One who died in sin and was not given time, and another who was in sin but was given time until he repented: is this permissible in the justice of Allah?

The questioner : Your Eminence, may Allah reward you with good. There is a question that constantly comes to mind: we see two people committing the same sin together, and then suddenly one of them dies while the other remains.

The Shaykh : No, one of them.

The questioner : One of them.

The Shaykh : Because "one of them" (i'dha) is for the feminine.

The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good. The other remains, and the other repents, even though this person died in sin. We do not doubt the justice of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), but for the sake of clarification, knowledge, and refuting the doubts of Satan: how is this permissible in the justice of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), when lifespans are in the hand of Allah (Mighty and Majestic)? He gave this one time to repent, while the other was not given time, and Allah (Mighty and Majestic) took his soul. So the second had a chance to repent, but the first did not have a chance to repent. How is this? May Allah reward you with good?

The Shaykh : I ask you: did Allah kill him to take revenge on him?

The questioner : No, it is only his appointed term that He decreed.

The Shaykh : It is a pre-decided term. And Allah extending the life of the second is a favor that Allah grants to whom He wills. Also, this one who died in sin, as long as it was not shirk (associating partners with Allah), is under the will of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). If He wills, He will forgive him without anything, as Allah the Exalted said: . And you are not unaware of the hadith established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in which he gave an example of his Ummah (Muslim community) compared to the Jews and the Christians, likening it to a man who hired workers: a group from dawn to midday, and he paid them their wages; a group from midday to afternoon, and he paid them their wages; and a group from afternoon to sunset, and he gave them twice what he gave the first ones, meaning he doubled their wages. So the first ones complained to him, saying, "How do you give these people double while you do not give us the same?" He said: : "I hired you for ten each, and I gave these people twenty, and you have no right against me." So the point is that there is no problem at all in this matter. This one died at his appointed term, and Allah (Mighty and Majestic) did not kill him to take revenge on him. He is also under the will of Allah if his sin was less than shirk. As for this one whose term was extended, he may repent, or he may not repent, and he may even increase in sin upon his sin. Yes.