The ruling on definitively declaring that a disbeliever will enter the Fire after his death
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Question:
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I heard that it is not permissible to rule that a disbeliever will enter the Fire after his death, such that if one of the disbelievers dies in this time, it is not permissible to say, "So-and-so is one of the people of the Fire."
Answer:
As for the one who dies upon disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah), we treat him as we treat disbelievers and Muslims: we do not pray over him, we do not wash him, and we do not bury him in the graves of Muslims. We treat him according to the ruling for disbelievers; he is not shrouded, and his Muslim relative does not inherit from him because he is a disbeliever who died a disbeliever. We treat him according to the ruling for disbelievers. As for Paradise and the Fire, that is in the hand of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He); we do not know. Allah says, "We do not know until we say, 'We only know and do not know about him, but what we do not know about him, we are not held accountable for it; the ones held accountable are for what is apparent to us, which is his shirk, so we treat him as a polytheist. We do not seek forgiveness from Allah for him, nor do we make du'a' (supplication) for him; we treat him as a polytheist. As for the matter of Paradise and the abode, that is with Allah, the One who knows (Glorified and Exalted is He)." Yes.
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I heard that it is not permissible to rule that a disbeliever will enter the Fire after his death, such that if one of the disbelievers dies in this time, it is not permissible to say, "So-and-so is one of the people of the Fire."
Answer:
As for the one who dies upon disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah), we treat him as we treat disbelievers and Muslims: we do not pray over him, we do not wash him, and we do not bury him in the graves of Muslims. We treat him according to the ruling for disbelievers; he is not shrouded, and his Muslim relative does not inherit from him because he is a disbeliever who died a disbeliever. We treat him according to the ruling for disbelievers. As for Paradise and the Fire, that is in the hand of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He); we do not know. Allah says, "We do not know until we say, 'We only know and do not know about him, but what we do not know about him, we are not held accountable for it; the ones held accountable are for what is apparent to us, which is his shirk, so we treat him as a polytheist. We do not seek forgiveness from Allah for him, nor do we make du'a' (supplication) for him; we treat him as a polytheist. As for the matter of Paradise and the abode, that is with Allah, the One who knows (Glorified and Exalted is He)." Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 22 من 60 / شرح كتاب قرة عيون الموحدين / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:06:05)
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