Is it permissible to describe the punishment of the Fire in the Hereafter as a harsh ruling from Allah?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh. Yes. One of the preachers spoke about the punishment of the Fire in the Hereafter, and then he said that this is a harsh ruling from Allah. Is such a statement permissible?

Answer:
If "harsh" is used in the sense of blame, it is not permissible. But if he said "this severe punishment" or "the severe punishment" or "the painful punishment," as Allah mentioned, there is nothing wrong with it. The word "harsh" carries the possibility that this is a criticism of the ruling of Allah the Exalted and a description of Him as harsh.
Just as the people of misguidance say that the rulings of the Shari'ah contain savagery and harshness. If that is his intention, it is not permissible. But if his intention is that the punishment of the Hereafter is severe, that it is harsh and great, there is nothing wrong with that. Allah described the punishment of the Hereafter as severe, as harsh, as great, and as painful. Yes. And He did not describe it as harsh. Yes.