What is the reconciliation between the belief of the people of the Sunnah and the community regarding the one who commits a major sin and the hadith: (They will not enter Paradise and will not smell its scent)?
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The questioner : The one who commits a major sin, according to the belief of the people of the Sunnah and the community, his affair is left to Allah.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Muwatta Malik 48:8.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Here, how is it here, meaning.
The Shaykh : This, my brother, its interpretation according to the scholars is either that he does not smell the scent of Paradise at all, or that he does not smell the scent of Paradise for a period of time at the beginning; is that clear?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And with both interpretations, an explanation is attached to it: at all, if he considers it permissible...
The questioner : He becomes a disbeliever.
The Shaykh : Ah, and at the beginning, as I said: if he does not consider it permissible and admits that he is wrong, but he does it and opposes the Shari'ah, then in that case, it is at the beginning that he does not smell it. As for the end, as you know, groups will come out of the Fire after having been scorched. This is how this hadith and others are interpreted.
The questioner : Yes, yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
they will not enter the Garden and they will not find its scent
لا يدخلْنَ الجنة ، ولا يَجِدْنَ ريحها ، وكذا وكذاThe Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Here, how is it here, meaning
...nor will they smell its scent...
... ولا يَجِدْنَ ريحها ...The Shaykh : This, my brother, its interpretation according to the scholars is either that he does not smell the scent of Paradise at all, or that he does not smell the scent of Paradise for a period of time at the beginning; is that clear?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And with both interpretations, an explanation is attached to it: at all, if he considers it permissible...
The questioner : He becomes a disbeliever.
The Shaykh : Ah, and at the beginning, as I said: if he does not consider it permissible and admits that he is wrong, but he does it and opposes the Shari'ah, then in that case, it is at the beginning that he does not smell it. As for the end, as you know, groups will come out of the Fire after having been scorched. This is how this hadith and others are interpreted.
The questioner : Yes, yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
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