The Intensity of its Fire

Abu Hurairah (radiAllahu anhu) narrated: "When Allah's Messenger (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said, 'Your ordinary fire is one of the 70 potions of the Hellfire,' someone commented, 'O Messenger of Allah, wouldit (ordinary fire) not be sufficient (to burn the wrongdoers)?' At that, Allah's Messenger (SAW) said, 'The Hellfire has 69 more portions than ordinary (worldly) fire, and all of them are as hot as this (worldly fire).'"
[Sahih al-Bukhari]
"Verily, Allah has cursed the disbelievers and prepared for them a Blazing Fire. Dwelling therein forever, and they will find no protector or helper."
[al-Ahzab, 33: 64-65]
"But he who is given his record behind his back will soon cry for destruction, and he will enter a blazing Fire."
[al Inshiqaq, 84: 10-12]
"No, they deny the Hour (of the judgment to come), but We have prepared a blazing fire forsuch as deny the Hour. When it sees them from a far off place, they will hear its fury and its ragingsigh. And when they are cast, bound, in chains, intoconstricted place therein, they will plead therein fordestruction. Do not plead today for a single destruction; plead for destruction oft-repeated."
[al-Furqan, 25: 11-14]
"The companions of the left hand - what are the companions of the left hand? (They will be) in the midst of a fierce blast (of fire) and in boiling water."
[al Waqi'ah, 56: 41-42]
"But, he whose scales are light his home will be a pit. And what will make you understand what thatis? (It is ) a fire, blazing fiercely."
[al Qari'ah, 101: 8-11]
"Soon will I cast him into Saqar (the Hellfire). And what will explain to you what Saqar is? It permits nothing to endure, and it leaves nothing alone, darkening and changing the color of man."
[al Muddaththir, 74: 26-29]
"Their abode will be Hell. Every time it abates. We will increase for them the blaze (the fierceness) of the fire."
[al Isra, 17: 97]
"Those are the ones, who have exchanged the Hereafter for the gains of this worldly life. The punishment will not be lightened for them, and they will not be aided."
[al Baqarah, 2: 86]
"So taste, (the result of your deeds), for We will not increase you except inpunishment."
[an Naba, 78: 30]
Anas (radiAllahu anhu) reported that the Messenger of Allah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said: "The most favored man among the dwellers of the Earth will be brought from among the people of the Fire on the Day of Resurrection. He will be dyed in the Firebut once, and then it will be said to him, 'O son of Adam, have you ever seengood at all? Has any pleasure ever come to you?' He will say, 'No, by Allah, O Lord.' Then the most miserable people in the world will be brought from the people of Paradise and will be dyed with the dye of Paradise. It will be said to him, 'O son of Adam, have you ever seen any misery, andhas any hardship ever come to you? ' He will say,'No, by Allah, O my Lord. No misery ever came to me, nor did I see any hardship.'"
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"O Allah! You have grantedme the honor and privilege of talking to you directly,

Once Moosa (as) asked Allah swt:
"O Allah! You have grantedme the honor and privilege of talking to you
directly, Have you given this privilege to any other person?"
Allah swt replied: "O Moosa during the last period I am going to send
an Ummat, who will be the Ummat of Muhammad (saw) with dry lips,
parched tongues, emaciated body with eyes sunken deep into their
sockets, with livers dry andstomachs suffering the pangs of hunger.
They will call out to me (in dua) theywill be much much closer to me
than you O Moosa! while you speak to me, there are 70000 veils between
you and I but at the time of iftaar there willnot be a single veil
between ME and the fasting
Ummati of Muhammad (SAW). O Moosa I have taken upon Myself the
responsibility that at the time of iftaar I will never refuse the dua
of a fasting person"

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Jesus said that he is the way and that noone can come to God except through him. What do Muslims say about that?

