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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Do we say about a specific disbeliever that when he dies, he is in the Fire?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The questioner asks: Do we say about a known disbeliever that when he dies, he is in the Fire?

Answer:
We say that whoever dies upon disbelief is in the Fire. However, to say that so-and-so is in the Fire, we do not assert this with certainty; because we do not know about his repentance. Perhaps he repented before he died, and you do not know.
So we do not rule for a specific person, a specific individual, that he is among the people of the Fire, except for those whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) testified to. And we do not testify for a specific person that he is in Paradise, except for those whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) testified to. But in general, we say the believers are in Paradise, and the disbelievers are in the Fire, on the basis of generality. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2127] هل نقول عن الكافر المعين إذا مات إنه في النار؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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