Q&A: Are the Parents of our Prophet in Hell? | Dr. Shabir Ally

You asked, we answered! "Why should the parents of our Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) go to hell when they didn't even witness the prophethood?" Dr. Shabir Ally acknowledges there has been debate about this question among scholars and points out that the Quran 5:48 says that God will judge people according to what has come to them.

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[siddiqueyd]

I do request everyone, I beg all of you, please, for the sake of Allah SWT, please start attending Fajer prayers daily in Mosque. Please do your best to do this, you may find it hard and difficult in the beginning, but put your all efforts to continue. InshaAllah, Allah SWT will make it easy for you. Also please try to encourage one or two others to attend Fajer prayer in Mosque with you.

[gabrielabdul]

❤️🤩 I love how this sheikh always starts evidence from Quran unlike other sheikhs.

[OrganizedMess]

My approach when it comes to non Muslims such as the Prophet’s saw parents who weren’t aware of the law is that Allah will judge them accordingly. That’s all that can be said about them with truth and certainty. And Allah knows best.

[specialagentorange]

I thought no one goes to heaven or hell until judgment day.

[lib]

prophets parents cannot be in hell when the prophet only received revelations after hes parents died

[majarrah]

Praise be to Allah.

There is a hadeeth from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) which indicates that they are in Hell.

Muslim (203) narrated from Anas (may Allaah be pleased with him) that a man said: “O Messenger of Allaah, where is my father?” He said: “In Hell.” When he turned away he called him back and said: “My father and your father are in Hell.”

Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

This shows that whoever dies in a state of kufr will be in Hell. And being related to one who is close to Allaah will not avail him anything. It also shows that whoever died during the fatrah (the interval between the Prophethood of ‘Eesa (peace be upon him) and that of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)) and was the follower of the way of the Arabs at that time, which was idol worship, will also be among the people of Hell. There is no excuse for the call not reaching them, because the call of Ibraaheem and other Prophets (peace be upon them) had reached these people.

Muslim (976) narrated that Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “I asked my Lord for permission to pray for forgiveness for my mother, but He did not give me permission. And I asked Him for permission to visit her grave, and He gave me permission.”

It says in ‘Awn al-Ma’bood:

“But He did not give me permission” means: because she was a kaafirah (disbeliever) and it is not permissible to pray for forgiveness for the kuffaar.

Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

This shows that it is not permitted to pray for forgiveness for the kuffaar.

Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “My father and your father are in Hell, ” he spoke with knowledge, for he did not speak on the basis of his whims and desires, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“By the star when it goes down (or vanishes).

2. Your companion (Muhammad) has neither gone astray nor has erred.

3. Nor does he speak of (his own) desire.

4. It is only a Revelation revealed”

[al-Najm 53:1-4]

Were it not that proof has been established against ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, the father of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would not have said what he did about him. Perhaps he had heard something that established proof against him on the basis of the religion of Ibraaheem, because they used to follow the religion of Ibraaheem until the innovations were introduced by ‘Amr ibn Luhayy al-Khuzaa’i and his innovations became widespread among the people, such as the propagation of idols and praying to them instead of to Allaah. Perhaps ‘Abd-Allaah had heard something that showed him that the idol worship of Quraysh was wrong, but he still followed them, and thus proof was established against him. Similarly, the hadeeth which says that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) asked for permission to pray for forgiveness for his mother but it was not granted, and he asked for permission to visit her grave and he was permitted to do so but not to pray for forgiveness for her, perhaps she had heard something that established proof against her, or perhaps the people of the Jaahiliyyah are to be treated as kuffaar as far as rulings in this world are concerned, so we should not pray for them or pray for forgiveness for them, because outwardly they seem to be kuffaar, and should be regarded and dealt with as such, and their case in the Hereafter is for Allaah to judge.

Fataawa Noor ‘ala al-Darb

Al-Suyooti (may Allaah have mercy on him) was of the view that the parents of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) will be saved (from Hell), and that Allaah brought them back to life after they had died and they believed in him.

This view was rejected by the majority of scholars who ruled that the ahaadeeth which indicate that are fabricated (mawdoo’) or very weak (da’eef jiddan).

