questioned for their deeds?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Allaah has blessed some of the elite among His slaves with the promise
that they will enter Paradise without being brought to account and
without being punished.It was narrated that 'Abd-Allaah ibn 'Abbaas
(may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah(peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: The nations were shown to
me and I saw aProphet with a small band of followers, and a Prophet
with one or twomen with him, and a Prophet who had no onewith him.
Then I was shown a huge multitude and I thought they were my ummah,
but it was said to me: This is Moosa (peace be upon him) and his
people. But look at the horizon. So I looked and saw a huge multitude,
and it was said to me: Look at the other horizon, and therewas
(another) huge multitude. And it was said to me: This is your ummah
and with them are seventy thousand who will enter Paradise without
being brought to account or punished."Then he got up and went into his
house, andthe people disputed about those who enter Paradise without
being brought to account or being punished. Some ofthem said: Perhaps
they are the ones who accompanied the Messenger of Allaah(peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him). Some of them said: Perhaps they are
the ones who were born in Islam and did not associate anything with
Allaah. And they mentioned other things. The Messenger of Allaah(peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came out to them and said: "What
are you disputing about?" They told him, and he said: "They are the
ones who did not seek ruqyah or believe in bird omens, and they put
their trust in their Lord." 'Ukaashahibn Mihsan stood up andsaid: Pray
to Allaah to make me one of them. He said: "You will be oneof them."
Another man stood up and said: Pray to Allaah to make me one of them.
He said: " 'Ukaashah has beaten you to it."
Al-Bukhaari, 5705; Muslim, 220
He did not say that among these seventy thousand would be those who
died during the month of Ramadaan.Rather those who are mentioned are
the elite of the believers who achieved true belief in the oneness of
the Lord of the Worlds (Tawheed). It says inFathal-Majeed: The phrase
"and put their trust in their Lord" points to the basic principles
from which these actions and attributes stemmed, which is putting
one's trust in Allaah (tawakkul) and sincerelyturning to Him and
depending on Him. This is the ultimate Tawheed which raises a person
to a high status of love, hope, fear and being content with Allaah as
one's Lord and God, and being content with His decree. (p. 74)
Concerning the virtue of one who dies whilst fasting, it was narrated
that the Prophet(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
"Whoever says Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah (there is no god but Allaah),
seeking the Face of Allaah and that was his final action, will enter
Paradise. Whoever fasts one day seeking the Face of Allaah and that
was his final action, will enter Paradise. Whoevergives charity
seeking theFace of Allaah and that was his final action will enter
Paradise." Narrated by Imam Ahmad, 22813, from the hadeeth of
Hudhayfah (may Allaah be pleased with him). Al-Albaani said inAhkaam
al-Janaa'iz: its isnaad is saheeh.
It should be noted that the previous hadeeth points to the high status
of those seventy thousand (may Allaah make us among them) with regard
to doing righteous deeds, which is what brought them to that status
before Allaah.Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhaab (may Allaah have
mercy on him) said, after quoting this hadeeth inKitaab al-Tawheed:
"This is indicative of the depth of the knowledge of the salaf,
because they knewthat they could not attain that status except by
doing righteous deeds." It should be obvious to the questioner that if
there were anything special about dying in Ramadaan, this would apply
only to the believers and not all those who die in Ramadaan.
Similarly, with regard to the hadeeth quoted above concerning the
virtue of one who dies whilst fasting, which says that he will enter
Paradise, this promise is for one who does righteous deeds and that
was his final deed, not simply for dying in Ramadaan. Moreover, it
does not mention that specific virtue of entering Paradise without
being brought to account. And Allaah is the Source of strength.
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