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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the meaning of "the breaking of the oath" in the hadith (… they will not touch the Fire except for the breaking of the oath)?

Shaykh Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani

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The questioner : My Shaykh, the word
The breaking of the oath تحلة القسم
in this hadith

The Shaykh :
The breaking of the oath تحلة قسم
means that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said in the Noble Qur'an:
And there is none of you except he will come to it. This is upon your Lord an inevitability decreed. وإن منكم إلا واردها كان على ربك حتما مقضيا
[Maryam 19:71]
This is upon your Lord an inevitability decreed. (72) Then We will save those who feared Allah and leave the wrongdoers within it, on their knees. كان على ربك حتما مقضيا ثم ننجي الذين اتقوا ونذر الظالمين فيها جثياً
[Maryam 19:71-72]
The breaking of the oath تحلة القسم
That is, our Lord swore by His saying:
And there is none of you except he will come to it وإن منكم إلا واردها
[Maryam 19:71]
So there is no person or jinn who is accountable, and it is necessary for all of them to enter the Fire. However, those who enter are divided into two categories: either they remain in it and are punished therein for as long as Allah wills, each according to his degree, or their entry into the Fire is a passing through without the Fire touching them. There is much evidence for this, the strongest of which is a hadith in Sahih Muslim. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
No one of those who took the oath of allegiance under the tree will go to hell. لا يدخل النار أحد من أهل الحديبية
Sunan Abi Dawud 4653Sahih (Al-Albani)
, Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "Has not Allah the Exalted said:
And there is none of you except he will come to it وإن منكم إلا واردها
[Maryam 19:71]
" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: أتمي الآية ثم ننجي الذين اتقوا ونذر الظالمين فيها جثيا Complete the verse: Then We will save those who fear Us, and leave the wrongdoers therein prostrate So she understood the correct understanding from the verse:
And there is none of you except he will come to it وإن منكم إلا واردها
[Maryam 19:71]
Source alathar.net

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