Is it correct that out of every thousand people, one enters Paradise and the rest are driven into the Fire? And is this established in a hadith?
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Eid Abbasi : Is it correct that out of every thousand people, one enters Paradise and the rest are driven into the Fire? And is this established in a hadith?
The Shaykh : This is in the hadith of Gog and Magog. This meaning came in a long hadith in "al-Sahihayn" or in one of them.
Eid Abbasi : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
This meaning is correct and established. When the matter became great for the Companions of the Messenger (peace be upon him), he reminded them of Gog and Magog, who are the fuel of Hellfire. One of them does not die except that he leaves behind a thousand children after him, and thus the greatest share of Hellfire is from Gog and Magog. They will be in the end of time, and they have not yet emerged, contrary to some modern interpretations that spring from the hearts of some people who do not have room for faith in the unseen matters. They want to make religion a rational, intellectually digested matter; and that is contrary to the first condition of the conditions of faith that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) mentioned in the first chapter of al-Baqarah:[Al-Baqarah 2:2-3]. So we believe in everything that came from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in an authentic hadith.
Other than that?
The Shaykh : This is in the hadith of Gog and Magog. This meaning came in a long hadith in "al-Sahihayn" or in one of them.
Eid Abbasi : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
This meaning is correct and established. When the matter became great for the Companions of the Messenger (peace be upon him), he reminded them of Gog and Magog, who are the fuel of Hellfire. One of them does not die except that he leaves behind a thousand children after him, and thus the greatest share of Hellfire is from Gog and Magog. They will be in the end of time, and they have not yet emerged, contrary to some modern interpretations that spring from the hearts of some people who do not have room for faith in the unseen matters. They want to make religion a rational, intellectually digested matter; and that is contrary to the first condition of the conditions of faith that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) mentioned in the first chapter of al-Baqarah:
a guidance for those conscious of Allah - (3) Who believe in the unseen
هُدًى لِلْمُتَّقِينَ * الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِOther than that?
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