What is the meaning of his saying
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The questioner:
Regarding the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): “This Ummah will split into seventy-two or seventy-three sects, all of them in the Fire except one.” Regarding his saying “all of them in the Fire,” does that mean they will be eternal in it?
The Shaykh:
They do not differ in the Fire. One is eternal in it if he committed apostasy from Islam, or if he is declared a disbeliever due to sins; then he is in the Fire eternally. But if his opposition is less than disbelief, less than shirk (associating partners with Allah), then he is not eternal in it. This is for the sinners among the monotheists; they enter it if Allah wills, but they are not eternal in it. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And he is eternal in the Fire, except for the disbeliever and the one who associates partners with Allah. Yes.
Regarding the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): “This Ummah will split into seventy-two or seventy-three sects, all of them in the Fire except one.” Regarding his saying “all of them in the Fire,” does that mean they will be eternal in it?
The Shaykh:
They do not differ in the Fire. One is eternal in it if he committed apostasy from Islam, or if he is declared a disbeliever due to sins; then he is in the Fire eternally. But if his opposition is less than disbelief, less than shirk (associating partners with Allah), then he is not eternal in it. This is for the sinners among the monotheists; they enter it if Allah wills, but they are not eternal in it. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And he is eternal in the Fire, except for the disbeliever and the one who associates partners with Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما معنى قوله –صلى الله عليه وسلم «إن هذه الأمة تفترق على ثلاث وسبعين فرقة كلها في النار إلا واحدة» — youtube.com
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