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Are the Hadith and Qur'anic verses of warning with eternal hellfire those that the Khawarij relied upon to declare the perpetrator of a major sin to be a disbeliever, and how do Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah interpret them, and why are Hadith that apparently negate faith, such as "None of you believes until...", interpreted with the conditions of validity and perfection?

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From the creed of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah is the belief that disobedient Muslims will not abide eternally in Hellfire. The texts of warning (وعيد) regarding the disobedient not entering Paradise are interpreted as not entering it initially, until they are punished, if Allah does not forgive them. The eternal abiding (الخلود) mentioned for some of them refers to a long duration, not eternal permanence, or it is interpreted as eternal permanence for those who deem the sin lawful (مستحل). Eternal abiding in Hellfire is of two types: temporary for monotheists, and eternal for disbelievers. The texts of warning that negate faith (نفي الإيمان) refer to the perfection of obligatory faith, not the root of faith.

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