Wahhabiyyah/salafi said,
Quote:
“ The Accusation that Ibn Taymiyyah held the Hellfire
to come to an end, Another accusation by which the opponents declared
Ibn Taymiyyah to be misguided due to his contradicting the 'consensus' on this
issue.
Yet nowhere in the works of Ibn Taymiyyah does he say this, in fact
what we find from him is the exact opposite, and we challenge anybody who
accuses Ibn Taymiyyah of this to bring his proof.”
Wahhabiyyah/Salafis
have been hiding this rare and very
hard to find book of Ibn Taymiyyah where he affirms an end for the Hellfire and on page 83
of his book:
Where he asserts that it
would be a contradiction of Allah's wisdom and mercy to leave the Disbelievers
in there forever…
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Ibn Taymiyya’s Belief of Hell (Jahannam)
Being Non-eternal
Ibn Taymiyyah said
in his book:
ﺍﻟﺮﺩ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﻦ ﻗﺎﻝ ﺑﻔﻨﺎء ﺍﻟﺠﻨﺔ ﻭﺍﻟﻨﺎﺭ
“Ar Raddu ‘ala man qaala
bi fanaa’il Jannati wan Naar”
(The Refutation of the one
who affirms the end of both Heaven and Hell)
Ibn Taymiyyah said:ﻓﻴﻪ ﻣﻦ ﻣﻨﺎﻗﻀﺔ ﺍﻟﺤﻜﻤﺔ ﻭﺍﻟﺮﺣﻤﺔ ﻣﺎ ﻻ ﻳﻈﻬﺮ ﻓﻲ ﻏﻴﺮﻩ ﺃﻫـــ ﻭﺃﻣﺎ ﺧﻠﻖ ﻧﻔﻮﺱﺗﻌﻤﻞ ﺍﻟﺸﺮ ﻓﻲ ﺍﻟﺪﻧﻴﺎ ﻭﻓﻲ ﺍﻵﺧﺮﺓ ﻻ ﺗﻜﻮﻥ ﺇﻻﻓﻲ ﺍﻟﻌﺬﺍﺏ، ﻓﻬﺬﺍ ﺗﻨﺎﻗﺾ ﻳﻈﻬﺮ
“But the creation of souls that commit evil in the dunya, then will only be in torment in the Hereafter IS A CONTRADICTION. The contradiction of Divine Wisdom and Mercy is more apparent in this issue than anything else.”
In the same book, he said:
ﻟﻴﺲ ﻣﻌﻬﻢ ﻛﺘﺎﺏ، ﻭﻻ ﺳﻨﺔ ﻭﻻ ﺃﻗﻮﺍﻝ ﺍﻟﺼﺤﺎﺑﺔ -. ﺃﻫــــ ﻭﺣﻴﻨﺌﺬ ﻓﻴﺤﺘﺞ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻓﻨﺎﺋﻬﺎ ﺑﺎﻟﻜﺘﺎﺏ ﻭﺍﻟﺴﻨﺔ، ﻭﺃﻗﻮﺍﻝ ﺍﻟﺼﺤﺎﺑﺔ – ﻣﻊ ﺃﻥ ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺋﻠﻴﻦﺑﺒﻘﺎﺋﻬﺎ
“In which case, the argument for the ending of Hellfire is supported by the Quran, the Sunnah, and the statements of the Sahabah; while the affirmers of its eternality have with them no Quran, no Sunnah, and no statements of the Sahabah.”
Ibn Taymiyya
says:
Therefore, while it is deduced that Hellfire will pass away with The Book, The Sunna, and the words of The Companions, those who say that Hellfire will remain forever have no evidence from The Book, The Sunna, and the words of The Companions.
Source: Ibn Taymiyya, Al-Radd 'ala man qala bi-fana' al-janna wa al-nar. ed. Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah al-Simhari (Riyadh: Dar al-balansiyya, 1415/ 1995).
Therefore, while it is deduced that Hellfire will pass away with The Book, The Sunna, and the words of The Companions, those who say that Hellfire will remain forever have no evidence from The Book, The Sunna, and the words of The Companions.
Source: Ibn Taymiyya, Al-Radd 'ala man qala bi-fana' al-janna wa al-nar. ed. Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah al-Simhari (Riyadh: Dar al-balansiyya, 1415/ 1995).
Al-Albani is
quoted to say:
"Ibn Qayyim has a second opinion according to which Hellfire will never end. Ibn Taymiyya has a book refuting those who say Janna [Paradise] and Jahannam [Hell] will cease to exist. At that time [20 years ago] I thought that Ibn Taymiyya shared this second opinion of Ibn Qayyim. The author al-San`ani, with what he has quoted from Ibn Qayyim, explains that the above mentioned refutation [written by Ibn Taymiyya] is not against those who say Hellfire will end, but it is against the jahmis who say Paradise will cease to exist and he [Ibn Taymiyya] states that Hell will cease to exist. Moreover, he does not state only this, but states also that the people of Hell will enter paradises with rivers flowing under them after Hell ceases to exist."
