What is the meaning of the statement that the Ummah of Muhammad will not be punished with a general punishment?
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Question:
How do we reconcile this hadith with the statement that the Ummah of Muhammad will not be punished generally?
Answer:
If a punishment is sent down upon a people who are not all of them, for example, if a group gathers in a village and they display what is wrong, and the punishment encompasses both the righteous and the wicked, such as those who will attack Makkah in the end times, a punishment will be sent down upon them in a desert, and the earth will swallow their first and last. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, how will the earth swallow their first and last when among them are their markets and those who are not of them? He said:.
What the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) denied was general punishments, meaning those that encompass all the inhabitants of the earth.
How do we reconcile this hadith
If a punishment is sent down upon a people...
إذا أُنزل بقوم عذاب..Answer:
If a punishment is sent down upon a people who are not all of them, for example, if a group gathers in a village and they display what is wrong, and the punishment encompasses both the righteous and the wicked, such as those who will attack Makkah in the end times, a punishment will be sent down upon them in a desert, and the earth will swallow their first and last. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, how will the earth swallow their first and last when among them are their markets and those who are not of them? He said:
The earth will swallow them all, and then they will be resurrected according to their intentions.
يُخْسُف بهم جميعًا ثم يُبعثون على نِّيَّاتهمWhat the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) denied was general punishments, meaning those that encompass all the inhabitants of the earth.
Source
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