How to reconcile the statement that if a person intends to do a bad deed and does not do it, it is not recorded, with the hadith, “The killer and the killed are in the Fire”?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: How do you reconcile the two hadiths: if a person intends to do a bad deed and does not do it, it is not recorded, and the hadith that passed us, “The killer and the killed are in the Fire”?
Answer:
If he did not do it out of fear of Allah, it is not recorded. But if he did not do it because he was unable to, and if he had been able, he would have done it, then he commits a sin. And this killed man, the killed man, was determined to kill his companion. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: How do you reconcile the two hadiths: if a person intends to do a bad deed and does not do it, it is not recorded, and the hadith that passed us, “The killer and the killed are in the Fire”?
Answer:
If he did not do it out of fear of Allah, it is not recorded. But if he did not do it because he was unable to, and if he had been able, he would have done it, then he commits a sin. And this killed man, the killed man, was determined to kill his companion. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف الجمع بين أنه إذا هم الشخص بسيئة ولم يفعلها لم تكتب، وبين الحديث «القاتل والمقتول في النار»؟ — youtube.com
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