Reconciling the entry of the poor into Paradise before the rich with the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And the forerunners [in good] are the forerunners”
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Question:
He says: How do we reconcile the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Ibn Majah 4122Hasan (Darussalam) by five hundred years, meaning half a day, with the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He: “And the forerunners [in good] are the forerunners”
Answer:
Yes, there is no contradiction between the verses, because the people of wealth are held accountable for their wealth. What delays them is the accounting for their wealth. Allah holds them accountable for their wealth, so if it is much, the accounting takes a long time. As for the believer who has no wealth, he is not held accountable for anything regarding his wealth; he has nothing for which he is held accountable. He enters Paradise; he has no return. Yes.
He says: How do we reconcile the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
The poor believers will enter Paradise
يدخل فقراء المؤمنين الجنة قبل الأغنياءAnswer:
Yes, there is no contradiction between the verses, because the people of wealth are held accountable for their wealth. What delays them is the accounting for their wealth. Allah holds them accountable for their wealth, so if it is much, the accounting takes a long time. As for the believer who has no wealth, he is not held accountable for anything regarding his wealth; he has nothing for which he is held accountable. He enters Paradise; he has no return. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-089-مكانة العلماء وحاجة الأمة إليهم|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:07:01)
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