The Fate of Disbelievers Who Died in Disbelief and the Issue of Divine Will
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a dispute arose between me and one of my colleagues regarding the entry of disbelievers who died in disbelief into the Fire. This man says that they are under the Divine Will, and he says that he swears by Allah if I say that they enter the Fire. I have cited verses that clarify that they are eternal in it. What is the decision in this matter?
Answer:
This is a false statement. Disbelievers are under the Divine Will? Disbelievers in the Fire, generally speaking, I mean. As for individuals, Allah knows best. We do not rule on a specific individual from among the people of the Fire, and we do not know about his ending. But the disbelievers and polytheists in general, we believe they are in the Fire. And whoever does not believe this, he will be like them; he will be like them, because he did not declare the polytheists and disbelievers to be disbelievers. The one who is under the Divine Will is the believing sinner, the disobedient Muslim. He is the one who is under the Divine Will: if Allah wills, He forgives him, and if He wills, He punishes him. But the polytheist and the disbeliever are in the Fire certainly, eternally, made to abide in it.[Al-Ma'idah 5:72] And this one says he is under the Divine Will. This means he is refuting the verse, refuting the words of Allah the Exalted. This is terrible ignorance, and I seek refuge in Allah. The one who is under the Divine Will is the disobedient Muslim, as the Exalted said: [An-Nisa 4:48] meaning, what is less than shirk (associating partners with Allah), for whom He wills. Yes, and Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a dispute arose between me and one of my colleagues regarding the entry of disbelievers who died in disbelief into the Fire. This man says that they are under the Divine Will, and he says that he swears by Allah if I say that they enter the Fire. I have cited verses that clarify that they are eternal in it. What is the decision in this matter?
Answer:
This is a false statement. Disbelievers are under the Divine Will? Disbelievers in the Fire, generally speaking, I mean. As for individuals, Allah knows best. We do not rule on a specific individual from among the people of the Fire, and we do not know about his ending. But the disbelievers and polytheists in general, we believe they are in the Fire. And whoever does not believe this, he will be like them; he will be like them, because he did not declare the polytheists and disbelievers to be disbelievers. The one who is under the Divine Will is the believing sinner, the disobedient Muslim. He is the one who is under the Divine Will: if Allah wills, He forgives him, and if He wills, He punishes him. But the polytheist and the disbeliever are in the Fire certainly, eternally, made to abide in it.
Indeed, he who associates others with Allah - Allah has forbidden him Paradise, and his refuge is the Fire. And there are not for the wrongdoers any helpers.
إِنَّهُ مَن يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدْ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَأْوَاهُ النَّارُ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍIndeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 03- شرح نواقض الاسلام -الناقض الثاني- وسائط - الشيخ صالح الفوزان - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:13:00)
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