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BOOK OF BELIEF IN AND AFFIRMATION THAT PARADISE AND HELL HAVE ALREADY BEEN CREATED, THAT THE BLISS OF PARADISE WILL NEVER CEASE FOR ITS PEOPLE, AND THAT THE PUNISHMENT OF HELL WILL NEVER CEASE FOR ITS PEOPLE
Muhammad ibn al-Husayn—may Allah have mercy on him—said: Know—may Allah have mercy on us and you—that the Quran attests that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, created Paradise and Hell before He created Adam—peace and blessings be upon him. He also created people for Paradise and people for Hell before bringing them forth into this world. No one who is embraced by Islam and has tasted the sweetness of faith differs over this. The Quran and Sunnah establish it. We therefore seek refuge in Allah from those who deny it.
كِتَابُ الْإِيمَانِ وَالتَّصْدِيقِ بِأَنَّ الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ مَخْلُوقَتَانِ وَأَنَّ نَعِيمَ الْجَنَّةِ لَا يَنْقَطِعُ عَنْ أَهْلِهَا أَبَدًا وَأَنَّ عَذَابَ النَّارِ لَا يَنْقَطِعُ عَنْ أَهْلِهَا أَبَدًا قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ﵀: اعْلَمُوا رَحِمَنَا اللَّهُ وَإِيَّاكُمْ أَنَّ الْقُرْآنَ شَاهِدٌ أَنَّ اللَّهَ ﷿ خَلَقَ الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ آدَمَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ , وَخَلَقَ لِلْجَنَّةِ أَهْلًا , وَلِلنَّارِ أَهْلًا , قَبْلَ أَنْ يُخْرِجَهُمْ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا , لَا يَخْتَلِفُ فِي هَذَا مَنْ شَمِلَهُ الْإِسْلَامُ , وَذَاقَ حَلَاوَةَ طَعْمِ الْإِيمَانِ , دَلَّ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْقُرْآنُ وَالسُّنَّةُ , فَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِمَّنْ يُكَذِّبُ بِهَذَا ,