The Ruling on Denying Mass-Transmitted Matters of the Hereafter
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, the hadiths regarding our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) are numerous and have reached the level of mass transmission (mutawatir). If a person denies the Pool (Hawd) of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while being aware of these hadiths, does he become a disbeliever? The same applies if he denies the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), or the Sirat, or the Scales, or intercession, or other such matters?
The Shaykh:
Yes. The one who denies what has been established by mass-transmitted evidence is a disbeliever, or rather, he is a disbeliever, because he is denying Allah and His Messenger. Mass-transmitted reports provide certain knowledge, even according to the theologians and the misguided sects, who say that mass transmission provides knowledge and certainty. The one who denies mass-transmitted matters is to be feared regarding his faith in Allah the Exalted, just as those who deny the vision of the believers of their Lord on the Day of Resurrection, and those who deny the punishment of the grave, which is mass-transmitted.
The questioner:
And those who deny Paradise or Hell, or deny the Reckoning or the Scales, or other such things?
The Shaykh:
This is considered disbelief in Allah the Exalted. That is, this person does not believe in the Hereafter. Belief in the Hereafter includes everything established by authentic texts regarding what occurs in the Hereafter, from the time of death until the people of Paradise settle in Paradise and the people of Hell settle in Hell. Everything established by authentic hadiths falls under belief in the Hereafter. So, whoever denies any of what is established by authentic hadiths does not believe in the Hereafter, or is his belief in the Hereafter incomplete? Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, the hadiths regarding our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) are numerous and have reached the level of mass transmission (mutawatir). If a person denies the Pool (Hawd) of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while being aware of these hadiths, does he become a disbeliever? The same applies if he denies the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), or the Sirat, or the Scales, or intercession, or other such matters?
The Shaykh:
Yes. The one who denies what has been established by mass-transmitted evidence is a disbeliever, or rather, he is a disbeliever, because he is denying Allah and His Messenger. Mass-transmitted reports provide certain knowledge, even according to the theologians and the misguided sects, who say that mass transmission provides knowledge and certainty. The one who denies mass-transmitted matters is to be feared regarding his faith in Allah the Exalted, just as those who deny the vision of the believers of their Lord on the Day of Resurrection, and those who deny the punishment of the grave, which is mass-transmitted.
The questioner:
And those who deny Paradise or Hell, or deny the Reckoning or the Scales, or other such things?
The Shaykh:
This is considered disbelief in Allah the Exalted. That is, this person does not believe in the Hereafter. Belief in the Hereafter includes everything established by authentic texts regarding what occurs in the Hereafter, from the time of death until the people of Paradise settle in Paradise and the people of Hell settle in Hell. Everything established by authentic hadiths falls under belief in the Hereafter. So, whoever denies any of what is established by authentic hadiths does not believe in the Hereafter, or is his belief in the Hereafter incomplete? Yes.
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