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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible to rule that a specific disbeliever who has died is in the Fire?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to rule that a specific disbeliever is in the Fire, based on the hadith: "If you pass by the grave of a polytheist, give him the glad tidings of the Fire," if you are certain that he died upon shirk (associating partners with Allah)? Do I rule specifically about him?

Answer:
But your companion, if he died upon shirk, that is knowledge of the unseen. And if he, at the time of death, spoke the two testimonies and died upon tawhid (the oneness of Allah), like the Jew whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) visited while he was dying. He said to him, "Say: There is no god but Allah." He looked at his father and said, "Obey Abu al-Qasim." He said, "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) then ordered the Companions to wash his brother and shroud him. He said, "Praise be to Allah who saved him from the Fire through me." So what do you know about endings, my brother?
But we say: whoever commits kufr (disbelief) or major shirk is a disbeliever or a polytheist. We rule based on the apparent.
As for the unseen matters, only Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) rules upon them. We do not know about endings, and we do not rule that a specific person is in Paradise or in the Fire, except for those whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) testified for. This is the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community: they do not rule that a specific person is in Paradise or in the Fire, except for those whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) testified for. We only hope for the one who does good and fear for the one who does evil. This is the rule. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [78 -1024] هل يجوز الحكم على الكافر المعين إذا مات بأنه في النار؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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