The ruling on offering condolences for a disbeliever who pronounced the testimony of faith and then died
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a disbeliever says, "There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," and then dies immediately after, is it permissible to offer condolences for him and supplicate for his forgiveness?
Answer:
Yes, this is his state; his apparent state is that he is a Muslim, so we base our judgment on the apparent. If he said it with certainty and was unable to act upon it, and died upon it, then he is among the people of ParadiseSunan Abi Dawud 3116Sahih (Al-Albani) Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a disbeliever says, "There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," and then dies immediately after, is it permissible to offer condolences for him and supplicate for his forgiveness?
Answer:
Yes, this is his state; his apparent state is that he is a Muslim, so we base our judgment on the apparent. If he said it with certainty and was unable to act upon it, and died upon it, then he is among the people of Paradise
If anyone's last words are "There is no god but Allah" he will enter Paradise.
كان اخر كلامه لا اله الا الله دخل الجنه
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ارتياد المكان الرخو وما يكره التخلي فيه — islamhouse.com (1:01:00)
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