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-------------------Al-Jannah wa An-Naar-------------------------<br />
<strong>Hell</strong>fire, <strong>and</strong> only one in <strong>Paradise</strong>. (This group) is al-Jamaa'ah"<br />
This is a sahih hadith. After mentioning its various asaanid (chain of narrator), al-Haakim remarked, "These as<br />
this hadith is sahih". Adh-Dhahabi agreed with him. Sheikh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah said, "It is a mashhoor sa<br />
Shatibee said in al-I'tisaam that it is sahih. Sheikh Naasir ud-Deen al-Albaani listed its asaanid <strong>and</strong> stated that<br />
doubt sahih. (See Silsilat al-Ahadith as-Saheehah, hadith no. 204)<br />
Siddeeq Hasan Khan suggested that the extra wording in the hadith, "all of them are doomed except one<br />
are in the Fire", was a da'eef addition. He transmitted this opinion from his Shaykh, ash-Shawkaani, who nar<br />
al-Wazeer <strong>and</strong> Ibn Hazm before him. He approved the opinion of one who said, "This addition is one of the fabr<br />
atheists because it puts people off Islaam <strong>and</strong> scares them away from embracing it." (Yaqadhaat ul al<br />
Sheikh Naasir ud-Deen al-Albaani refuted the opinion that this addition is da'eef on two counts:<br />
(a) Scholarly critical examination of the hadith indicates that this addition is Sahih so the opinion that it is da'e<br />
weight.<br />
(b) Those who say that it is sahih are greater in number <strong>and</strong> more knowledgeable than Ibn Hazm, who is well<br />
scholars for being extremely strict in his criticism. His opinion should not be taken as evidence if he is the only<br />
even if there is no conflict, so how can it be taken as evidence when it differs from everyone else's view?<br />
Ibn al-Wazeer rejects the hadith on the grounds of its meaning rather than its isnaad. Siddeeq Hasan Khan spo<br />
Yaqadhaat uli al-I'tibaar explaining that the indication of this addition is that those of this ummah who will ente<br />
in number, whereas well-proven Sahih texts indicate that those of this ummah who will enter <strong>Paradise</strong> are very<br />
that they will be half the population of <strong>Paradise</strong>:<br />
This may be reconciled in the following ways:<br />
a) Dividing the ummah into seventy-three sects does not mean that most of this ummah will be in <strong>Hell</strong>, becaus<br />
ummah are `awaam ("rank <strong>and</strong> file") who are not counted among those sects. Those who deviated <strong>and</strong> establi<br />
contradict the Sunnah are few in number when compared to those who avoided falling into that trap.<br />
(b) Not everyone who differs from Ahl as-Sunnah is SOME issue is counted as contradicting the Sunnah. What<br />
people who adopted rules that made them a separate, independent group <strong>and</strong> caused them to ab<strong>and</strong>on many t<br />
<strong>and</strong> Sunnah, like the Khawaarij, the Mu'tazilah <strong>and</strong> Rawaafidh.<br />
As for those who adopt the Qur'aan <strong>and</strong> Sunnah <strong>and</strong> do not deviate from them, if they differ in some matter it<br />
they are counted as one of the (doomed) sects.<br />
(c) This addition indicates that all other sects will enter <strong>Hell</strong>, but that does not necessarily mean that they will a<br />
forever.<br />
It is well known that some of these sects are kuffar <strong>and</strong> will abide eternally in <strong>Hell</strong>, like the extreme Baatinis w<br />
faith whilst concealing kufr in their hearts, <strong>and</strong> the Ismaa'ilis, Druze, Nusayris <strong>and</strong> so on.<br />
There are others who differ from Ahl as-Sunnah in some serious issues, but that does not mean they are kuffaa<br />
definite guarantee of entering <strong>Paradise</strong>. Allaah (swt) may forgive them or punish them as He wills. They made<br />
deeds that will save them from <strong>Hell</strong>, or they may be saved by the intercession of those who intercede, or they<br />
remain there for as long as Allaah (swt) wills, then be brought forth through the intercession of those who inte<br />
Mercy of the Most Merciful.<br />
(ii) Refusing to Migrate for the Sake of Allaah
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