What is the fate of the open sinner when he is placed in the grave?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. He says:The questioner : When a man is placed in his grave, he is asked and he answers, so he succeeds, or he does not answer, so he fails. He says:The questioner : But what is the fate of the open sinner?
The Shaykh : The hadith came regarding the believer and the hypocrite. Is the open sinner a believer or a disbeliever? Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He is a believer, but not one whose faith is complete in its entirety. Rest assured. If he is a believer, it appears that he will answer with the answer of the believer. However, with that, it is not befitting for us to investigate this and say that the open sinner may be punished in his grave, as that is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the story of the two men when he passed by two graves and they were being punished, so he said:Sunan Ibn Majah 349Sahih (Darussalam) Complete it. Come, it appears that you have gone too far. Come on.
The questioner :Sahih Muslim 292a
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you. It is authentic. He said:Sahih al-Bukhari 218.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Who is the timekeeper with you? You are the timekeeper. What time is it now?
The student: It is a quarter to nine.
The Shaykh : Fine, it is nothing.
The Shaykh : The hadith came regarding the believer and the hypocrite. Is the open sinner a believer or a disbeliever? Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He is a believer, but not one whose faith is complete in its entirety. Rest assured. If he is a believer, it appears that he will answer with the answer of the believer. However, with that, it is not befitting for us to investigate this and say that the open sinner may be punished in his grave, as that is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the story of the two men when he passed by two graves and they were being punished, so he said:
They are being punished but they are not being punished for anything major. One of them
إنهما ليعذبان وما يعذبان في كبير أما أحدهماThe questioner :
They (their occupants) are being tormented, but they are not tormented for a grievous sin. One of them carried tales and the other did not keep himself safe from being defiled by urine.
إنهما ليعذبان وما يعذبان في كبير أما أحدهما فكان يمشي بالنميمة بين الناس وأما الآخر فكان لا يستبرأ من البولThe Shaykh : May Allah bless you. It is authentic. He said:
One of them never saved himself from being soiled with his urine, while the other used to go about with calumnies (to make enmity between friends).
أما أحدهما فكان لا يستبرئ من البول وأما الآخر فكان يمشي بالنميمةThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Who is the timekeeper with you? You are the timekeeper. What time is it now?
The student: It is a quarter to nine.
The Shaykh : Fine, it is nothing.