How could Khubab be cauterized seven times when he knows the virtue of those who are not cauterized?
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Question : May Allah conceal it. What? Now I want the reckoning. Yes. Mishkat, they write about the Companions.
Answer : The cauterization mentioned in the hadith is for a person to ask someone to cauterize him. As for Khubab’s action, I intended to say that it does not specify that he asked to be cauterized; perhaps when someone came to cauterize him, he agreed and permitted it, just as with recitation. Those who seek ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) and those who are recited to without seeking ruqyah; the latter is not precluded from being among the seventy thousand. Furthermore, there is an issue that if these four attributes are missed by a person, it does not mean he misses entering Paradise without reckoning; there may be other attributes that necessitate entering Paradise without reckoning.[Az-Zumar 39:10] It is possible that they enter without reckoning, or rather, they are given a great reward without count. In any case, the hadith of Khubab is answered by saying that the meaning is that someone came to cauterize him and he agreed, or that the hadith did not reach him.
Answer : The cauterization mentioned in the hadith is for a person to ask someone to cauterize him. As for Khubab’s action, I intended to say that it does not specify that he asked to be cauterized; perhaps when someone came to cauterize him, he agreed and permitted it, just as with recitation. Those who seek ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) and those who are recited to without seeking ruqyah; the latter is not precluded from being among the seventy thousand. Furthermore, there is an issue that if these four attributes are missed by a person, it does not mean he misses entering Paradise without reckoning; there may be other attributes that necessitate entering Paradise without reckoning.
Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without account."
إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى الصَّابِرُونَ أَجْرَهُم بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 3963 - 4600 كيف لخباب أن يكتوي سبعاً وهو يعرف فضل من لا يكتوي؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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