How is the one who commits the sin of Lot punished with fire, when Allah has forbidden punishment by fire?
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The student: ....
The Shaykh : Yes, this is what is problematic, because if punishment by fire is intended merely for the sake of causing pain, that is one thing; but if it is intended for some other benefit, that is another. Allah the Mighty and Majestic said to the one who burned the village of the ants, after an ant had stung him: So the intent behind punishment is that a person does this merely to cause them pain by burning, not for some other observed benefit. For this reason, Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) is among those from whom it is reported that he burned them.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : He rebuked 'Ali because it is possible that they could be dealt with by means other than this method.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : If the Messenger mentioned him as one who acknowledged it, and then Abu Bakr and the Companions did what they did without rebuking him.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is what is problematic, because if punishment by fire is intended merely for the sake of causing pain, that is one thing; but if it is intended for some other benefit, that is another. Allah the Mighty and Majestic said to the one who burned the village of the ants, after an ant had stung him:
Why not a single ant?
هلَّا نملةً واحدةThe student: ...
The Shaykh : He rebuked 'Ali because it is possible that they could be dealt with by means other than this method.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : If the Messenger mentioned him as one who acknowledged it, and then Abu Bakr and the Companions did what they did without rebuking him.