Types of Abode in the Fire
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Question:
O Shaykh, it is mentioned in the hadith that will be punished for what he killed. Is that correct? He is an abode in the Fire, an eternal abode.
Answer:
He will be punished with the very thing by which he took his own life. However, there are two kinds of eternal abode. It should be known, O brothers, that this issue is confusing for people. The eternal abode in the Fire is of two types: one is a permanent, eternal abode, and this is for the disbelievers—may we seek refuge in Allah—they will never be brought out of it, as He the Exalted and Majestic said:[Al-Baqarah 2:167] And He said: [Al-Ma'idah 5:37] And we seek refuge in Allah. The second type of eternal abode is temporary, but it is long. This is the threat Allah issued for those who kill people without right. Yes.
Whoever kills wealth without right, Allah threatens him with abode, and likewise whoever kills himself with iron or a blade, Allah threatens him with abode. And this abode is not eternal; it is an abode with a limit, an abode with a limit that ends, as the people of the Sunnah and the community said. And the eternal abode does not last forever except for the disbelievers. As for the sinners, if they enter the Fire, they will be punished according to their sins, but they will not abide in it forever. So the one who kills himself is threatened with the Fire and abode in it, and if he kills a believer without right, he is threatened with the Fire and abode in it as well, but it is a temporary abode, it has an end, and then they will come out of it to Paradise after that. And likewise, whoever dies while being a transgressor, or drinking intoxicants, or stealing, or being undutiful to his parents, and did not repent, is threatened with the Fire, may we seek refuge in Allah, but he will not abide in it. If he enters it, he will not abide in it. And if Allah forgives, His forgiveness is welcome and sufficient. This is the case with the remaining major sins. We ask Allah for safety.
O Shaykh, it is mentioned in the hadith that
Whoever kills himself
من قتل نفسهAnswer:
He will be punished with the very thing by which he took his own life. However, there are two kinds of eternal abode. It should be known, O brothers, that this issue is confusing for people. The eternal abode in the Fire is of two types: one is a permanent, eternal abode, and this is for the disbelievers—may we seek refuge in Allah—they will never be brought out of it, as He the Exalted and Majestic said:
Thus will Allah show them their deeds as regrets upon them. And they are never to emerge from the Fire.
كَذَٰلِكَ يُرِيهِمُ اللَّهُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ حَسَرَاتٍ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَا هُم بِخَارِجِينَ مِنَ النَّارِThey will wish to get out of the Fire, but never are they to emerge therefrom, and for them is an enduring punishment.
يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَخْرُجُوا مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَا هُم بِخَارِجِينَ مِنْهَا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌWhoever kills wealth without right, Allah threatens him with abode, and likewise whoever kills himself with iron or a blade, Allah threatens him with abode. And this abode is not eternal; it is an abode with a limit, an abode with a limit that ends, as the people of the Sunnah and the community said. And the eternal abode does not last forever except for the disbelievers. As for the sinners, if they enter the Fire, they will be punished according to their sins, but they will not abide in it forever. So the one who kills himself is threatened with the Fire and abode in it, and if he kills a believer without right, he is threatened with the Fire and abode in it as well, but it is a temporary abode, it has an end, and then they will come out of it to Paradise after that. And likewise, whoever dies while being a transgressor, or drinking intoxicants, or stealing, or being undutiful to his parents, and did not repent, is threatened with the Fire, may we seek refuge in Allah, but he will not abide in it. If he enters it, he will not abide in it. And if Allah forgives, His forgiveness is welcome and sufficient. This is the case with the remaining major sins. We ask Allah for safety.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، أنواع الخلود في النار - بن باز - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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