Does the Hadith "No one who has acquired wealth through usury shall enter Paradise, nor any of his descendants for seven generations" mean that the questioner will not enter Paradise because his father acquired wealth from a usurious bank and married from it?
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This has no basis in the books of , and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not say it, due to its contradiction with the fundamentals of religion, such as Allah’s saying: "And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another," and the Prophet’s saying, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: "Indeed, no offender commits an offense except against himself." It is not authentically reported that the child of fornication will not enter Paradise, and avoiding the gatherings of the people of innovation is obligatory.
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