calling someone a dweller of jannah; reverence for the sahaba

Question:

Assalamualaikum,
Hope you are well by the infinite mercy of Allah.
My question is, some brothers claim that those whom the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not declare to be in Paradise cannot be called certain in Paradise.
In this case, can we call Umm al-Muminin Hazrat Ayesha (ra) a sure paradise? Since it is a matter of the unseen. If there was any hadith about her being in Paradise, I would have benefited a lot. Jazakallah ....

Answer:

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Wa Alaikumussalamu Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh

We, as Muslims, do not declare any specific individual to be a dweller of paradise unless the Prophet (sallaaahu alaihi wa sallam) gave that individual the glad tiding of being a dweller of paradise, such as the glad tidings he gave to the ashara mubbashara: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali, Talha, Zubair, Abdurrahman ibn Auf, Sa’ad ibn Abi Waqqas, Sa’eed ibn Zaid and Abu Ubaidah Ibn al-Jarrah; as well as Fatima, Hasan and Husain – May Allah SWT be pleased with all of them.

We declare that the Muslims are the people of paradise and that the disbelievers are the people of hellfire.

Whenever we mention the sahabah, we only mention them with good and admiration. We hold them at the highest esteem. We regard their rank as loftier than the rank of the other Muslims. To venerate the sahaba is a religious obligation. The Prophet (sallaaahu alaihi wa sallam) has said, “The best of my nation is my generation (i.e. the sahaba), then those who follow them (i.e. the tabi'een) then those who follow them (i.e. the tab' tabi'een.” (Bukhari)

(Sharh Al-Aqaa’id An-Nasafiyya: pg 186-188)

He who praises and reveres the glorious sahaba, the pure, chaste wives of the Holy Prophet (sallaaahu alaihi wa sallam) and his progeny is free from nifaq (hypocrisy), i.e. his iman is genuine.

(Aqeeda Tahawiya pg. 215)

And with Almighty Allah is all success.

Mufti Faizal Riza
02/12/2021

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