What is the ruling on a conditional statement regarding a description or state?
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The questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you, is a conditional statement permissible?
The Shaykh : A statement?
The questioner : For example, saying, "So-and-so, if he dies in this state, he is in the Fire, considering that he is a disbeliever."
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Because the one who...
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with this, there is nothing wrong with it, a conditional statement. But I say it has no benefit, because you might make a condition and a person who does not understand the condition hears you and becomes certain. There is no need for that. Even cursing a disbeliever if he dies a disbeliever, do we curse him? We do not curse him, because if he is a disbeliever, he has already been cursed, and if he is not a disbeliever, we are safe from him.
The questioner : Shaykh, it might be said to clarify that what one does, for example, is disbelief.
The Shaykh : That does not contradict [the ruling].
The questioner : It is obligatory.
The Shaykh : I say that everything a disbeliever does, and this negligent person, if he dies in this state in which he is, he is a disbeliever, and a disbeliever is from the people of the Fire, so I say that.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you, is a conditional statement permissible?
The Shaykh : A statement?
The questioner : For example, saying, "So-and-so, if he dies in this state, he is in the Fire, considering that he is a disbeliever."
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Because the one who...
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with this, there is nothing wrong with it, a conditional statement. But I say it has no benefit, because you might make a condition and a person who does not understand the condition hears you and becomes certain. There is no need for that. Even cursing a disbeliever if he dies a disbeliever, do we curse him? We do not curse him, because if he is a disbeliever, he has already been cursed, and if he is not a disbeliever, we are safe from him.
The questioner : Shaykh, it might be said to clarify that what one does, for example, is disbelief.
The Shaykh : That does not contradict [the ruling].
The questioner : It is obligatory.
The Shaykh : I say that everything a disbeliever does, and this negligent person, if he dies in this state in which he is, he is a disbeliever, and a disbeliever is from the people of the Fire, so I say that.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.