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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Did it become established from Ibn al-Qayyim that he held the view of the annihilation of the Fire?

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Question:
May Allah be with you. Your Eminence, the father, the questioner says: Some people mention that Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) holds the view of the annihilation of the Fire and Paradise. Is this report correct, or is it a fabrication against him?

Answer:
My brothers, do not seek out deviant opinions and occupy yourselves with them. Leave them alone; do not search for them or spread them. Allah has not burdened you with this. A human being errs and hits the mark. Do not search for errors and occupy yourselves with them. Some people do this in order to criticize Ibn al-Qayyim and Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. They criticize them for this minor error, yet they do not look at their great deeds, their abundant knowledge, and the benefit they provided to people. They do not look at this; rather, they look at minor slips and publicize them. Because they are the most harmful to the people of good, they seek out their errors. They are the most harmful to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and the most harmful to Ibn al-Qayyim. As for Ibn al-Qayyim, it is not established that he said this; rather, he narrated it as a report and did not state it as his own choice. Allah knows best. The result is that when we search for deviant opinions and occupy people with them, those who search for them have errors that cover the mountains, yet they do not look at their own errors. Rather, they look at the error of the noble Imam by whom Allah benefited and through whose knowledge. The poet says: "And who is there whose entire character you would be satisfied with? It is sufficient for a woman to be noble if her faults are counted." Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [839- 4717] هل ثبت عن ابن القيم قوله بفناء النار؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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