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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Meaning of the Hadith: “Whoever says there is no god but Allah and has never done any good will enter Paradise”

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Question:
This questioner asks, saying: In the hadith
Whoever says there is no god but Allah and has never done any good will enter Paradiseيدخل في الجنة من قال لا إله إلا الله ولم يعمل خيرا قط
or as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, what is the meaning of “has never done any good”?

Answer:
Yes, this is one who pronounced the two testimonies but was unable to perform deeds; he died immediately or was killed. He pronounced the two testimonies and died upon them, but was unable to perform deeds, so he will enter Paradise because he entered Islam. As for one who abandons deeds while he is able to perform them and is negligent regarding them, he is not a believer. Yes.

Question:
This questioner asks, saying:

Answer:
The hadiths, my brothers, and I have told you many times: one does not take one part and leave the other. The hadiths explain one another. Just as faith necessarily includes action. And what has come in a hadith that it is
One enters Paradiseيدخل الجنه احد
without action is understood to be due to an excuse; that he is excused. That he pronounced the two testimonies but was unable to perform the action. He died upon the two testimonies without being able to perform the action. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [166 -308] ما معنى حديث: «يدخل في الجنة من قال "لا إله إلا الله" ولم يعمل خيرا قط» أو كما قال ﷺ؟ — youtube.com

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