Aslam

Nobody except a believer in the unity of God, will come out of Hell. By unity of God, I don't mean only utterance of "There is no deity but God" as tongue is of this material world and it will not get benefit except in this material world. The essence of Tauhid is within mind. What is known to be true will do benefit.
Tauhid becomes perfect when it is known that nothing happens except by the command of God. Its sign is not to get angry with any person, as the cause of an actions is nobody but God. So Tauhid is divided into different classes. There are persons whose Tauhid is firm like a rock. There are persons whose Tauhid is like the weight of a seed. They will nevertheless be taken out of Hell.
The Prophet said : He who has got faith to the weight of a seed will be taken out of Hell.

Most persons believing in Tauhid will go to Hell on account

of their oppression on the people. A man may have mountain

~Hke virtues but the oppressed people will stand before him. He

destroyed the honour of some persons, misappropriated money

of others, beat and assaulted others and backbited others. They

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will be given compensation from his virtues. When his virtues will end the angels will say : O Lord, this man has finished his virtues but there are other claimants. God will say : Add their sins with his sins and throw him into Hell. So he will enter Hell for the sins of others and the oppressed persons will get the virtues of the oppressors and will go to Paradise. It is related that one of the friends of Ibn Jala backbited him. When his friends sought his pardon, he said : I will not forgive him. There is no virtue in my record of deeds like his virtues. How can I efface it .
He also said : Backbiting is a sin for my friend, but a virtue for me.
I wish to embellish my record of deeds therewith.