Certainty of Paradise for One of the Righteous
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, do we assert with certainty that one of the righteous is in Paradise, given what is known of his piety, asceticism, goodness, virtue, and his giving of good to people?
Answer:
We do not assert with certainty that anyone is in Paradise except by evidence, evidence from the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of the Messenger, such as the ten who were guaranteed Paradise from among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), for whom the Messenger testified that they are in Paradise. We testify to that for them, and we have no doubt about it. As for those other than them among the people of righteousness and goodness, we hope for them, we hope for them Paradise, but we do not assert it for them with certainty. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, do we assert with certainty that one of the righteous is in Paradise, given what is known of his piety, asceticism, goodness, virtue, and his giving of good to people?
Answer:
We do not assert with certainty that anyone is in Paradise except by evidence, evidence from the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of the Messenger, such as the ten who were guaranteed Paradise from among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), for whom the Messenger testified that they are in Paradise. We testify to that for them, and we have no doubt about it. As for those other than them among the people of righteousness and goodness, we hope for them, we hope for them Paradise, but we do not assert it for them with certainty. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/294 — archive.org (15:12)
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