Is the ruling of Hellfire issued for one who does not pray?
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is it permissible to rule that a person will enter the Fire if it is known that he does not pray and does the deeds of the disbelievers?
Answer:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled upon it, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 1079Sahih (Darussalam) And the disbelievers are definitively destined for the Fire. We ask Allah for well-being. Whoever dies upon disbelief is from the people of the Fire. We ask Allah for well-being.
Q: Regarding specifying a particular person?
The Shaykh: Generally, whether specifying a particular person or not. If it is known that someone is a disbeliever, he is called a disbeliever. Abu Jahl is a disbeliever and from the people of the Fire, and Utbah ibn Rabi'ah and Abu Talib, all of them are from the people of the Fire; because their disbelief is established, they died upon disbelief. We ask Allah for well-being.
Q: But what is well-known in the books of creed is that one does not testify for a specific person to Paradise or Hellfire, but rather we hope for the doer of good and fear for the doer of evil?
The Shaykh: Meaning, during his lifetime. If he dies upon disbelief, we testify for him to disbelief and the Fire. The believers in general are testified to be in Paradise, and the disbelievers in general are testified to be in the Fire. And whoever it is known that he died upon disbelief is from the people of the Fire. We ask Allah for well-being.
The questioner asks: Is it permissible to rule that a person will enter the Fire if it is known that he does not pray and does the deeds of the disbelievers?
Answer:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled upon it, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Between a man and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the abandonment of prayer.
بين الرجل وبين الكفر والشرك ترك الصلاةThe covenant that distinguishes between us and them is prayer; so whoever leaves it, he has committed Kufr.
العهد الذي بيننا وبينهم الصلاة، فمن تركها فقد كفرQ: Regarding specifying a particular person?
The Shaykh: Generally, whether specifying a particular person or not. If it is known that someone is a disbeliever, he is called a disbeliever. Abu Jahl is a disbeliever and from the people of the Fire, and Utbah ibn Rabi'ah and Abu Talib, all of them are from the people of the Fire; because their disbelief is established, they died upon disbelief. We ask Allah for well-being.
Q: But what is well-known in the books of creed is that one does not testify for a specific person to Paradise or Hellfire, but rather we hope for the doer of good and fear for the doer of evil?
The Shaykh: Meaning, during his lifetime. If he dies upon disbelief, we testify for him to disbelief and the Fire. The believers in general are testified to be in Paradise, and the disbelievers in general are testified to be in the Fire. And whoever it is known that he died upon disbelief is from the people of the Fire. We ask Allah for well-being.
Source
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