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THEME
🌿 سبز (روشن)
🌿 سبز (تاریک)
🕋 مکی
🕌 مدنی
🔵 قادری
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🟤 رضوی
Issue: From Mawlavi Khalil Ahmad - Birgi, Giridih (Bihar). I serve as an Imam and teach religious education to children in the village of Birgi. One Friday during the month of Ramadan, before the prayer, I delivered a speech in light of the verse 'إِنَّ اللهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِین' (Indeed, Allah is with the patient), after which I led the Friday Khutbah and the obligatory Friday congregational prayer. After finishing the Asr prayer that same day, three young students from my own village objected, claiming that while translating the aforementioned verse during my speech, I said: 'Allah is with the patient, and when patient sinful humans go to Hell, Allah will also go to Hell with that person.' However, I did not use any such words in my speech that would imply Allah is an inhabitant of Hell. Only one person among my congregation confirms my statement, while the rest of the public does not recall what I said. Therefore, I request your honorable self to clarify, according to Shari'ah, what ruling applies to the claims of these three individuals versus the testimony of one congregant. Please explain, and you shall be rewarded. Note: Does the marriage contract (Nikah) of one who declares Allah to be an inhabitant of Hell remain valid or not?
If you did not utter the sentence, 'When patient sinful humans go to Hell, Allah will also go to Hell with that person,' but the students attribute this statement to you, then they are grave sinners and must repent. If, however, the students presented this sentence as a counter-argument—meaning, if Allah is with the patient, then when patient sinful humans go to Hell, does Allah also go to Hell with them?—then they have, out of their own ignorance, interpreted 'Ma'iyyah' (companionship) as 'Ma'iyyah Makani' (physical/spatial proximity) and presented a flawed argument. In reality, 'Ma'iyyah' refers to 'Ma'iyyah bi al-'awn wa al-nasr' (companionship through aid and support), which is specific to the Muttaqin (the God-fearing), the Muhsinin (the righteous), and the Sabirin (the patient), as mentioned in the Tafasir: 'المعية بالعون والنصر وهذه خاصة بالمتقين والمحسنين والصابرين' (The companionship of aid and support, and this is specific to the God-fearing, the righteous, and the patient). Alternatively, their intention may have been that you did not explain the meaning of 'Ma'iyyah,' which was necessary for the common people. In any case, respect must be maintained in such discussions. And Allah knows best.
Note on the answer: It is apparent from the text of the Istifta (inquiry) that no one has declared Allah Almighty to be an inhabitant of Hell. However, if someone were to declare Allah Almighty to be an inhabitant of Hell—na'udhu billahi min dhalik (we seek refuge in Allah from that)—then their Nikah would certainly be broken, as this is explicit Kufr (disbelief).
⚠️ نوٹ: شیئر کارڈ میں اردو کے علاوہ دوسری زبان میں تصویر صحیح نہیں آتی، براہِ کرم پی ڈی ایف ڈاؤن لوڈ کیجئے۔
