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How is the verse “Be silent therein and speak not to Me” reconciled with the hadith “Three whom Allah will not speak to”?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: How do you reconcile between His saying, the Exalted,
He will say, "Remain despised therein and do not speak to Me.قَالَ اخْسَئُوا فِيهَا وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ
[Al-Mu'minun 23:108]
and the hadith
There are three persons whom Allah will neither talk to nor look at, nor purify from (the sins), and they will have a painful punishment.ثلاثه لا يكلمهم الله ولا ينظر اليهم ولا يزكيهم ولهم عذاب اليم
Sahih al-Bukhari 2672
, given that the verse is regarding disbelievers and the hadith is regarding the companions of disbelievers?

Answer:
The Hereafter has different states, my brother. At times He speaks to them, and at other times He does not. The Day of Resurrection has its own states. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4551- 4717] ما الجمع بين قوله:(اخسئوا فيها ولا تكلمون)وحديث(ثلاثة لا يكلمهم الله) في أصحاب الكبائر؟ — youtube.com

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