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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Meaning of the Doubtful One in the Question of the Grave

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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Correct, Honorable Shaykh. He says: Regarding his statement in Islam about moderation, as for the doubtful one, he says, "Ha, ha, I do not know." Is the doubtful one intended to be the disbeliever, or is he the sinful believer? The doubtful one is the hypocrite, the hypocrite who displays Islam in this world and is with the Muslims. If he is placed in his grave, the two angels come to him and say, "Ha, ha, I do not know." This is because he did not say, "I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)," with certainty and faith. Rather, he did so to conform to the people, for show, and for reputation, not out of faith. Therefore, he cannot state his proof in the grave, so he says, "Ha, ha, I do not know."

The Shaykh:
The hypocrite who displayed Islam before death, while being a liar in his heart, is the one who stammers at the question.

The questioner:
Yes. As for

The Shaykh:
or a disbeliever, how is he tested while he is a disbeliever? He is a disbeliever, a disbeliever from the start. But this is the one who claims Islam while being a disbeliever inwardly, so that his falsehood is exposed and his true nature becomes clear. Yes.
Source المقصود بالمرتاب في حديث فتنة القبر — alfawzan.live

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