What is the understanding of the hadith: “There is no nation except that a portion of it is in the Fire, except my Ummah, for all of it is in Paradise”?
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The questioner : There are three hadiths whose concepts we need to understand. The first hadith is Is this hadith authentic or not?
The Shaykh : How? How?
The questioner : There is no Ummah...
The Shaykh : It is not “Ummah” (nation), it is “Ummah” (my community).
The questioner : Now we have understood the hadith. Now, since the error was in the distinction between “Ummah” (nation) and “Ummah” (my community).
There is no nation except that a portion of it is in the Fire, except my Ummah, for all of it is in Paradise
ما من من أمة إلا وفيها بضعة من النار إلا أمتي فكلها في الجنةThe Shaykh : How? How?
The questioner : There is no Ummah...
The Shaykh : It is not “Ummah” (nation), it is “Ummah” (my community).
The questioner :
There is no nation except that a portion of it is in the Fire, except my Ummah, for all of it is in Paradise
ما من من أمّة إلا وفيها بضعة من النار إلا أمتي فكلها في الجنة
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