The Sensation of the Tormented in the Fire of Punishment
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The questioner:
Does the Muslim whom Allah decrees to enter the Fire and who enters it feel the punishment or not?
The Shaykh:
That is, the one whom Allah has decreed to be in the Fire feels its grapes and feels its scourging. However, it was mentioned in a hadith of Ibn Sa'id in Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) that He kills them with a death, meaning the Fire takes them and burns them, so they die, either by that, meaning they feel its punishment and its pains, and they die in it with a specific death. Then Allah takes them out of the Fire, and they have been burned like charcoal. Then they are thrown into the Fire of Life, and they grow as a seed grows in the sheath of a sword. They are in a state of distress and feel the pains, but after that, they grow with new growth. And Allah, Mighty and Majestic,[Al-Hashr 59:6] They are not like the disbelievers. The disbelievers remain in the Fire, with no life and no death, forever and ever, for the ages of ages, forever. We seek refuge in Allah. They do not remain until they die, nor are they neglected from their punishment.
The questioner:
Does that happen?
The Shaykh:
[Taha 20:74] We seek refuge in Allah. And He, Mighty and Majestic, said regarding the saddle of prophecy: [Al-A'la 87:11-13] That is, the one being tormented has no death to relieve him and no sound life. We seek refuge in Allah. Rather, it is a permanent punishment. We seek refuge in Allah. This is the meaning of "he does not die nor does he live." We ask Allah for well-being.
Does the Muslim whom Allah decrees to enter the Fire and who enters it feel the punishment or not?
The Shaykh:
That is, the one whom Allah has decreed to be in the Fire feels its grapes and feels its scourging. However, it was mentioned in a hadith of Ibn Sa'id in Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) that He kills them with a death, meaning the Fire takes them and burns them, so they die, either by that, meaning they feel its punishment and its pains, and they die in it with a specific death. Then Allah takes them out of the Fire, and they have been burned like charcoal. Then they are thrown into the Fire of Life, and they grow as a seed grows in the sheath of a sword. They are in a state of distress and feel the pains, but after that, they grow with new growth. And Allah, Mighty and Majestic,
over all things competent.
عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌThe questioner:
Does that happen?
The Shaykh:
his Lord as a criminal - indeed, for him is Hell; he will neither die therein nor live.
رَبَّهُ مُجْرِمًا فَإِنَّ لَهُ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ(12) [He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire, (13) Neither dying therein nor living.
الْأَشْقَى الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - ٦٧ — archive.org (4:10)
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