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32 – Paradise and the Fire are both already created, just as has been related from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: “I entered Paradise and saw a palace; I saw al-Kawthar. I looked into Paradise and saw that most of its inhabitants were such-and-such, and I looked into the Fire and saw such-and-such.” Whoever claims that the two have not yet been created is denying the Qur’an and the hadiths of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I do not think he truly believes in Paradise.
مِنْهَا
٣٢ - وَالْجنَّة وَالنَّار مخلوقتان كَمَا جَاءَ عَن رَسُول الله ﷺ (دخلت الْجنَّة فَرَأَيْت قصرا وَرَأَيْت الْكَوْثَر واطلعت فِي الْجنَّة فَرَأَيْت أَكثر أَهلهَا كَذَا واطلعت فِي النَّار فَرَأَيْت كَذَا وَكَذَا فَمن زعم أَنَّهُمَا لم تخلقا فَهُوَ مكذب بِالْقُرْآنِ وَأَحَادِيث رَسُول الله ﷺ وَلَا أَحْسبهُ يُؤمن بِالْجنَّةِ