It says in ‘Awn al-Ma’bood:

Most of the reports that been narrated to the effect that the parents of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) were brought back to life and believed in him and were saved are fabricated and false. Some of them are very weak and cannot be saheeh under any circumstances, as the imams of hadeeth are unanimously agreed that they are fabricated, such as al-Daaraqutni, al-Jawzaqaani, Ibn Shaheen, al-Khateeb, Ibn ‘Asaakir, Ibn Naasir, Ibn al-Jawzi, al-Suhayli, al-Qurtubi, al-Muhibb, al-Tabari, Fath al-Deen ibn Sayyid al-Naas, Ibraaheem al-Halabi and others. The scholar Ibraaheem al-Halabi explained at length the fact that the parents of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) have not been saved from Hell in a separate essay, as did ‘Ali al-Qaari in Sharh al-Fiqh al-Akbar and in a separate essay. The basis for this opinion is the soundness of this hadeeth (“My father and your father are in Hell”). Shaykh Jalaal al-Deen al-Suyooti differed from the huffaaz and scholars and affirmed that they had believed and had been saved, and he wrote numerous essays on that topic, including al-Ta’zeem wa’l-Minnah fi anna Abaway Rasool-Illaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) fi’l-Jannah.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: Is there any saheeh report from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) that Allaah brought his parents back to life so that they could become Muslims, then they died (again) after that?

He replied: There is no saheeh report to that effect from the scholars of hadeeth. Rather the scholars are agreed that this is an invented lie… There is no dispute among the scholars that this is one of the most obvious of fabrications, as was stated by those who have knowledge. That does not appear in any of the reliable books of hadeeth, either in the Saheehs or the Sunans or the Musnads or any other well-known books of hadeeth. It was not mentioned by the authors of the books of Maghaazi or Tafseer, even though they narrated da’eef (weak) reports along with saheeh (sound) ones. The fact that this is a lie is clear to any one who has any knowledge of religion. If such a thing had happened there would have been a great deal of motivation to transmit it, because it is something that is extraordinary on two counts: the raising of the dead and believing after death. Such a thing would have been more deserving of being transmitted than anything else. Since no trustworthy narrated transmitted it, it may be understood that this is a lie.

Moreover, this goes against the Qur’aan and the saheeh Sunnah, and the consensus of the scholars. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“Allaah accepts only the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and foolishness and repent soon afterwards; it is they whom Allaah will forgive and Allaah is Ever All‑Knower, All‑Wise.

18. And of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil deeds until death faces one of them and he says: ‘Now I repent;’ nor of those who die while they are disbelievers”

[al-Nisa’ 4:17-18]

So Allaah states that there is no repentance for one who dies as a disbeliever. And Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“Then their Faith (in Islamic Monotheism) could not avail them when they saw Our punishment. (Like) this has been the way of Allaah in dealing with His slaves. And there the disbelievers lost utterly (when Our Torment covered them)”

[Ghaafir 40:85]

So He tells us that the way in which He deals with His slaves is that faith will be to no avail once they have seen the punishment, so how about after death? And there are other similar texts. Then he quoted the two hadeeth which we quoted at the beginning of our answer.

Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 4/325-327.

[ozdjfgh]

Attention: This is wrong explanation! In Sahih Muslim Hadith 203 the word used is Ab which means father or uncle. Arabs used to call their uncle Ab even in the time of prophet Ibrahim. Furthermore, for biological father they used the word walad not Ab, which confirms that prophet (PBUH) referenced his uncle in this hadith, not his biological father. See hadith in Arabic below:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيْنَ أَبِي قَالَ " فِي النَّارِ " . فَلَمَّا قَفَّى دَعَاهُ فَقَالَ " إِنَّ أَبِي وَأَبَاكَ فِي النَّارِ "
Additionally, our beloved prophet (PBUH) mentioned that he is pure and his lineage is pure, which also confirms that his parents were pious and on the right path therefore not in hell.
May Allah guide us to the right path and help us obtain correct information

[najmu]

Allah is Entirely Most Beneficent, Most Merciful. How can a loving father mother wish bad for their children? So, by simple logic God would not condemn hell to anyone. Qur'an e Sharif is quite clear about the Merciful Divine.

[tigerizalive]

Prophet's forefathers were Muwahhid, hence believed in Allah and the followers!

[gnuzwym]

Says let the Quran speak - but uses the Hadith / when they can’t answer through the Quran

Moslem say people don’t go to neither Hell or Heaven until judgement day

[mabubakar]

Surah Al Araf 7:158
Say, *"O MANKIND*, Indeed I am the *MESSENGER* of *ALLAH* to *YOU ALL*
Please Explain *ALL MANKIND* and how the Prophets Parents are somehow not in that fold.

[asgarkhan]

My ask would be if you answer those questions by replying to them and instead focus on questions that is more regarding misunderstanding of Islam would be great! Your time is precious and the media that you have is rare! So please use it efficiently!

