“And they say, “Never will the Fire touch us, except for a few days.” Say, “Have you taken a covenant with Allah? Allah will never break His covenant. Or do you say about Allah that which you do not know?” Yes, whoever earns evil and his sin has encompassed him – those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally (khaliduna).”(Qur’an 2:80-81)
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For those of you familiar with the parker brothers board game, monopoly one of the cards one could draw is the ‘get out of jail free card’. Thus, if you landed on the spot that says, ‘go to jail’ you could play this card. The card name is a bit of a misnomer as you don’t go to jail to begin with. You bypass going completely.
Well, believe it or not because of these interpretations and influences upon our faith, there are Muslims who believe in the ‘hadith of the card’. The ‘get out of hell free card!
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin Al-‘As:
that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Indeed Allah will distinguish a man from my Ummah before all of creation on the Day of Judgement. Ninety-nine scrolls will be laid out for him, each scroll is as far as the eye can see, then He will say: ‘Do you deny any of this? Have those who recorded this wronged you?‘ He will say: ‘No, O Lord!’ He will say: Do you have an excuse?’ He will say: ‘No, O Lord!‘ So He will say: ‘Rather you have a good deed with us, so you shall not be wronged today.” Then He will bring out a card (Bitaqah); on it will be: “I testify to La Ilaha Illallah, and I testify that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.” He will say: ‘Bring your scales.’ He will say: ‘O Lord! What good is this card next to these scrolls?’ He will say: ‘You shall not be wronged.’ He said: ‘The scrolls will be put on a pan (of the scale), and the card on (the other) pan: the scrolls will be light, and the card will be heavy, nothing is heavier than the Name of Allah.'”
Source: (https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi:2639)
This hadith is a mockery.
- This means that there are No Muslims who will go to hell at all (even briefly) as the Sunni believe. That is if Allah (swt) is fair and just, as every Muslim has said this statement!
- Are we going to invite the world to Islam and inform the world of the moral decline of society and then present to them a model of so called justice in which a person who claims to be a Muslim did rape, killed a person without right, molested their relatives, committed adultery and/or fornication and died without any repentance for these things?!
- All the horrific things that Zionist are currently doing to Palestinians that disgust each and everyone of us would be absolutely fine as long as they said: la ilaha illallah
- The above hadith is absolutely destroyed by the following verse of the Qur’an.
“And those who do not invoke with Allah another deity or kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty. Multiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated –Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allah will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.” (Qur’an 25:70)
Emaan or faith is uttered by the tongue , takes root in the heart and is affirmed by the limbs by either doing the actions one is required to do and/or restraining the limbs from doing what is prohibited.
If the Emaan by the tongue or heart is enough than why are there are so many verses and ahadith that exhort the believers to make tauba (repentance)?
This type of belief makes repentance ineffectual and renders it of no consequence. May Allah (swt) protect and guide the ummah!
Mu`adh bin Jabal (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “He whose last words are: `La ilaha illallah’ (There is no true god except Allah) will enter Jannah.”
[Abu Dawud].
Source: (https://sunnah.com/riyadussalihin:917)
This can only mean He was living his life in accordance with this and righteousness, and finally he end his life like this. In this condition.
THE GET OUT OF HELL FREE CARD!
It is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira:
We were sitting around the Messenger of Allah (saw). Abu Bakr and Umar were also there among the audience. In the meantime, the Messenger of Allah got up and left us. He delayed coming back to us, which caused anxiety that he might be attacked by some enemy when we were not with him; so, being alarmed, we got up. I was the first to be alarmed. I, therefore, went out to look for the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) and came to a garden belonging to the Banu an-Najjar. A section of the Ansar went round it looking for a gate but failed to find one. Seeing a rabi’ (i.e. streamlet) flowing into the garden from a well outside, I drew myself together, like a fox, and slinked into (the place) where Allah’s Messenger was. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Is it Abu Huraira? I (Abu Huraira) replied: Yes, Messenger of Allah. He (the Holy Prophet) said: What is the matter with you? You were among us but got up and went away and delayed for a time, so fearing that you might be attacked by some enemy when we were not with you, we became alarmed. I was the first to be alarmed. So when I came to this garden, I drew myself together as a fox does, and these people are following me. He addressed me as Abu Huraira and gave me his sandals and said: Take away these sandals of mine, and when you meet anyone outside this garden who testifies that there is no god but Allah, being assured of it in his heart, gladden him by announcing that he shall go to Paradise. Now the first one I met was Umar. He asked: What are these sandals, Abu Huraira? I replied: These are the sandals of the Messenger of Allah with which he has sent me to gladden anyone I meet who testifies that there is no god but Allah, being assured of it in his heart, with the announcement that he would go to Paradise. Thereupon ‘Umar struck me on the breast and I fell on my back. He then said: Go back, Abu Huraira, So I returned to the Messenger of Allah (saw), and was about to break into tears. ‘Umar followed me closely and there he was behind me. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: What is the matter with you, Abu Huraira? I said: I happened to meet ‘Umar and conveyed to him the message with which you sent me. He struck me on my breast which made me fall down upon my back and ordered me to go back. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: What prompted you to do this, ‘Umar? He said: Messenger of Allah, my mother and father be sacrificed to thee, did you send Abu Huraira with your sandals to gladden anyone he met and who testified that there is no god but Allah, and being assured of it in his heart, with the tidings that he would go to Paradise? He said: Yes. Umar said: Please do it not, for I am afraid that people will trust in it alone; let them go on doing (good) deeds. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: Well, let them.
