Is it true that the Shaykh al-Islam said that the Fire will cease to exist?
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The student: What was said about the Shaykh al-Islam regarding the statement that the Fire will cease to exist?
The Shaykh : What is authentic and what is not? And let us suppose that the one who said that the Fire will cease to exist—and may he be far from that—was Abu Bakr, who is a thousand times better than the Shaykh al-Islam. Would we accept it in the presence of the verses? No, we would not accept it. The reality is that if we find a statement from any speaker that contradicts the Book and the Sunnah, our position is to seek forgiveness for it, not to make his statement a proof against the words of Allah and His Messenger. Is that clear? In any case, there is no one who is infallible; there is no one who is ever infallible from error, except those whom Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has protected, such as the messengers.
The Shaykh : What is authentic and what is not? And let us suppose that the one who said that the Fire will cease to exist—and may he be far from that—was Abu Bakr, who is a thousand times better than the Shaykh al-Islam. Would we accept it in the presence of the verses? No, we would not accept it. The reality is that if we find a statement from any speaker that contradicts the Book and the Sunnah, our position is to seek forgiveness for it, not to make his statement a proof against the words of Allah and His Messenger. Is that clear? In any case, there is no one who is infallible; there is no one who is ever infallible from error, except those whom Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has protected, such as the messengers.