The Specificity of the Threat of the Fire for Descendants
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh! May Allah preserve you. In the narrations that have come, some people have found difficulty with the threat of punishment for those who are deficient in ablution, specifically the punishment of the heels with fire. How is that the case without the rest of the body?
Answer:
This falls under the category that the place of the sin is subjected to more punishment, otherwise the punishment encompasses everyone. May Allah forgive them. The thief, the one who commits adultery, the fornicator, and the one who drinks intoxicants are all punished with fire. However, the fact that the place of the sin is singled out for additional punishment is like what came regarding the woe of the heels from the Fire, and the soles of the feet. The soles of the feet are also such that water may flow from them, so it is obligatory to wash the soles of the feet so that water does not flow from them. Thus, the reason the one who is punished for the heels, or for other parts of the body, is punished is because it is the most severe punishment, meaning because it is the place of the sin. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Your Eminence the Shaykh! May Allah preserve you. In the narrations that have come, some people have found difficulty with the threat of punishment for those who are deficient in ablution, specifically the punishment of the heels with fire. How is that the case without the rest of the body?
Answer:
This falls under the category that the place of the sin is subjected to more punishment, otherwise the punishment encompasses everyone. May Allah forgive them. The thief, the one who commits adultery, the fornicator, and the one who drinks intoxicants are all punished with fire. However, the fact that the place of the sin is singled out for additional punishment is like what came regarding the woe of the heels from the Fire, and the soles of the feet. The soles of the feet are also such that water may flow from them, so it is obligatory to wash the soles of the feet so that water does not flow from them. Thus, the reason the one who is punished for the heels, or for other parts of the body, is punished is because it is the most severe punishment, meaning because it is the place of the sin. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من باب غسل الرجلين وبيان أنه الفرض — islamhouse.com (6:50)
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