Kitaab Sharh us-Sunnah
by Al-Barbahaaree
Trans. Abu Talhah Dawud Burbank


84: Allah will punish the creation inside the Fire, not near the Fire as the Jahmiyyah believe

To have Faith that Allah, the Blessed and Most High, will punish the creation in the Fire, in shackles, fetters and chains. The Fire will be inside them, above them and below them. Whereas the Jahmiyyah, from among them Hishaam al-Footee [1], said, “Rather, Allah will punish them near the Fire,” thus rejecting (the saying of) Allah and His Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam).


NOTES

[1] He is Hishaam ibn ‘Amr, a companion of Abul-Hudhail who was a caller to the heresy of the Mu’tazilah. See Lisaanul-Meezaan 96/195) and al-Fisal (5/62) of Ibn Hazm.


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