[safirahmad]

Abdullah RA In return of sham trade, went to Medina. In Medina there were some houses belong to bani-alnajar tribe (who were amene's(Abdullah 's wife) relative) prophets mother.
Abdullah RA went to Nabeghe 's house;a person from that tribe. After some time Abdullah RA became sick and died; according to that time custom, they buried him in Nabeghe 's house.
Prophet’s mother and him went to dar-alnabeghe when he was 6 years old and stayed there for 1 month.
Later, Prophet prayed in dar-alnabeghe several times, so they called it dar-alnabeghe mosque.
Some documents:
-Ibn-saad said from Zahri & Ibn-Abas:after hegira to Medina whenever prophet looked at that place, will said:
‎«نظر إلي الدار فقال: ههنا نزلت بي أمّي و في هذه الدار قبر أبي عبد الله.»
“my mother and me stayed in that place, and there is my father 's grave"(also in that reference: fasl men tarikh almedina from vaghedi)
-Batnuni said:
‎«مقام سيّدنا عبدالله والد الرسول... في بيت رجل منهم (بنونجّار) يقال له النّابغة
"Grave of Abdullah, prophet 's father, is in Nabeghe 's house, who was from bani-alnajar tribe"
-kateb Vaghedi said:
‎«ودُفِنَ فی دار النابغة وهُوَ رَجلٌ من بنی عدی بن نجّار...»
"He’s buried in dar-alnabeghe which was house of nabeghe, who was from bani-alnajar tribe"(tabaghat, volume1)
-ibn-shebh said:
‎«قبر عبدالله بن عبدالمطلب فی دارالنابغة»
"Abdullah’s grave exists in dar-alnabeghe"(ibn-shebh 's tarikh-almedina, volume1)
-tabari said:
‎«وَدُفن فی دار النابغة فی الدار الصغری إذا دخلت الدار عن یَسارِکَ لَیس بین أصحابنا فی ذلک اختلاف»
"And he buried in dar-alnabeghe, in left side which there is no disagreement between our companions about that"(tarikh tabari, volume2)
In 1976 they destroyed this place for Nabavi Mosque Development! During this period with advice from Hadhrat molana Ashiq Elahi sb who suggested that only those who are responsible for Khidmah of Roza Mubarak (these were from Bilal RA people) start the digging with first strike. The body was completely intact. Abdullah RA had long hair down to his shoulders which were intact. The body was transferred to Al-Baqih graveyard, other well known scholars from India were present and had the honour of assisting carrying the body.
We should not say anything negative about the prophets SA family, especially when we don’t have the knowledge.

[mohammedakbarg]

@2:50, "second part could easily be an addition by someone into the story..."

With all due respect, I don't know why Dr. made that statement.
That is a really big thing to say attributing to a Sahi hadith, especially without giving any reason or strong evidence that why one would think it's an addition.

That way, any arbitrary person can label the other authentic Hadiths as being partly correct and which ever part he doesn't like as being modified.

Also, what about the Hadith where Prophet said he was not allowed to seek forgiveness of his mother.

[Cassim]

How obvious these hadiths are devious people putting words into the prophets mouth. How sick these people are to want to doom their ' beloved' prophets father to hell.

[hamzakhairi]

At the end of the day if Allah decides to pardon them then he pardons them anyway no need to ponder we can't do anything about it

[helpeachotherall]

first of all what is the refrence of this hadith, which book and what is the chain ?
Second thing is - The Lineage of the prophet (saw) will enter in jannah and daleel is - in the Holy Quran hazrat ibrhaim a.s did the dua to sent the prophet in his lineage which indicates all the forefathers of the prophets are muslim and they are jannati.


129. O our Lord! Raise up from amongst them the (Last and the Exalted) Messenger (Muhammad [blessings and peace be upon him]), who shall recite to them Your Revelations, and teach them the Book and wisdom (logic and good judgment, making them gnostic of the divine secret), and purify and sanctify (their hearts and ill-commanding selves). Certainly, You alone are All-Mighty, All-Wise.’
(al-Baqarah, 2 : 129)

[yikee]

It is haram for the hellfire to touch any part of the human body that got touched by the Prophet.
And the Prophet stayed for 9 months in his mother's body. And the Prophet who is the purest of humankind came from the simen of his father.

[cbryrfl]

Wow... As a Muslim this is shocking to know... His father name is literally Abdullah...

[belgianheskey]

Imagine both your parents passing and being an only child 😢