Hell cannot get out
Mu' meneen
Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi
wa Barakatuh. (May
Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
I read on your
forum that once a person is placed in Hell, he can never be taken out and placed
in paradise. I thought that there was a hadith that
states that if a person has an atoms worth of faith in the oneness of Allah, he
will someday get in to paradise. I also remember hearing a hadith
that states that Allah(SWT) will take out a person from hell that will be
burned charcoal black and he will wash him and put him in paradise. That will
be the person with the lowest faith and after him the gates of heaven will be
shut for good. So why do you believe that once a person is in hell, he will never
get out. Please explain.
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Answer:
Hell cannot get out
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none
can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.
We bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no
prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone,
and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of
His Messengers.
As far as the state of the
hypocrites, the disbelievers, and the polytheists (mushriks)
goes, Allah Subhanah
has made it abundantly clear that these people will never ever get out of the
Hell Fire.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 5 Surah Maidah verses 36-37:
36 As to those who reject faith, if they had everything on earth and twice
repeated to give as ransom for the penalty of the Day of Judgment, it would never be accepted of them. Theirs would be a grievous penalty.
37 Their wish will be to get out of the fire, but never will they get out therefrom: their
penalty will be one that endures.
Nowhere in the Quran is it mentioned that one who is condemned to Hell
Fire, will be taken out after some
time; and absolutely nowhere in the Quran is it mentioned that the believers will go into Hell
Fire!
The Glorious Quran
has severely condemned this exact belief of the People of the Book, who believed that even if they did go to Hell
for some of their mis-deeds, Allah would take them out of Hell!
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale Imraan verses 23-25:
23 Hast thou not turned thy vision to those who
have been given a portion of the Book?
They are invited to the Book of Allah to settle their dispute, but a party of them turn back and decline
(the arbitration).
24 This because they say: "The fire shall
not touch us but for a few numbered days"; for their forgeries
deceive them as to their own religion.
25 But how (will they fare), when We gather them together against a Day
about which there is no doubt, and each
soul will be paid out just what it has earned without (favor or injustice)?
Unfortunately, this belief,
that a believer will spend some time in Hell and will then be released
has also crept into the muslim Ummah! The Quran is
extremely clear in its verdict that one who goes to Hell will stay in it
forever; and the one who goes to
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 101 Surah Al-Qaaria verses 6-11:
6 Then he whose balance (of good deeds) will be
(found) heavy
7 Will be in a life of good pleasure and
satisfaction.
8 But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be
(found) light
9 Will have his home in a (bottomless) pit.
10 And what will explain to thee what this is?
11 (It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
There are indeed a few hadiths that state that some believers may come out of the
Hell Fire after some time. But
brother, one of the conditions of
accepting any hadith as authentic or ‘sahih’, is that it
can never go against any clear guidance and teachings of the Holy Quran. And the Holy
Quran is extremely clear in its context that one who
is condemned to the Hell Fire, will not
be allowed to come out of there.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 32 Surah As-Sajdah verse 20: As to those who are rebellious and wicked, their abode will be the Fire: every time they wish to get away therefrom, they
will be forced thereinto, and it will be said to them: "taste ye
the Penalty of the Fire, which ye were
wont to reject as false.
Allah Subhanah
will never condemn a true believer to the Hell Fire! If some believer has committed a major sin
like zina, murder, eating riba, transgression of Allah’s Laws, etc. , and died in a state whereby he could not
repent and seek Taubah; then his state is in the Sole Hands of Allah
Subhanah Alone! He may, if He wills,
forgive him; or punish him in the
grave, or punish him on the Day of
Judgment itself; and then have Mercy on
him and forgive him and save him from the eternal Hell Fire.
Allah Subhanah
has Himself condemned the belief of the People of Book, who believed that they would someday come out
of the Hell Fire, if they were sent
there! It does not behove
a believer, who sincerely believes in
Allah and the Last Day, to hold a belief
which the Merciful has Himself condemned in the Glorious Quran.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in
Islam,
Burhan
Wister