If the punishment descends, will the righteous be destroyed in it?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: How do we reconcile the saying of Allah the Exalted,[Al-Qamar 54:35], with the hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), in which it is stated that when evil becomes widespread, people are destroyed, both the righteous and the sinful?
Answer:
Those who denounce [the evil] are saved by Allah, whereas those who remain silent are destroyed along with the criminals. This is the sunnah (way) of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Those who denounce what is wrong are saved by Allah from the punishment, and those who do not denounce what is wrong, nor do it, nor approve of it, but simply do not denounce it, these are destroyed along with those who are destroyed. Allah will resurrect them on the Day of Resurrection according to their intentions. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-A'raf 7:165] Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: How do we reconcile the saying of Allah the Exalted,
Thus do We reward he who is grateful.
كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي مَن شَكَرَAnswer:
Those who denounce [the evil] are saved by Allah, whereas those who remain silent are destroyed along with the criminals. This is the sunnah (way) of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Those who denounce what is wrong are saved by Allah from the punishment, and those who do not denounce what is wrong, nor do it, nor approve of it, but simply do not denounce it, these are destroyed along with those who are destroyed. Allah will resurrect them on the Day of Resurrection according to their intentions. Allah the Exalted said:
And when they forgot that by which they had been reminded, We saved those who had forbidden evil and seized those who wronged, with a wretched punishment, because they were defiantly disobeying.
فَلَمَّا نَسُوا مَا ذُكِّرُوا بِهِ أَنجَيْنَا الَّذِينَ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ السُّوءِ وَأَخَذْنَا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا بِعَذَابٍ بَئِيسٍ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [676- 4717] إذا نزل العذاب هل يهلك فيها الصالحون؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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