How to respond to one who cites the hadith of intercession, which contains: (and he will bring out of the Fire one who has never done any good)
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how does one respond to one who cites the hadith of intercession, which contains: (and he will bring out of the Fire one who has never done any good)? Yes.
Answer:
But he is from the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and died without being able to perform the deeds. He said, "There is no god but Allah," and was killed or died before he was able to perform the deeds. This is from the people of tawhid, and he is excused for leaving the deeds because he was not able to do them. As for one who was able and lived a hundred years, but does not pray, does not fast, and only says, "There is no god but Allah," and you say this is from the people of Paradise and that this is one whom intercession reaches—who says this? He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the ruling...
As I told you, my brothers, one does not take a single hadith and leave the rest of the hadiths. One combines the hadiths and restricts some with others, and refers some back to others. This is referring the ambiguous to the clear. As for taking a single ambiguous hadith and leaving the clear hadiths, that is the method of the people of deviation,[Ali 'Imran 3:7]. Until he said: [Ali 'Imran 3:7] all the clear and the ambiguous are from our Lord. And you take one side and leave the other side, except that you are only expressing your desire. This is the method of the people of deviation, may Allah protect us from it. The hadiths are referred to one another, restricted by one another, and some may abrogate others. This is necessary, and it is the method of the scholars who are firmly grounded in knowledge. As for the pretenders to knowledge, they do not know these matters. But [Ali 'Imran 3:7], the clear and the ambiguous, all are from our Lord. But the pretender to knowledge, the poor man, does not know. Likewise, the one who has a desire follows only what agrees with his desire and rejects what contradicts his desire. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how does one respond to one who cites the hadith of intercession, which contains: (and he will bring out of the Fire one who has never done any good)? Yes.
Answer:
But he is from the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and died without being able to perform the deeds. He said, "There is no god but Allah," and was killed or died before he was able to perform the deeds. This is from the people of tawhid, and he is excused for leaving the deeds because he was not able to do them. As for one who was able and lived a hundred years, but does not pray, does not fast, and only says, "There is no god but Allah," and you say this is from the people of Paradise and that this is one whom intercession reaches—who says this? He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the ruling...
As I told you, my brothers, one does not take a single hadith and leave the rest of the hadiths. One combines the hadiths and restricts some with others, and refers some back to others. This is referring the ambiguous to the clear. As for taking a single ambiguous hadith and leaving the clear hadiths, that is the method of the people of deviation,
As for those in whose hearts is deviation [from truth], they will follow that of it which is unspecific
فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَابَهَ مِنْهُBut those firm in knowledge say, "We believe
وَالرَّاسِخُونَ فِي الْعِلْمِ يَقُولُونَ آمَنَّاBut those firm in knowledge say, "We believe in it.
وَالرَّاسِخُونَ فِي الْعِلْمِ يَقُولُونَ آمَنَّا بِهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [8 -939] كيف يرد على من يستدل بحديث الشفاعة والذي فيه: (ويخرج من النار من لم يعمل خيرا قط).. — youtube.com
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