How is the hadith “No one is punished with the Fire except the Lord of the Fire” reconciled with what 'Ali did to the Khawarij?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In the hadithSunan Abi Dawud 2673Sahih (Al-Albani), how is the hadith reconciled with what 'Ali did to the Khawarij?
Answer:
Yes, he (may Allah be pleased with him) cut off their hands out of intense zeal for the religion of Allah. What drove him to this was his intense zeal for the religion of Allah, and perhaps the hadith had not reached him. Yes. The honorable bearer of this burden. It was his intense zeal for the religion of Allah the Exalted. It is known that if a person does something out of zeal for Allah, he is excused even if he makes a mistake or commits a violation. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In the hadith
no one punishes with fire except the Lord of the fire
لا يعذب بالنار إلا رب النارAnswer:
Yes, he (may Allah be pleased with him) cut off their hands out of intense zeal for the religion of Allah. What drove him to this was his intense zeal for the religion of Allah, and perhaps the hadith had not reached him. Yes. The honorable bearer of this burden. It was his intense zeal for the religion of Allah the Exalted. It is known that if a person does something out of zeal for Allah, he is excused even if he makes a mistake or commits a violation. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف يُجمع بين حديث «لا يعذِّب بالنار إلا رب النار» وما فعله عليٌّ بالخوارج؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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