Discussion of the hadith of the seventy thousand who will enter Paradise without reckoning or punishment.
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The questioner : ... into three groups: one third will enter Paradise without reckoning, one third will enter with a light reckoning, and one third will enter through intercession...
The Shaykh : How is this hadith interpreted?
The questioner : ... into three groups: one third will enter Paradise without reckoning, the second third will enter with a light reckoning, and the last third will enter through intercession.
The Shaykh : And it is said that this is a hadith of the Messenger?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is not a hadith of his Messenger. Moreover, the authentic hadith refutes and invalidates it; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), as it came in "the two Sahihs," said:. He was speaking in the mosque, then he entered the chamber, so his companions began to speculate and guess who these people would be. Some said: "These are the Muhajireen who emigrated in the cause of Allah." Others said: "No, these are the Ansar." Others said: "No, they are neither these nor those; rather, they are our children who came after the death of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and believed in him without having seen him." Soon, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to them again and said: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 911. A man from the Companions named Ikamah stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah, call upon Allah to make me one of them." He said: . Another stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah, call upon Allah to make me one of them." He said: .
Where is the point? Their number is seventy thousand. He made them one third of the Ummah. This is speech that means... what do we say? It is speech for encouragement and exhortation and the like. Otherwise, this is not scientific speech at all. Indeed, a person in his mind, with a hadith like this in al-Bukhari and Muslim, cannot possibly make one third of the Islamic Ummah enter Paradise without reckoning.
The Shaykh : How is this hadith interpreted?
The questioner : ... into three groups: one third will enter Paradise without reckoning, the second third will enter with a light reckoning, and the last third will enter through intercession.
The Shaykh : And it is said that this is a hadith of the Messenger?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is not a hadith of his Messenger. Moreover, the authentic hadith refutes and invalidates it; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), as it came in "the two Sahihs," said:
Seventy thousand from my Ummah will enter Paradise on the Day of Resurrection without reckoning, their faces like the full moon on the night of the full moon.
يدخل الجنة من أمتي يوم القيامة سبعون ألف بغير حساب وجوههم كالقمر ليلة البدرThey are those who do not use charms nor cauterise themselves nor seek omens and who rely on their Lord.
هم الذين لا يسترقون ، ولا يكتوون ، ولا يتطيَّرون ، وعلى ربِّهم يتوكَّلونYou are among them.
أنت منهمIkamah has preceded you to it.
سَبَقَك بها عكاشةWhere is the point? Their number is seventy thousand. He made them one third of the Ummah. This is speech that means... what do we say? It is speech for encouragement and exhortation and the like. Otherwise, this is not scientific speech at all. Indeed, a person in his mind, with a hadith like this in al-Bukhari and Muslim, cannot possibly make one third of the Islamic Ummah enter Paradise without reckoning.
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