39.9 [Machine] The saying of Allah Almighty: "If you associate partners with Him, your work will surely be in vain" [Az-Zumar: 65]. Abu Al-'Abbas said: "And this is not the case with anyone else until he dies, as Allah said: 'And whoever of you reverts from his religion [to disbelief] and dies while he is a disbeliever - for them, their deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter' [Al-Baqarah: 217]." The Sheikh, may Allah have mercy on him, said: This is what Abu Al-'Abbas said, while others have gone to the point that the intended meaning of this speech is someone other than the Prophet ﷺ, then the statement is generally applicable to the restricted, and Allah knows best.

٣٩۔٩ بَابُ قَوْلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى: {لَئِنْ أَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ} [الزمر: 65] قَالَ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ: " وَلَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ غَيْرُهُ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ لِقَوْلِهِ ﷻ: {وَمَنْ يَرْتَدِدْ مِنْكُمْ عَنْ دِينِهِ فَيَمُتْ وَهُوَ كَافِرٌ فَأُولَئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ} [البقرة: 217] " قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: كَذَا قَالَ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ وَذَهَبَ غَيْرُهُ إِلَى أَنَّ الْمُرَادَ بِهَذَا الْخِطَابِ غَيْرُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ الْمُطْلَقُ يَكُونُ مَحْمُولًا عَلَى الْمُقَيَّدِ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