What is the ruling on one who says when a person dies, “He goes and there is no Paradise and no Fire”?
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The questioner : Specifically, in gatherings like this, sometimes some people bring up questions about this world, Paradise, and the Fire.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Some of the people sitting there, or from the general public, deny the Hereafter and deny Paradise. They say, for example, that when the deceased dies, that is it, he is gone, dead like a dog. So what is the ruling regarding such a man or such a speaker?
The Shaykh : This person is not a Muslim, nor a Jew, nor a Christian. The Jews and Christians are better than him. This is a materialist, this is a heretic atheist, and he does not believe in Allah or in His Messenger. In the Noble Qur'an,[Ya-Sin 36:78-79]. The point is, my brother, this is not a matter to be investigated regarding him on the occasion of this death.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Some of the people sitting there, or from the general public, deny the Hereafter and deny Paradise. They say, for example, that when the deceased dies, that is it, he is gone, dead like a dog. So what is the ruling regarding such a man or such a speaker?
The Shaykh : This person is not a Muslim, nor a Jew, nor a Christian. The Jews and Christians are better than him. This is a materialist, this is a heretic atheist, and he does not believe in Allah or in His Messenger. In the Noble Qur'an,
(78) And he presents for Us an example and forgets his [own] creation. He says, "Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?" (79) Say, "He will give them life who produced them the first time; and He is, of all creation, Knowing."
وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِيَ خَلْقَهُ قَالَ مَنْ يُحْيِي الْعِظَامَ وَهِيَ رَمِيمٌ * قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا الَّذِي أَنْشَأَهَا أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
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