Sheikh-ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah - Fatawa

Audios in English contain reading of the book “Fatwas of Ramadan on Fasting, Night Prayer, I’tikaf, and Zakat al-Fitr,” in which Sh. Ashraf Abdul-Maqsoud collected some fatwas of our scholars such as Sh. Ibn Taymeyya, Sh. Abu Butain, Sh. Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al Ash-Sheikh, Sh. As-Saadi, Sh. Ibn Baz, Sh. Ibn Uthaymeen, Sh. Saleh Al-Fawzan, and Sh. Ibn Jibreen about the month of Ramadan, its rules, etiquette, night prayer, i’tikaaf, and zakat al-Fitr.

Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about the Prophet's statement: “The one who possesses an iota of arrogance in his (spiritual) heart (intention, consciousness) shall not enter Paradise.” Is this hadith specific only to the believers or only to the unbelievers? If we were to say that it is specific for the believers then (is not) our statement trivial considering (the fact that) the believers shall enter Paradise due to their faith. If, on the other hand, we were to say that the hadith is specific for the unbelievers then what is the relevance of the statement (since it is already known that the unbelievers shall not gain admission to Paradise?