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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

The Texts of Punishment and Fear [Part 39]

From the beliefs of the Murji'ah is that they focus on the texts which describe punishment that exist for particular as merely to instill fear. The Muslim who has belief in his heart will never be punished because the Aayaat which describe punishment are not applicable to him. Rather they have been Revealed for the purpose of instilling fear alone.

This is again a baseless claim and a lie against the Sharee'ah. A simple way to respond to such claims is by logically inserting, if someone is trying to scare another with punishment then this would be sufficed to stay away and deter oneself from any likelihood of being susceptible  to punishment. If there is no possibility of one being punished then the element of fear will therefore cease to exist because the intellectual will realise that the threat of punishment has no substance behind it. Consequently, the presence of fear will cease to exist.


The Murji'ah by contradiction agree that the texts that discuss hope and reward are taken in their apparent, and they are not restricted in their meaning and understanding. 

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