Is one excused by Allah and not enter the Fire if the correct call from the people of the misguided sects did not reach him?
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The questioner : If we say that these sects now, meaning most of them or all of them, are excused due to their ignorance, why do they enter the Fire while they are excused?
The Shaykh : No, this cannot be said. If we imagine that a nation or a people is excused by Allah, they will not be punished in the Fire, let alone if we say they are eternal in the Fire. These are two opposites that never coexist. But the truth is, we do not know who the call reached and who it did not reach. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is the One who will take charge of their reckoning and He is the One who will distinguish the excused from the not excused.
The questioner : So, in these sects, there are people who are not excused.
The Shaykh : Without a doubt.
The questioner : From the seventy-three sects, there are groups that are not excused.
The Shaykh : Without a doubt.
The questioner : In every time?
The Shaykh : In every time.
The questioner : This is what I think. I say this, my brothers: many people, a lot of people, the call reached them.
The Shaykh : Yes, without a doubt.
The questioner : And the proof was established against many of them. In these numerous groups, there are people against whom the proof was established, and they are in the Fire.
The Shaykh : Without a doubt.
The questioner : But so-and-so, so-and-so, we do not know.
The Shaykh : We do not know.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : No, this cannot be said. If we imagine that a nation or a people is excused by Allah, they will not be punished in the Fire, let alone if we say they are eternal in the Fire. These are two opposites that never coexist. But the truth is, we do not know who the call reached and who it did not reach. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is the One who will take charge of their reckoning and He is the One who will distinguish the excused from the not excused.
The questioner : So, in these sects, there are people who are not excused.
The Shaykh : Without a doubt.
The questioner : From the seventy-three sects, there are groups that are not excused.
The Shaykh : Without a doubt.
The questioner : In every time?
The Shaykh : In every time.
The questioner : This is what I think. I say this, my brothers: many people, a lot of people, the call reached them.
The Shaykh : Yes, without a doubt.
The questioner : And the proof was established against many of them. In these numerous groups, there are people against whom the proof was established, and they are in the Fire.
The Shaykh : Without a doubt.
The questioner : But so-and-so, so-and-so, we do not know.
The Shaykh : We do not know.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.