I read a hadeeth from bukhari stating that muslims bad doers will go to hell to pay for their bad deeds and if they have a bit of iman left in there hearts they will be taken out and sent to jannah
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i read
a hadeeth from bukhari stating that muslims bad doers will go to hell to pay
for their bad deeds and if they have a bit of iman left in there hearts they
will be taken out and sent to jannah, how can this be tht one person fulfills
his sentence and go to jannah, i read on ur site that on the day of judjment
ALLAH(s.w.t) decision will be final, please breif in the light of the Holy
Quran
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Answer:
Come out of Hell
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)?
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verses 78-82:
78 And there are among them illiterates who know not the Book but (see
therein their own) desires and they do nothing but conjecture.
79 Then woe to those who write the book with their own hands and then
say: "This is from Allah" to traffic with it for a miserable price!
Woe to them for what their hands do write and for the gain they make thereby.
80 And they say: "The fire shall not touch us but for a few
numbered days"; Say: "Have ye taken a promise from Allah for He never
breaks His promise? Or is it that ye say
of Allah what ye do not know?"
81 Nay those who seek gain in evil and are girt round by their sins
they are Companions of the Fire therein shall they abide (for ever).
82 But those who have faith and work righteousness they are Companions
of the Garden therein shall they abide (for ever).
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!
Beloved brother in Islam, the
truth is there are indeed a few hadiths recorded which state that some
believers who had faith, but because of their evil deeds were condemned to the
Hell Fire and after fulfilling their time in Hell Fire they will be taken out
by Allah Subhanah! Although these
narrations are recorded in the ‘sahih’ category of hadiths, almost all of such
hadiths are related by one narrator and most of the good scholars and jurists
are of the opinion that regardless of the source of the hadith, if any hadith
goes against the clear guidance of the Holy Quran, that hadith cannot be
accepted as ‘sahih’.
First and foremost nowhere in
the Quran is it mentioned that believers will go to Hell Fire, and secondly,
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 it!
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.
Beloved brother, rest assured
that our Lord Allah Subhanah, The Most Merciful, Most Gracious will never
condemn a true believer who died on faith 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 says in the Quran: Chapter 4 Surah An-Nisa Verse 48
Shirk (associating other deities with Allah) is the only sin that Allah does
not forgive, and He forgives, whomsoever He pleases, sins other than this. For whosoever associates any other partner
with Allah, does indeed forge a big lie and commits the most heinous sin
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 4.445 Narrated by Abu Dhar
The Prophet (saws)
said, "Jibrael said to me, 'Whoever amongst your followers die without
having worshipped others besides Allah, will enter
Hadith Qudsi 34
The Messenger of
Allah (saws) said that Allah Subhanah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says: “O
son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for
what you have done, and I shall not mind.
O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you
then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with
sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no
partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great at it!”
But to believe that one who is
so wretched that he has been condemned by the Lord to the Hell Fire will
somehow come out of Hell Fire is a belief of the People of Book and the pagans,
and Allah Subhanah has Himself condemned this very belief in His Glorious
Quran! 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.
Dear and beloved brother in
Islam, if there is one thing which has beguiled some believers to openly
disobey the Commands and Dictates of Islam and transgress the clear boundaries
of Allah and His Messenger (saws)….it is this concept that somehow or the
other, simply because they claimed to be followers of Prophet Mohamed (saws),
they will come out of Hell Fire and enter Paradise….even if it means that they
will go to Hell Fire only for a number of years to pay for their sins!....but
ultimately they will enter Paradise!!!
This is the exact same concept
which was held by the People of the Book and Allah Subhanah Himself has time
and again strongly condemned this very concept and belief of theirs in His
Glorious Quran; and it just does not behove and befit a believer who sincerely
believes in Allah and the Last Day to hold a belief which has been condemned by
their Lord Most High!
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 and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister