Does the statement of Allah, the Exalted: “And the companions of the right hand, what are the companions of the right hand?” include the sinners among the believers?
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The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, mentioned ... .
The Shaykh: Recite the verses, yes.
The questioner :[Al-Waqi'ah 56:27-28] .
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Continue.
The questioner :[Al-Waqi'ah 56:29-43] .
The Shaykh: Yes, the mention of the sinners among the believers is omitted here.
The questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: The omission of their mention means that I intend to say that we cannot state that they are among the people of the right hand or among the people of the left hand.
Another questioner: I mean, we do not know.
The Shaykh : Yes, of course.
Another questioner: I say that their ultimate destination is with the companions of the right hand.
The Shaykh: Their ultimate destination.
Another questioner: I mean the ultimate destination.
The Shaykh: But are they the ones intended by this verse or the one that follows it?
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: We cannot state that they are among the people of the right hand or among the people of the left hand.
Yes.
Another questioner: Your Eminence, I recall reading in the exegesis that the companions of the left hand are described as associating partners with Allah.
The Shaykh: Yes.
Another questioner : From Tafsir.
The Shaykh: Fine, and how are the companions of the right hand described?
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... .
Another questioner: ... You have not yet mentioned it.
Another questioner: I mean, just as you say:[Ash-Shuraa 42:7] .
The Shaykh: No, no, no,[Ash-Shuraa 42:7] there is no indication that [Ash-Shuraa 42:7] includes the sinners among the believers.
Another questioner: That is what we are saying.
The Shaykh: No, here you cannot say that the companions of the right hand include the sinners among the believers.
Another questioner: After pardon and forgiveness and ...
The Shaykh: Because that is a pure report[Ash-Shuraa 42:7] ; here it is a report and praise regarding the companions of the right hand, and regarding the companions of the left hand it is a report and condemnation; therefore, this verse differs from that verse.
Another questioner: It is as if the companions of the right hand, when we say ... .
Another questioner:[Al-Inshiqaq 84:7-9] How can this be among the punished? I mean, we are not able to be certain.
The Shaykh: We do not want to include them ever, we cannot include them; therefore, their mention is omitted.
The questioner: Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, mentioned ... .
The Shaykh: Recite the verses, yes.
The questioner :
(27) The companions of the right - what are the companions of the right? (28) [They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed
وَأَصْحَابُ الْيَمِينِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْيَمِينِ * فِي سِدْرٍ مَخْضُودٍThe Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Continue.
The questioner :
(29) And [banana] trees layered [with fruit] (30) And shade extended (31) And water poured out (32) And fruit, abundant [and varied], (33) Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden, (34) And [upon] beds raised high. (35) Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation (36) And made them virgins, (37) Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age, (38) For the companions of the right [who are] (39) A company of the former peoples (40) And a company of the later peoples. (41) And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left? (42) [They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water (43) And a shade of black smoke,
وَطَلْحٍ مَنْضُودٍ * وَظِلٍّ مَمْدُودٍ * وَمَاءٍ مَسْكُوبٍ * وَفَاكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ * لَا مَقْطُوعَةٍ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍ * وَفُرُشٍ مَرْفُوعَةٍ * إِنَّا أَنْشَأْنَاهُنَّ إِنْشَاءً * فَجَعَلْنَاهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا * عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا * لِأَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ * ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ * وَثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الْآخِرِينَ * وَأَصْحَابُ الشِّمَالِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الشِّمَالِ * فِي سَمُومٍ وَحَمِيمٍ * وَظِلٍّ مِنْ يَحْمُومٍThe Shaykh: Yes, the mention of the sinners among the believers is omitted here.
The questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: The omission of their mention means that I intend to say that we cannot state that they are among the people of the right hand or among the people of the left hand.
Another questioner: I mean, we do not know.
The Shaykh : Yes, of course.
Another questioner: I say that their ultimate destination is with the companions of the right hand.
The Shaykh: Their ultimate destination.
Another questioner: I mean the ultimate destination.
The Shaykh: But are they the ones intended by this verse or the one that follows it?
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: We cannot state that they are among the people of the right hand or among the people of the left hand.
Yes.
Another questioner: Your Eminence, I recall reading in the exegesis that the companions of the left hand are described as associating partners with Allah.
The Shaykh: Yes.
Another questioner : From Tafsir.
The Shaykh: Fine, and how are the companions of the right hand described?
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... .
Another questioner: ... You have not yet mentioned it.
Another questioner: I mean, just as you say:
A party will be in Paradise and a party in the Blaze.
فَرِيقٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَفَرِيقٌ فِي السَّعِيرِThe Shaykh: No, no, no,
A party will be in Paradise and a party in the Blaze.
فَرِيقٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَفَرِيقٌ فِي السَّعِيرِA party will be in Paradise
فَرِيقٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِAnother questioner: That is what we are saying.
The Shaykh: No, here you cannot say that the companions of the right hand include the sinners among the believers.
Another questioner: After pardon and forgiveness and ...
The Shaykh: Because that is a pure report
A party will be in Paradise and a party in the Blaze.
فَرِيقٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَفَرِيقٌ فِي السَّعِيرِAnother questioner: It is as if the companions of the right hand, when we say ... .
Another questioner:
(7) Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand, (8) He will be judged with an easy account (9) And return to his people in happiness.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ * فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا * وَيَنْقَلِبُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًاThe Shaykh: We do not want to include them ever, we cannot include them; therefore, their mention is omitted.
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