If Paradise is "whose width is the heavens and the earth," then where is the Fire?
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The questioner : Hello.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : If you were to scratch my backThe Shaykh : Muhammad al-Albani.
The Shaykh : He is with you.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Shaykh, I have a question I want to ask you, no problem.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : A man asked me yesterday... you know my name is Jihad...
The Shaykh : You are welcome.
The questioner : Welcome, Shaykh. A man asked me a question yesterday, he told me: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful [Ali 'Imran 3:133], so where is the Fire... so what is your answer?
The Shaykh : Where is Paradise?
The questioner : So he told me:[Ali 'Imran 3:133], where is the Fire? He is asking where the Fire is.
The Shaykh : I am the one asking you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Where is Paradise?
The questioner : In the heavens, yes.
The Shaykh : In the sky.
The questioner : In the sky.
The Shaykh : Okay, and what does the verse you are mentioning mean? That Paradise is in the sky?
The questioner : Hmm.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Oh Shaykh, he asked me a question, meaning what do I say to him?
The Shaykh : Oh Shaykh, may Allah guide you, what do you want from it?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What do you want from it?
The questioner: Ah.
The Shaykh : What is it?
The questioner : I mean, I want to know from you, Shaykh...
The Shaykh : Yes, a question about yourself.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Ask about yourself, what do you want from people? What is your question?
The questioner : Is this my question?
The Shaykh : What is it?
The questioner[Ali 'Imran 3:133] So where is the Fire?
The Shaykh : What does[Ali 'Imran 3:133] mean?
The questioner : ... What is my answer to him? I told him, what is my answer to him? Shaykh, what did I tell him?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, my brother, you are a mufti.
The questioner : No, I swear by Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes, what do you want from it?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : It is Malik's and his.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What do you want to say to me? And I told him, you have a question, ask it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : If you were to scratch my backThe Shaykh : Muhammad al-Albani.
The Shaykh : He is with you.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Shaykh, I have a question I want to ask you, no problem.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : A man asked me yesterday... you know my name is Jihad...
The Shaykh : You are welcome.
The questioner : Welcome, Shaykh. A man asked me a question yesterday, he told me:
And a garden whose width is
وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَاa garden as wide as the heavens and earth
وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُThe Shaykh : Where is Paradise?
The questioner : So he told me:
a garden as wide as the heavens and earth
وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُThe Shaykh : I am the one asking you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Where is Paradise?
The questioner : In the heavens, yes.
The Shaykh : In the sky.
The questioner : In the sky.
The Shaykh : Okay, and what does the verse you are mentioning mean? That Paradise is in the sky?
The questioner : Hmm.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Oh Shaykh, he asked me a question, meaning what do I say to him?
The Shaykh : Oh Shaykh, may Allah guide you, what do you want from it?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What do you want from it?
The questioner: Ah.
The Shaykh : What is it?
The questioner : I mean, I want to know from you, Shaykh...
The Shaykh : Yes, a question about yourself.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Ask about yourself, what do you want from people? What is your question?
The questioner : Is this my question?
The Shaykh : What is it?
The questioner
a garden as wide as the heavens and earth
وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُThe Shaykh : What does
as wide as the heavens and earth
عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُThe questioner : ... What is my answer to him? I told him, what is my answer to him? Shaykh, what did I tell him?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, my brother, you are a mufti.
The questioner : No, I swear by Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes, what do you want from it?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : It is Malik's and his.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What do you want to say to me? And I told him, you have a question, ask it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you.
Source
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