The Meaning of the Hadith: The Soul of the Believer Is Suspended by His Debt
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Question:
The first question is for the Shaykh regarding the one who has a debt. The hadith says he does not enter Paradise. Does the punishment of the Bridge (Jibr) come first, and then the Hereafter? I want a detailed explanation of this hadith. All right, listen.
Answer:
My brother, the soul of the believer is suspended by his debt until it is paid off. It is not that it prevents him from entering Paradise, but rather that his conscience is occupied by this debt, suspended by this debt, until his debt is cleared by paying it on his behalf or by the creditor forgiving it.
The first question is for the Shaykh regarding the one who has a debt. The hadith says he does not enter Paradise. Does the punishment of the Bridge (Jibr) come first, and then the Hereafter? I want a detailed explanation of this hadith. All right, listen.
Answer:
My brother, the soul of the believer is suspended by his debt until it is paid off. It is not that it prevents him from entering Paradise, but rather that his conscience is occupied by this debt, suspended by this debt, until his debt is cleared by paying it on his behalf or by the creditor forgiving it.
Source
فتاوى على الهواء 16-03-1436هـ — af.org.sa (28:52)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.