The Ruling on Assigning a Specific Person to Paradise or Hellfire
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The questioner:
The Shaykh’s question: Is it permissible to rule that a specific person is in Paradise or Hellfire? Or among the Muslims? And what is the evidence? Is it permissible to rule that a specific person is in Paradise or a camel?
The Shaykh:
Paradise.
The questioner:
In Paradise, from its leaves, I address the Muslims and what is between them.
The Shaykh:
One does not rule that a specific person is in Paradise or Hellfire except with evidence from the Book and the Sunnah. As for one for whom no evidence indicates this, one fears for the wrongdoer and hopes for the believer. As for being certain, this is not permissible except with evidence. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 3332 he enters it, and if Sahih al-Bukhari 3332 he enters it. Deeds are judged by their endings, and you do not know about the endings, nor do you know the endings. The endings are in the hand of Allah. But we hope for the doers of good and fear for the wrongdoers, and we do not be certain for anyone of Paradise or Hellfire except with evidence from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). This is part of the creed of the people of the Sunnah and the community. Yes.
The Shaykh’s question: Is it permissible to rule that a specific person is in Paradise or Hellfire? Or among the Muslims? And what is the evidence? Is it permissible to rule that a specific person is in Paradise or a camel?
The Shaykh:
Paradise.
The questioner:
In Paradise, from its leaves, I address the Muslims and what is between them.
The Shaykh:
One does not rule that a specific person is in Paradise or Hellfire except with evidence from the Book and the Sunnah. As for one for whom no evidence indicates this, one fears for the wrongdoer and hopes for the believer. As for being certain, this is not permissible except with evidence. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Similarly, a person may do deeds characteristic of the people of Paradise, so much so that there is only the distance of a cubit between him and it, and then what has been written (by the angel) surpasses, and he starts doing deeds of the people of the (Hell) Fire
إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى مَا يَكُونُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا إِلاَّ ذِرَاعٌ فَيَسْبِقُ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابُ فَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِSo a man may do deeds characteristic of the people of the (Hell) Fire, so much so that there is only the distance of a cubit between him and it, and then what has been written (by the angel) surpasses, and so he starts doing deeds characteristic of the people of Paradise
الرجل ليعمل بعمل أهل النار حتى ما يكون بينه وبينها إلا ذراع فيثبت عليه الكتاب فيعمل بعمله في الجنة
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب نواقض الوضوء - 4 — islamhouse.com (1:14:17)
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