The Status of Intentional Killing Among the Major Sins and the Meaning of the Eternalization of the Killer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Regarding the crime of intentional killing, is it considered among the major sins, or is it disbelief? Because its perpetrator is eternally punished?
Answer:
It is considered among the major sins, among the major sins. And its perpetrator is eternally punished, meaning his punishment is prolonged. The intended meaning of "eternalization" here is the prolongation of the punishment, not the eternalization of disbelief. Rather, it is the eternalization of the punishment for him, meaning his torment in the Fire is prolonged. But he is not eternally in it forever. The verse does not say that he is in it forever.[An-Nisa 4:93] It did not say "eternally forever." Yes, meaning his torment is prolonged. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Regarding the crime of intentional killing, is it considered among the major sins, or is it disbelief? Because its perpetrator is eternally punished?
Answer:
It is considered among the major sins, among the major sins. And its perpetrator is eternally punished, meaning his punishment is prolonged. The intended meaning of "eternalization" here is the prolongation of the punishment, not the eternalization of disbelief. Rather, it is the eternalization of the punishment for him, meaning his torment in the Fire is prolonged. But he is not eternally in it forever. The verse does not say that he is in it forever.
But whoever kills a believer intentionally - his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally
وَمَن يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا
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شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب : تفسير التوحيد وشهادة أن لا إله إلا الله - 1 — islamhouse.com (1:16:47)
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