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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Forgiveness for sins other than shirk (associating partners with Allah) and the scholarly disagreement regarding it

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The questioner:
It is narrated that Nafi' said, regarding the enslavement of free people, that they will enter the Fire because of their enslavement, so what is authentic regarding the people

The Shaykh:
There is a disagreement on this. Some scholars say that it is forgiven, that it falls under the statement
but He forgives what is less than that for whom He willsوَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَاءُ
[An-Nisa 4:48]
, falling under the major sins that are less than major shirk (associating partners with Allah). And some scholars say, no, this falls under the general statement that Allah does not forgive if one associates partners with Him, so he must be punished, but he will not remain in the Fire forever. Even if he is punished, he will not remain in the Fire forever. The discussion is only about whether he must be punished, or whether forgiveness may enter for him from the very beginning. Yes. But everyone agrees that he will not remain in it, that he will come out of it, just as the monotheists do. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 06 من 13 / شرح العقيدة الطحاوية / ويغفر ما دون ذلك لمن يشاء / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (59:42)

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