Clarification of the Hadith: (My Ummah will split into seventy-three sects.
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Clarification of the Hadith: (My Ummah will split into seventy-three sects)
In the hadith: (My Ummah will split into seventy-three sects, all of them in the Fire except one) Are they eternally in the Fire, or are they from the misguided sects among the Muslims?
The saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (This Ummah will split into seventy-three sects, all of them in the Fire except one) This does not mean that all of them are eternally in the Fire; rather, some commit an innovation that warrants eternal abode in the Fire, or an innovation for which a servant deserves to enter the Fire but will not remain in it eternally. So his state depends on the innovation he committed and in which he contradicted what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions were upon.
The questioner: And one in Paradise,Meaning: Does no man from the saved sect enter the Fire?Answer: He may enter the Fire, and if he enters, he will not remain in it eternally.
The questioner: How do we understand this?The Shaykh: We say, for example,People are four categories: First: A pure innovator who has no Sunnah at all. This person is eternal in the Fire, and there is no doubt in that.
Second: An innovator with mixed deeds, so he deserves to enter the Fire but will not remain in it eternally.
Third: A pure Sunni, so he enters Paradise and does not deserve to enter the Fire, and if he enters it due to other sins, he will not remain in it eternally.
Fourth: A Sunni with mixed deeds [At-Tawbah:102] ^ so he deserves to enter the Fire but will not remain in it eternally.
In the hadith: (My Ummah will split into seventy-three sects, all of them in the Fire except one) Are they eternally in the Fire, or are they from the misguided sects among the Muslims?
The saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (This Ummah will split into seventy-three sects, all of them in the Fire except one) This does not mean that all of them are eternally in the Fire; rather, some commit an innovation that warrants eternal abode in the Fire, or an innovation for which a servant deserves to enter the Fire but will not remain in it eternally. So his state depends on the innovation he committed and in which he contradicted what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions were upon.
The questioner: And one in Paradise,Meaning: Does no man from the saved sect enter the Fire?Answer: He may enter the Fire, and if he enters, he will not remain in it eternally.
The questioner: How do we understand this?The Shaykh: We say, for example,People are four categories: First: A pure innovator who has no Sunnah at all. This person is eternal in the Fire, and there is no doubt in that.
Second: An innovator with mixed deeds, so he deserves to enter the Fire but will not remain in it eternally.
Third: A pure Sunni, so he enters Paradise and does not deserve to enter the Fire, and if he enters it due to other sins, he will not remain in it eternally.
Fourth: A Sunni with mixed deeds