I am introducing you to what I read in the book *Riyad al-Salihin* about the Imam, the Muhaddith, the Hafiz, Muhyi al-Din Abu Zakariyya ibn Sharf al-Nawawi. I read many hadiths.
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The questioner : He says: I am introducing you to what I read in the book *Riyad al-Salihin* about the Imam, the Muhaddith, the Hafiz, Muhyi al-Din Abu Zakariyya ibn Sharf al-Nawawi. I read many hadiths, and it mentions his death and says something about him. It says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The Shaykh : ... Allah distanced.
The questioner : Yes, I am saying what is written:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1622Hasan (Darussalam) And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said in a chapter called the Gate of Rayaan: If these are authentic hadiths, what about the one who consumes riba, the fornicator, the killer, the thief, and the liar? Please clarify this issue for me, for I am confused. May Allah reward you with the best reward?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. As for what follows, this question is important and is a point of difficulty, as the brother who wrote it mentioned.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because the hadiths he mentioned, which link entering Paradise to these deeds, are contradicted by many hadiths indicating that those who commit other deeds will enter the Fire, even if the person performs the deeds that are a cause for entering Paradise. So, in answer to this and similar hadiths, indeed to the texts, whether from the Qur'an or the Sunnah, it is said that mentioning some deeds that are a cause for entering Paradise is merely a mention of the cause.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Likewise, mentioning some hadiths in which some deeds are mentioned as a cause for entering the Fire is merely a mention of the cause only.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And it is known that rulings are not completed unless their causes and conditions are present and their preventers are absent. So these mentioned deeds are a cause for entering Paradise.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But this cause may have preventers. For example,Sunan Abi Dawud 3116Sahih (Al-Albani) This is if he says it with certainty and truthfulness. If he says it with hypocrisy—and it is unlikely that he would say it with hypocrisy in this state—then it will not benefit him. And so, This is one of the causes, one of the causes of protection from the Fire. But there may be preventers that stop the effect of this cause, and they are the deeds that are a cause for entering the Fire. So these preventers and those causes oppose each other, and the ruling belongs to the stronger of them.
So the rule is that what is mentioned of deeds linked to entering Paradise is not absolute, but it is restricted by other texts that indicate that this requires the absence of preventers.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So let us suppose, for example, that a man among the people is a disbeliever and three of his children died before reaching puberty, and he was patient. Do we say that this disbeliever enters Paradise and does not enter the Fire? No. Likewise, in consuming riba, and likewise in consuming the wealth of orphans, and likewise in killing the soul, and other things for which punishment by the Fire is mentioned. This is also restricted by the condition that there are no strong causes or preventers that stop the effect of this threat.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So if there are preventers that stop the effect of this threat, they prevent it, because the rule, as we have mentioned, is that matters are not completed unless their causes and conditions are present and their preventers are absent.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : This message came from, but in reality, before we comment on this difficulty raised by the listener E A K.
Whoever says in his last life, meaning at his death, whoever says La ilaha illa Allah, he enters Paradise. And whoever has three children or fewer who die before puberty, he enters Paradise. And whoever has four daughters and raises them with Islamic upbringing, he enters Paradise. And whoever has a child who dies at a young age and says Alhamdulillah at his death, a house is built for him in Paradise.
من قال في ءاخر حياته يعني عند موته، من قال لا إله إلا الله دخل الجنة، ومن مات له ثلاثة أولاد أو أقل قبل البلوغ دخل الجنة، ومن كان له أربع بنات ورباهن على تربية الإسلام دخل الجنة، ومن مات له ولد في السن الصغير وقال الحمد لله عند موته بني له بيت في الجنةWhoever fasts a day in the path of Allah, Allah will distance his face from the Fire.
من صام يوماً في سبيل الله إلا أبعد الله وجهه عن النارThe Shaykh : ... Allah distanced.
The questioner : Yes, I am saying what is written:
from the Fire by seventy autumns
عن النار سبعين خريفاًThe fasting ones enter from it.
يدخل منها الصائمونThe Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. As for what follows, this question is important and is a point of difficulty, as the brother who wrote it mentioned.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because the hadiths he mentioned, which link entering Paradise to these deeds, are contradicted by many hadiths indicating that those who commit other deeds will enter the Fire, even if the person performs the deeds that are a cause for entering Paradise. So, in answer to this and similar hadiths, indeed to the texts, whether from the Qur'an or the Sunnah, it is said that mentioning some deeds that are a cause for entering Paradise is merely a mention of the cause.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Likewise, mentioning some hadiths in which some deeds are mentioned as a cause for entering the Fire is merely a mention of the cause only.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And it is known that rulings are not completed unless their causes and conditions are present and their preventers are absent. So these mentioned deeds are a cause for entering Paradise.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But this cause may have preventers. For example,
If anyone's last words are "There is no god but Allah" he will enter Paradise.
من كان ءاخر كلامه لا إله إلا الله دخل الجنةWhoever has three children who die before reaching puberty, they are a shield for him from the Fire.
من مات له ثلاثة من الولد لم يبلغوا الحلم كانوا ستراً له من النارSo the rule is that what is mentioned of deeds linked to entering Paradise is not absolute, but it is restricted by other texts that indicate that this requires the absence of preventers.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So let us suppose, for example, that a man among the people is a disbeliever and three of his children died before reaching puberty, and he was patient. Do we say that this disbeliever enters Paradise and does not enter the Fire? No. Likewise, in consuming riba, and likewise in consuming the wealth of orphans, and likewise in killing the soul, and other things for which punishment by the Fire is mentioned. This is also restricted by the condition that there are no strong causes or preventers that stop the effect of this threat.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So if there are preventers that stop the effect of this threat, they prevent it, because the rule, as we have mentioned, is that matters are not completed unless their causes and conditions are present and their preventers are absent.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : This message came from, but in reality, before we comment on this difficulty raised by the listener E A K.