Jahannam: The Abode for Melting the Hardened Hearts
Just as a Muslim is commanded to purify their body and soul in this world through the actions of the limbs and heart that Allah has obligated, a person will be punished on the Day of Judgment if they turn away from this purification and fall short, by being admitted to the fire of Jahannam.
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said, “The fire was only made to melt hardened hearts.” This means that if a person from the people of Tawheed falls short in their duty to Allah and their heart remains hardened in this world, and they leave this world without purifying their heart’s impurities and their shortcomings in their duty to their Lord, they will be placed in the fire of Hell until they are purified from this impurity. And once they are purified and made like the rest of the believers, they will be transferred to their abode in the dwellings of bliss.
وكما أن المسلم مأمور بتطهير بدنه وباطنه في الدنيا بما أوجب الله عز وجل أعمال الجوارح وأعمال القلوب، فإنه يعاقب يوم القيامة إذا صد عن هذه الطهارة وقصر فيها بأن يدخل نار جهنم. قال ابن القيم رحمه الله تعالى: “إنما جُعلت النار لإذابة القلوب القاسية.” انتهى كلامه. ومعناه أن من قصر في حق الله عز وجل من أهل التوحيد، وكان قلبه قاسيًا في الدنيا وخرج منها ولم يتطهر من نجاسات قلبه وتقصيره في جناب ربه، فإنه يُجعل في نار جهنم حتى يطهر من هذه الرديئة، فإذا تطهر وصار كبقية المؤمنين، حُوِّل إلى دارهم دار النعيم.
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