Using the verse “Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him” as evidence regarding the one who abandons prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the verse[An-Nisa 4:48], is it valid to use it as evidence that the one who abandons prayer is under Allah's will, such that if He wills, He forgives him, and if He wills, He punishes him?
Answer:
My brother, there are other proofs besides this verse. There are proofs indicating the disbelief of the one who abandons prayer. So how can you leave them and take this verse? The proofs explain one another, restrict one another, and specify one another. So do not take some and leave the rest. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the verse
Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَاءُAnswer:
My brother, there are other proofs besides this verse. There are proofs indicating the disbelief of the one who abandons prayer. So how can you leave them and take this verse? The proofs explain one another, restrict one another, and specify one another. So do not take some and leave the rest. Yes.
Source
مقدمة ابن أبي زيد القيرواني في العقيدة 06-01-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (1:00:53)
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