Anas ibn Malik reported: A man said, “O Messenger of Allah, where is my father?” The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “He is in Hellfire.” When he turned away, the Prophet called to him and he said, “Verily, my father and your father are in Hellfire.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 203
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim
Al-Nawawi said, “Whoever dies as an unbeliever will enter Hellfire, and their relationship to those who are close to Allah will not benefit them. Whoever died upon the religion of the Arabs during the period before Islam, which was the worship of idols, he will enter the Hellfire. There is no excuse for them not to receive the call to Islam, for they had already heard the preaching of Abraham and other prophets, peace and blessings be upon them. The Prophet’s saying that ‘my father and your farther are in Hellfire‘ is part of good behavior, to console him in sharing the misfortune.”
Source: Sharḥ al-Nawawī ‘alá Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 202
عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيْنَ أَبِي قَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي النَّارِ فَلَمَّا قَفَّى دَعَاهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبِي وَأَبَاكَ فِي النَّارِ
203 صحيح مسلم كتاب الإيمان باب بيان أن من مات على الكفر فهو في النار ولا تناله شفاعة ولا تنفعه قرابة المقربين
قال النووي أَنَّ مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَى الْكُفْرِ فَهُوَ فِي النَّارِ وَلَا تَنْفَعُهُ قَرَابَةُ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَفِيهِ أَنَّ مَنْ مَاتَ فِي الْفَتْرَةِ عَلَى مَا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْعَرَبُ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ الْأَوْثَانِ فَهُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَلَيْسَ هَذَا مُؤَاخَذَةٌ قَبْلَ بُلُوغِ الدَّعْوَةِ فَإِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ كَانَتْ قَدْ بَلَغَتْهُمْ دَعْوَةُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَغَيْرِهِ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَسَلَامُهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَقَوْلُهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ أَبِي وَأَبَاكَ فِي النَّارِ هُوَ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْعِشْرَةِ لِلتَّسْلِيَةِ بِالِاشْتِرَاكِ فِي الْمُصِيبَةِ
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