Muslims believe that Jesus, on whom be peace, was indeed the way. This
means that he showed the way by which people should approach God. He
expected that people should follow him and imitate him. His early
followers were called followers of the way because, obviously, they
followed Jesus, and Jesus was the way (see Acts 9:2;18:25; 19:9;
19:23; 22:4; 24:14; 24:22). They were also called Christians, which
means 'imitators ofChrist' (see Acts 11 :26). This shows that the
early followers of Jesus copied and imitated him.
Jesus had said that his true followers will hold on to his teachings,
then they will know the truth, and the truth will set them free (see
John 8:31-32). God did reveal His truth in these last times. And true
followers of Jesus will readily acceptthat truth, for they will find
it in agreement with the unadulterated teachings of Jesus. In these
last times God has sent a messenger and declared that anyone whoclaims
to love Him must follow His messenger, on whom be peace. God directs
His messenger as follows:
Say! If you love Allah thenfollow me. Allah will love you and forgive
your sins. Surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful (Qur'an 3:31).
Now this messenger, Muhammad, on whom be peace, has brought God's
final message for all of humankind. If we love God we must follow him.
He brought the truth which Jesus said his true followers will
recognize. The truth sets people free from unreasonable doctrines and
dogmas.
Confusion arises in the minds of some who imagine that Jesus is the
only way for peoples of all times and all places. Clearly, the Old
Testamentprophets directed people to Yahweh, the only God. They showed
therefore the way to Yahweh. In fact, people were calling on the name
of Yahweh since the time of Adam (see Genesis 4:1).
Jesus was the way for his time; now Muhammad is the way. We believe in
both of them, and we worship the one God whom they both worshipped.
These men showed us the way to worship God. Jesus, for example, fell
on his knees and worshipped God (see Luke 22:4 1). He also fell on his
face and worshipped God (see Matthew 26:39). Muhammad too adopted
similar postures of humility in worshipping God. Likewise is the
practice of the true imitators of Jesus and Muhammad, peace be upon
both of them.
Finally, we should recall that Jesus is the way, not the destination.
He spoke of one who is greater than himself (see John 14:28). And he
said that, that one alone is the only true God (see John 17:3).
God has sent numerous prophets and messengers.Each in his time was the
way to God. No one can approach God in a way contrary to the way of
God's messenger. This is why God said that He will call to account
anyone who does not listen to Hisprophet who will speak inHis name
(see Deuteronomy 18:19).

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Should he follow the local people with regardto starting and ending the fast?

The sighting of the moon in my country was delayed by two days, and
there is a group of people who follow the general sighting and fast
with Saudi and other neighbouring lands. I started to follow this
group this year and I fasted one day before my country. Do I have to
make up the fast, knowing that the sightinghere was proved after that?
Should I break the fast with my country or when the moon is
sightedanywhere?.
Praise be to Allaah.
In the answer to question no. 12660 we stated that if the Muslim is in
a Muslim country that relieson sighting of the moon to mark the
beginning and end of the month, then he must follow that country, and
it is not permissible for him to differ from it in starting and ending
the fast.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The
fast is the day when you fast, breaking the fast is the day when you
break the fast, and sacrifice is the day when you offer the
sacrifice." Narrated by AbuDawood (2324) and al-Tirmidhi (697);
classed as saheeh by al-Albaani inSaheeh al-Tirmidhi.
The imams differed with regard to the question of whether, if the moon
is sighted in one place, all the Muslims are obliged to fast, or are
only the nearby countries obliged to fast and not the
distantcountries, or are those whose sighting coincides with that
sighting obligedto fast, and not those whose sighting did not coincide
with it? There areseveral opinions.
The Muslim should follow the scholars of his own country in whichever
of these views they believe to be more correct, based on the evidence
that they have available, and he should not start or end the fast on
his own.
We have quoted the statement of the Council of Senior Scholars on this
issue in the answer to question no. 50487 , in which they said:
… the members of the Council of Senior Scholars think that matters
should be left as they are and that this subject should not be stirred
up. Each Islamic state should have the right to choose whichever
opinion it wishes, based on the suggestions of its own scholars,
because each view has its evidence and proofs.
Please read this statement in full, because it is important.
Based on this, you should follow your country whichrelies on the
sighting of the moon to establish the beginning and end of the month
and the beginning and end of the fast. If you do that, you will have
done well and you are notrequired to make up the fast.
And Allaah knows best.

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