Explanation of the Book of Tawhid-06

The Shaykh : He said: "And Muslim narrated from Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

He who met Allah without associating anything with Allah entered Paradise and he who met Him associating (anything) with Him entered Fire.

من لقي الله لا يشرك به شيئا دخل الجنة ومن لقيه يشرك به شيئا دخل النار

Sahih Muslim 93b

" This is from... also, and the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): does not contradict that he may be punished according to the measure of his sins, because there are hadiths and verses containing threats and warnings. However, this threat is one for which the perpetrator of this sin is deserving. Then, he is under the will of Allah. These are among those for whom it is established in many places that he will enter Paradise, but if he has committed sins, he will be punished according to the measure of his sins if Allah does not forgive him. Where is the answer to "who"?
The student: Entered.

The Shaykh : Entered. As for his saying: "associates," it is in the position of a noun in a state of deficiency due to need. "Something" is an indefinite noun in the context of a condition, and it is comprehensive... here it is comprehensive, meaning whatever you associate with Allah, you are deserving of entering the Fire. Yes, good. If one associates the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with Allah, does he enter the Fire?
The student: He enters the Fire.

The Shaykh : The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The student: To the Fire.

The Shaykh : To the Fire, because the word "shirk" is general and includes even the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), even in the heart. If one associates with Allah, he enters the Fire. What about those who make him greater than Allah? They are polytheists. We say he enters the Fire, and the Fire of the Fire, I seek refuge in Allah, will be among the greatest of the leaders of disbelief, because among them, and I seek refuge in Allah, are those who prefer the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) over Allah, I seek refuge in Allah. The Messenger of Allah is better than Allah... and they turn to him in times of hardship and do not turn to Allah. In fact, among them are those who turn to what is less than the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in times of hardship and do not turn to Allah. Among them are those who swear by Allah and it does not concern them, but if you tell him to swear by his nationality, he will not swear by his nationality unless he is truthful. For this reason, the scholars differed regarding one who does not care about the oath by Allah, but he does not swear by his religion or by what he swears by from what he holds in high esteem unless he is truthful. Does he swear by Allah and not by this? They differed on this. Some said he should be made to swear by Allah. Good, how? Let him swear by Allah, lying... and it is not possible for us to make him swear by other than Allah and assist him in shirk. And some said we make him swear by other than Allah, because the purpose is to reach the statement of the truth, and if he is a liar, it is not possible for him to swear, it is not possible for him to swear. But he says, and if he is truthful, he swears, yes or no? He swears, the truth is achieved. For this reason, the correct opinion among the scholars' views is that it is not possible for him to swear, and they gave an example for this. They said if one were to tell a Rafidi to swear by Allah, he would swear by Allah and not care. But if he were told to swear by Ali, he would not swear by Ali unless he is truthful. Yes. And do we make him swear by Ali? Some scholars say the Rafidi swears by Ali, but this is not correct. The correct view is that he swears by Allah, whether he is truthful or a liar. How is the sin upon him? The important thing... shirk, this is not correct. So "does not associate with Allah anything" is comprehensive. Yes, it is comprehensive of all those who associate with Allah anything, whether they associated with Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), or associated with Gabriel, or associated with such-and-such a wali, or such-and-such a pole. Whoever associates with Allah anything enters the Fire. And since we say "anything" generally, does entering imply eternal abode or not? We say yes, according to the shirk. If it is minor shirk, we say it does not imply eternal abode. And if it is major shirk, it implies eternal abode. It implies eternal abode. Good. If we interpret the hadith as referring to major shirk in both places, in his saying: and , if we interpret it as major shirk in both places, yes, is it possible or not possible? If we interpret it in both places, we say, we say, whoever meets Allah not associating with Him anything by major shirk enters Paradise, and there is no need to say, and let us look at the other texts indicating that he is punished, because he entered it with an absolute entry, eternally. What is the need for detail? We say absolute entry or absolute entering. If we interpret the hadith as referring to major shirk, we do not need to say that the meaning of "entering" here is either absolute entering or absolute entry. And likewise in the first part, "entered Paradise," there is no need to say absolute entering or absolute entry. But if we divide shirk into two categories, it is necessary to divide entering into two categories as well. Good, clear. Good, yes.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : There is disagreement on this. The Shaykh al-Islam has two opinions on this. Once he said it is forbidden... and once he said it is not... it has passed us in the explanation of the verse in this book. Yes, yes.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Yes
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Ah?
The student: When do we say by his saying "whoever meets Allah," the speech is not...

The Shaykh : ... no, it is not evidence. Yes.
The student: From the saying...