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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Reconciling the Hadith of Good Opinion of Allah with the Hadith of the Man from the Children of Israel

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Question:
How do we reconcile the hadith
None of you should die but hoping only good from Allahلا يموتن أحدكم إلا وهو يحسن الظن بالله
Sahih Muslim 2877c
with the hadith of the man from the Children of Israel who ordered his children to burn him and throw him into the sea?

Answer:
Yes, because he did this out of fear of Allah. So he ordered them to burn him and scatter him in the air out of fear of Allah, due to the intensity of his fear of Allah. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف الجمع بين حديث «لا يموتن أحدكم إلا وهو يحسن الظن بالله» وبين حديث الرجل من بني إسرائيل... — youtube.com

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