The Ruling on Declaring with Certainty that the People of the Fire, the Jews, and the Christians Are in the Fire
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The questioner:
O Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. A man named Mu'ayyad died while sitting in a chair, having become a Christian, despite his adherence to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh:
It is formed.
The questioner:
A specific person died while adhering to a specific belief, pointing to the indication of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Do we say that this man is from the people of the Fire?
The Shaykh:
If he died in a state of disbelief and denial of the message of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), there is no doubt that he is for the Fire. But what indicates this to us? This is a necessary implication from the Book and the Sunnah.
One does not rule that a person is a disbeliever except with evidence from the Book and the Sunnah, because this is from the knowledge of the unseen, which no one knows except Allah. So we do not declare with certainty that anyone is in Paradise or the Fire except with evidence from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) testifying for them to Paradise or testifying for them to the Fire. As for those for whom the Prophet did not testify to Paradise or the Fire, we do not declare with certainty, but we fear for the wrongdoer and hope for the doer of good. The doer of good is one who appears to us to be deficient in faith and in Islam; we hope for him good, but we do not declare with certainty. Allah knows best.
And the sinner and the disbeliever who appears to be a disbeliever, and who is negligent regarding disbelief and deals with the disbelievers in the manner of disbelievers, but we do not declare with certainty that he is from the people of the Fire. He may have repented before death, and we did not know or learn of it. This is up to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). We do not declare with certainty except with evidence. As for fear and hope, that is what we can do regarding these people. Their Jewish father is restricted. The Jew may repent at the time of death, or the Christian, because they are in the Fire. But you say regarding the Jews in a general sense: The Jews are in the Fire. This is a definitive statement that the Jews are in the Fire in a general sense. As for individuals, we do not declare with certainty that anyone is in Paradise or the Fire except with evidence, but we fear that they are in the Fire and we deal with them in the manner of disbelievers as well, in their funerals, in their inheritances, in their wives, we deal with them in the manner of disbelievers in what appears here. As for the unseen matters, no one knows about them except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
O Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. A man named Mu'ayyad died while sitting in a chair, having become a Christian, despite his adherence to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh:
It is formed.
The questioner:
A specific person died while adhering to a specific belief, pointing to the indication of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Do we say that this man is from the people of the Fire?
The Shaykh:
If he died in a state of disbelief and denial of the message of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), there is no doubt that he is for the Fire. But what indicates this to us? This is a necessary implication from the Book and the Sunnah.
One does not rule that a person is a disbeliever except with evidence from the Book and the Sunnah, because this is from the knowledge of the unseen, which no one knows except Allah. So we do not declare with certainty that anyone is in Paradise or the Fire except with evidence from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) testifying for them to Paradise or testifying for them to the Fire. As for those for whom the Prophet did not testify to Paradise or the Fire, we do not declare with certainty, but we fear for the wrongdoer and hope for the doer of good. The doer of good is one who appears to us to be deficient in faith and in Islam; we hope for him good, but we do not declare with certainty. Allah knows best.
And the sinner and the disbeliever who appears to be a disbeliever, and who is negligent regarding disbelief and deals with the disbelievers in the manner of disbelievers, but we do not declare with certainty that he is from the people of the Fire. He may have repented before death, and we did not know or learn of it. This is up to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). We do not declare with certainty except with evidence. As for fear and hope, that is what we can do regarding these people. Their Jewish father is restricted. The Jew may repent at the time of death, or the Christian, because they are in the Fire. But you say regarding the Jews in a general sense: The Jews are in the Fire. This is a definitive statement that the Jews are in the Fire in a general sense. As for individuals, we do not declare with certainty that anyone is in Paradise or the Fire except with evidence, but we fear that they are in the Fire and we deal with them in the manner of disbelievers as well, in their funerals, in their inheritances, in their wives, we deal with them in the manner of disbelievers in what appears here. As for the unseen matters, no one knows about them except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
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