Is it permissible to rule that one who died as an apostate is among the people of the Fire?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: We know that it is the belief of the people of the Sunnah and the community that they do not testify that a specific person is among the people of the Fire, because they do not know how Allah concluded his affair. The question is: Can we rule that the apostate who was asked to repent but did not repent, and was then killed as an apostate, is among the people of the Fire?
Answer:
Yes, we rule that he died upon apostasy and that he was killed as an apostate. We apply to him the punishment of this world and the ruling of this world. As for his ruling in the Hereafter, his affair is with Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). But we say that he is an apostate, that he was killed as an apostate, and that he refused to repent. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: We know that it is the belief of the people of the Sunnah and the community that they do not testify that a specific person is among the people of the Fire, because they do not know how Allah concluded his affair. The question is: Can we rule that the apostate who was asked to repent but did not repent, and was then killed as an apostate, is among the people of the Fire?
Answer:
Yes, we rule that he died upon apostasy and that he was killed as an apostate. We apply to him the punishment of this world and the ruling of this world. As for his ruling in the Hereafter, his affair is with Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). But we say that he is an apostate, that he was killed as an apostate, and that he refused to repent. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [594- 4717] هل يحكم على من مات مرتدا بأنه من أهل النار؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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