What is the ruling on declaring someone an innovator for disagreeing on the issue of declaring a specific person to be in Paradise?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the issue of declaring a specific person to be in Paradise one of the principles of the Sunnah, such that the one who disagrees with it is declared an innovator? It is known that Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned three opinions of the scholars regarding this in his book *Al-Nubuwwat*.
Answer:
Yes, the one who reports about the unseen without knowledge is an innovator, because you do not know about the unseen; you do not know what this person died upon until you rule for him with Paradise or the Fire. This is considered a religious innovation (bid'ah). Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the issue of declaring a specific person to be in Paradise one of the principles of the Sunnah, such that the one who disagrees with it is declared an innovator? It is known that Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned three opinions of the scholars regarding this in his book *Al-Nubuwwat*.
Answer:
Yes, the one who reports about the unseen without knowledge is an innovator, because you do not know about the unseen; you do not know what this person died upon until you rule for him with Paradise or the Fire. This is considered a religious innovation (bid'ah). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [620 -1024] ما حكم تبديع من خالف في مسألة الحكم بالجنة لمعين؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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