Source: (https://sunnah.com/muslim:31)
Prima Qur’an comments:
In the above hadith we are told that Abu Huraira gets this information from the Blessed Prophet (saw) and he is met by Umar and than Umar is basically telling the Blessed Prophet (saw) please do not do it as the people will trust in it alone.
- Abu Huraira receives the information.
- Umar is the one who is startled by this information.
- The Prophet (saw) wants this information to be known.
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
“Once Mu`adh was along with Allah’s Messenger (saw) as a companion rider. Allah’s Messenger (saw) said, “O Mu`adh bin Jabal.” Mu`adh replied, “Labbaik and Sa`daik. O Allah’s Messenger (saw)!” Again the Prophet (saw) said, “O Mu`adh!” Mu`adh said thrice, “Labbaik and Sa`daik, O Allah’s Messenger (saw)!” Allah’s Messenger (saw) said, “There is none who testifies sincerely that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammed is his Apostle, except that Allah, will save him from the Hell-fire.” Mu`adh said, “O Allah’s Messenger (saw) ! Should I not inform the people about it so that they may have glad tidings?” He replied, “When the people hear about it, they will solely depend on it.” Then Mu`adh narrated the above-mentioned Hadith just before his death, being afraid of committing sin (by not telling the knowledge).
Source: (https://sunnah.com/bukhari:128)
Prima Qur’an comments:
- .In the above hadith Mu’adh ibn Jabal receives the information.
- The Blessed Prophet (saw) apparently does not want the information broadcasted.
Now we can reconcile the issue of who the Blessed Prophet (saw) told the information to. Because him telling Mu’adh ibn Jabal does not preclude him telling Abu Huraira. Likewise him telling Abu Huraira does not preclude him telling Mu’adh ibn Jabal.
What does raise an eye brow are the following points.
In the first narration it is Umar who makes the statement: Please do it not, for I am afraid that people will trust in it alone
Where as in the second narration it is the Blessed Prophet (saw) who makes the statement:
“When the people hear about it, they will solely depend on it.”
In the first narration the Blessed Prophet (saw) seems to not mind if this information is distributed in fact he tells Abu Huraira to inform all those he meets along the way.
In the second narration the Blessed Prophet (saw) seems to not want the information disclosed.
The information that the sub narrator provides is also a bit concerning.
Then Mu`adh narrated the above-mentioned Hadith just before his death, being afraid of committing sin (by not telling the knowledge).
How does Mu ‘adh know better than the Prophet (saw)?!
How is Mu’adh portrayed as someone who is afraid of the sin of not disclosing knowledge but apparently the Prophet (saw) is fine with the sin of not disclosing knowledge?
May Allah (swt) protect us from perversion of the pure faith!
“O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And Allah will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allah does not guide the disbelieving people.” (Qur’an 5:67)
“Those who hide the clear proofs and guidance that We have revealed—after We made it clear for humanity in the Book—will be condemned by Allah and ˹all˺ those who condemn.” (Qur’an 2:159)
“And do not conceal testimony, for whoever conceals it – his heart is indeed sinful, and Allah is Knowing of what you do.” (Qur’an 2:283)
Not to mention…
You can see just a handful of these hadith here:
There is the whole issue of rather or not there are scales to begin with!
I would encourage you to read the following:
May Allah (swt) guide the Ummah!
May Allah (swt) forgive the Ummah!
Prima Quran 
If I may ask, does your critique extend to the notion, held in certain Hadith, that each Muslim will have a Christian or a Jew as a randsom from Hell ?
If you have been reading this blog and are familiar with the Ibadi position even on a rudimentary level you will know that.
1) The Qur’an affirms that the hellfire is eternal from the time someone is placed in it.
2) That there is no text in the Qur’an any where that affirms anyone leaves the hellfire ever.
3) That there is no text in the Qur’an any where that affirms that anyone leaves the paradise.
Thus anything that comes to clash with the Qur’an being qati’i (decisive) and mutawatir (mass transmitted) on top of being the very revelation of Allah (swt) then no attention is paid to it.