Continuation of the discussion on the error of those who claim that Paradise and the Fire will cease to exist.

The people of Paradise will remain in it forever by the consensus of the people of the Sunnah and the community, and the Fire is likewise, according to the established position which is the stronger view, that it does not cease to exist. I intend—may Allah protect me from the Fire—according to the established position, that it does not cease to exist, and that it remains forever by the explicit statement of the Lord of the Worlds (Mighty and Majestic). We have explained that Allah explicitly stated this in three verses of the Book of Allah, and we have repeated this many times. We did not think that anyone from the people of the Sunnah and the community would say that it ceases to exist. Our Shaykh, Abd al-Rahman ibn Sa’di (may Allah have mercy on him), was surprised that Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah pardon him) attempted to prefer the view that it ceases to exist in his book *Shifa al-‘Alil*. Our Shaykh wrote in the margin of the book: “This is considered a stumble from this steed and a great error”. There is no doubt that what our Shaykh said is the truth, and it is surprising that such an understanding from the scholars goes to strengthening this school of thought, even if he did not affirm that he chose it, but he went to strengthen it, although it is false by the explicit text of the Qur'an . And the Exalted said: And the Exalted said: How can it be correct for us, or how can it be consistent for us, to say that the Fire ceases to exist, while Allah the Exalted says: What is the benefit of His saying: ? In any case, the school of thought of the people of the Sunnah and the community, which is almost a consensus, is that the Fire does not cease to exist, just as Paradise does not cease to exist by clear agreement.