Discussion with Shaykh 'Ayd 'Abbasi: Does Allah hold people accountable for what is in their hearts?
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The questioner: He is still with us.
Eid Abbasi: We are detailing it, what is it? I mean, do you still believe that Allah holds people accountable for what is in their hearts?
The questioner: No, I say He knows what is in the hearts.
Eid Abbasi: He knows, but does He hold them accountable?
The questioner: Of course, He holds them accountable for it if you intended evil and then left it, He records it for you as a good deed.
Another questioner: Correct.
Another questioner: This is a correction.
Eid Abbasi: Okay; if one intended evil but could not carry it out due to a worldly obstacle; is he held accountable for it?
The questioner: And from this ... he does not get a good deed if there is an obstacle, and if the obstacle is ... no, a good deed is written for him.
Eid Abbasi: Meaning he wanted to drink intoxicants but saw he had no money?
The questioner: I say: no reward is written for him, but he is not held accountable.
Eid Abbasi: Okay; so what is it that he is held accountable for regarding what is in the heart?
The questioner: I did not say, I think he is held accountable, and Allah knows best, I said He knows, He has knowledge.
Eid Abbasi: But I told you, or did I tell you ... say - the Exalted - :[Al-Baqarah 2:284] .
The questioner: Yes.
Eid Abbasi: And that is like the other verse; as long as we do not speak or act?
So this must be defined by what is authentic in the hadiths and what is mentioned in the continuation of the verses. It is mentioned in the continuation of the verses that Allah has lifted from people what they intended and what they told themselves, as long as they did not act upon it. In the previous hadith, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 3435Sahih (Darussalam) .
The questioner: And so perhaps this verse is abrogated.
Eid Abbasi: Yes, how can you cite it as evidence if it is abrogated, and after it was revealed the saying of Allah:[Al-Baqarah 2:286] .
The questioner: Abu 'Ammar, I told you He knows, knowledge of what, meaning He holds accountable, see, it is not.
Eid Abbasi: Our brothers, our brothers.
The questioner: ... I mean I said He knows, see, I said.
Eid Abbasi: He knows, we are with you; but it appears some understood it to mean accountability.
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The questioner: He is still with us.
Eid Abbasi: We are detailing it, what is it? I mean, do you still believe that Allah holds people accountable for what is in their hearts?
The questioner: No, I say He knows what is in the hearts.
Eid Abbasi: He knows, but does He hold them accountable?
The questioner: Of course, He holds them accountable for it if you intended evil and then left it, He records it for you as a good deed.
Another questioner: Correct.
Another questioner: This is a correction.
Eid Abbasi: Okay; if one intended evil but could not carry it out due to a worldly obstacle; is he held accountable for it?
The questioner: And from this ... he does not get a good deed if there is an obstacle, and if the obstacle is ... no, a good deed is written for him.
Eid Abbasi: Meaning he wanted to drink intoxicants but saw he had no money?
The questioner: I say: no reward is written for him, but he is not held accountable.
Eid Abbasi: Okay; so what is it that he is held accountable for regarding what is in the heart?
The questioner: I did not say, I think he is held accountable, and Allah knows best, I said He knows, He has knowledge.
Eid Abbasi: But I told you, or did I tell you ... say - the Exalted - :
Whether you show what is within yourselves or conceal it, Allah will bring you to account for it
وَإِنْ تُبْدُوا مَا فِي أَنفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحَاسِبْكُمْ بِهِ اللَّهُThe questioner: Yes.
Eid Abbasi: And that is like the other verse; as long as we do not speak or act?
So this must be defined by what is authentic in the hadiths and what is mentioned in the continuation of the verses. It is mentioned in the continuation of the verses that Allah has lifted from people what they intended and what they told themselves, as long as they did not act upon it. In the previous hadith, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Allah, the Most High, has forgiven my Ummah for whatever enters the mind, so long as it is not spoken of or put into action.
إن الله رفع عن أمَّتي ما حدَّثت به أنفسها ما لم تتكلم أو تعمل بهThe questioner: And so perhaps this verse is abrogated.
Eid Abbasi: Yes, how can you cite it as evidence if it is abrogated, and after it was revealed the saying of Allah:
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَاThe questioner: Abu 'Ammar, I told you He knows, knowledge of what, meaning He holds accountable, see, it is not.
Eid Abbasi: Our brothers, our brothers.
The questioner: ... I mean I said He knows, see, I said.
Eid Abbasi: He knows, we are with you; but it appears some understood it to mean accountability.
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