we do not go around sending these errors and spreading them among the people. But here, there are people who are more hostile to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah; they search for a minor, slight error and cover up what he has of good deeds, what he has of blessings, and what he has of benefit for the Muslims. They cover up all these things and circle around a simple error.
This is due to desire (hawa), due to desire. Those who search for these matters do not love Shaykh al-Islam and look for things against him. But this does not diminish his status at all. It is enough for a woman to be noble if she is counted among his faults, as the poet says. So this does not diminish the status of Shaykh al-Islam if it is established, because he is a human being. Humans make mistakes and hit the mark, but he has good deeds and high ranks, and the victory of Islam and the Muslims, and the suppression of the atheists, innovators, and polytheists, which covers this minor, simple error. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Do not read to us about those who say that the disbelievers will not accept that their abode in the Fire is eternal and permanent, but that Allah will take them out of the Fire. Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) expressed this opinion best.
Answer:
How do I know? These are matters of the Hereafter in which we do not intervene. Allah is Greater; the people of the Fire are abiding in it, and the people of Paradise are abiding in it. So we do not intervene and set a limit for the Fire at which it ends without knowledge. As for what is attributed to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, if it is established, it is his independent legal reasoning (ijtihad), and he is not agreed with on it. If it is established, as for Ibn al-Qayyim, it is not established that he said this statement; he was hesitant, sometimes saying it and sometimes denying it in his books. In any case, we do not investigate these details. If a mistake occurs from some scholars, we seek mercy for them and ask forgiveness for them, and we do not go around sending these errors and spreading them among the people. But here, there are people who are more hostile to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah; they search for a minor, slight error and cover up what he has of good deeds, what he has of blessings, and what he has of benefit for the Muslims. They cover up all these things and circle around a simple error.
This is due to desire (hawa), due to desire. Those who search for these matters do not love Shaykh al-Islam and look for things against him. But this does not diminish his status at all. It is enough for a woman to be noble if she is counted among his faults, as the poet says. So this does not diminish the status of Shaykh al-Islam if it is established, because he is a human being. Humans make mistakes and hit the mark, but he has good deeds and high ranks, and the victory of Islam and the Muslims, and the suppression of the atheists, innovators, and polytheists, which covers this minor, simple error. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 05 من 15 / شرح أصول الإيمان / الإيمان بالقدر / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة/ كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:07:31)
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