A Munaafiq cannot enter Jannah – Malfoozaat of Faqeeh-ul-Ummat رحمه الله
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Allah Ta’ala mentions in the Quran Sharif
(Indeed the munaafiqeen are in the lowest stage of Jahannum.) [5:145]
Hadhrat Umar (رضي الله عنه) asked Hadhrat Huzaifah (رضي الله عنه) as to whether he was on the list of the munaafiqeen despite being promised Jannah because Allah Ta`ala indeed has full power to do as He pleases.
In another hadeeth it is mentioned that Nabi used to become extremely worried when rain clouds used to appear. The Sahaabah (رضي الله عنه) asked: “O Nabi of Allah! People are generally joyous upon seeing
rain clouds. Why do you become worried?”
Nabi صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَم replied: “Punishment had come to some of the past nations in the form of clouds. What surety do I have that there is no punishment in these clouds.”
Despite Nabi صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَم being promised that no widespread punishment was to befall his ummat yet he used to become so perturbed because he knew that Allah Ta`ala does as He pleases.
This is mentioned in the following verse:(When they saw the clouds coming towards their valley they said, “This is a cloud that will shower rain on us.” Nay, it is the calamity you were asking to be hastened. A wind wherein is a grievous punishment. It will destroy every thing by the command of its Lord. Then by the morning, nothing was to be seen but the ruins of their houses. Thus do we recompense the sinful ones.) [46: 24]
Hadhrat Shaikh-ul-Hind called this Imkaan-e-Kizb “Tawsee`-e-Qudrat” i.e. showing the expanse of the power of Allah Ta`ala.
Tawsee-e-Qudrat or Imkaan-e-kizb
There are two categories of impossible (mumtani`) things. One is that which is impossible in itself (mumtani` biz-zaat)
The second is that which is possible in itself but because of some other reason it is impossible.
If that reason was absent then the impossibility will also cease to exist.
Attributing to Allah Ta`ala the possibility of saying that which is not true is in itself possible, but due to other reasons it is impossible. The gist of this is that it is possible in itself that a person who is promised Jannah be sent to Jahannum. However, it is impossible due to some other reason i.e. Allah’s promise that he will not be sent.
Nevertheless, Allah Ta`ala indeed has the ability to send him to Jahannum, but due to His promise He will not send him.
Similarly, a person who is promised Jahannum, Allah Ta`ala most certainly has the ability to admit him into Jannah, but Allah will not do so because He is true to His word. This is called imkaan-e-kizb.
For example the verse of the Qur’aan:
(Allah will not punish them whilst you are amongst them) [8: 33]
In this verse, Allah Ta`ala has promised not to punish the disbelievers and it is true that Allah will not punish them. However, Allah definitely has the power to do so as mentioned in another verse of the Qur’aan:
- (Say, He is able to send a punishment from above you and from below your feet, or to put you into confusion through divisions and to make some of you taste the brutality of some.) [6: 65]
In another verse Allah Ta`ala says:
(Had We willed, We would have guided every person to the straight path, but I have decided to fill Jahannum with jinn and man.) [32: 13]
In this verse, Allah has promised to fill Jahannum with man and jinn but He also mentions that He nonetheless has the ability to do the contrary as he says: “Had We wished We would have guided every soul.” If everyone is guided, how will Jahannum then be filled? Who will then go into Jahannum?
It appears in the hadeeth that Nabi صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَم took the names of certain Sahaabah (رضي الله عنه) and said that they are jannatis (dwellers of paradise).
Amongst them was also Hadhrat Umar (رضي الله عنه) . Hadhrat Umar (رضي الله عنه) knew of this saying of Nabi صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَم . Despite this, he would secretly repeatedly ask Hadhrat Huzaifah (رضي الله عنه) as to whether his name was included in the list of the munaafiqeen (hypocrites). Nabi had disclosed the names of the munaafiqeen to Hadhrat Huzaifah ibn Yamaan (رضي الله عنه)
Malfoozaat of Faqeeh-ul-Ummat رحمه الله