Source: [Introduction to al-San`ani's Raf`al-Astar, p. 7.]
"Ibn Qayyim has a second opinion according to which Hellfire will never end. Ibn Taymiyya has a book refuting those who say Janna [Paradise] and Jahannam [Hell] will cease to exist. At that time [20 years ago] I thought that Ibn Taymiyya shared this second opinion of Ibn Qayyim. The author al-San`ani, with what he has quoted from Ibn Qayyim, explains that the above mentioned refutation [written by Ibn Taymiyya] is not against those who say Hellfire will end, but it is against the jahmis who say Paradise will cease to exist and he [Ibn Taymiyya] states that Hell will cease to exist. Moreover, he does not state only this, but states also that the people of Hell will enter paradises with rivers flowing under them after Hell ceases to exist."
Source: [Introduction to al-San`ani's Raf`al-Astar, p. 7.]
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"fana al-nar"
(that Jahannam will come to an end) was the Final Recorded/Written Position of
Ibn Taymiyya.
Furthermore, Note: this position continued to be defended by his loyal student Ibn al-Qayyim even after Ibn Taymiyya's death.
For example, Ibn al-Qayyim completed the composition of al-Hadi in the year 745 A.H. (1344-45). Ibn Taymiyya died in 728AH/1328CE.
Furthermore, Note: this position continued to be defended by his loyal student Ibn al-Qayyim even after Ibn Taymiyya's death.
For example, Ibn al-Qayyim completed the composition of al-Hadi in the year 745 A.H. (1344-45). Ibn Taymiyya died in 728AH/1328CE.
"As one of his false beliefs, he [Ibn Taymiyya] has stated: Hellfire will end." Source: al-Fatawa al-Hadithiyya.
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Imam al-A'zam Abu Hanifa(ra) stated:
"One who says that Janna and Jahannam will cease to exist after people of Janna and people of Jahannam enter [Janna and Jahannam, respectively] becomes kâfir [apostate] because of denying eternal staying there [in Janna and Jahannam]." (al-Fiqh al-Absat)
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Imam Abu Hanifah (d. 150 AH) has mentioned that the one who claims that paradise and hellfire will cease to exist after its people entered them has disbelieved in Allah ta'ala. ("فَإِن قَالَ إنَّهُمَا تفنيان فَقل لَهُ وصف الله نعيمهما بقوله {لَا مَقْطُوعَة وَلَا مَمْنُوعَة} وَمن قَالَ إنَّهُمَا تفنيان بعد دُخُول اهلهما فيهمَا فقد كفر بِاللَّه تَعَالَى لِأَنَّهُ انكر الخلود فيهمَا"; Source: al-Fiqh al-Absat)
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Imam al-Ash`ari (ra) stated:"The whole of Ahl al-Islam stated the following: 'There is no end to Janna and Jahannam. Both of them will continue to exist. In the same way, people of Janna will continue to be rewarded [given benefactions] and the people of Jahannam will continue to be punished. There is no end to this.' " (Maqalat al-Islamiyyin, 164)
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Imam al-Tahawi said:
Janna
and Jahannam have been created;
they will not ever cease to exist.
Imam al-Tahawi also wrote:
People who commit great sins among the umma [community, believers] of Muhammad (sallallahu ta'ala alayhe wa sallam) will not abide in Hellfire forever, provided that they die as Ahl al-Tawhid [as monotheists, i.e. as Muslims]. This includes even the unrepentant that, nonetheless, died as believers knowing Allahu ta'ala. They are in His judgment and decree. If He wishes, He forgives and pardons them by His grace, as He mentioned in His book (4:48). Or if He wishes, He punishes them in Hellfire by His justice, and then removes them by His rahmat [mercy, grace], (or) through the intercession of His obedient servants. He then sends them to His Janna [Paradise].
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Ibn Hazm wrote:"... They have agreed with consensus that Jahannam is haq [true], that it is an eternal place of punishment, and that it [Jahannam] and its inhabitants will continue forever and will never cease to exist." (Maratib al-Ijma', 268)
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Ibn Hazm (d. 456 AH) mentioned that hellfire and its people will remain forever and that the one saying otherwise has disbelieved by consensus (Ijma'). (He said under "بَاب من الإجماع فِي الاعتقادات يكفر من خَالفه باجماع" the following: "وان النَّار حق وَأَنَّهَا دَار عَذَاب أبدا لَا تفنى وَلَا يفنى أَهلهَا أبدا بِلَا نِهَايَة"; Source: Maratib al-Ijma')
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Ibn Hazm (d. 456 AH) mentioned that hellfire and its people will remain forever and that the one saying otherwise has disbelieved by consensus (Ijma'). (He said under "بَاب من الإجماع فِي الاعتقادات يكفر من خَالفه باجماع" the following: "وان النَّار حق وَأَنَّهَا دَار عَذَاب أبدا لَا تفنى وَلَا يفنى أَهلهَا أبدا بِلَا نِهَايَة"; Source: Maratib al-Ijma')
But please note that there are also some places in his books where he mentions that Hellfire will NOT end.
(Edited by ADHM)
