Is it obligatory for the previous nations to believe in the messengers, the books, and the divine decree?
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Question:
A questioner asks regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:62] the verse. Is it obligatory for the previous nations, namely the Jews, the Christians, and the Sabians, to believe in the messengers, the books, the angels, and the divine decree, just as this nation does?
Answer:
There is doubt in this matter. Whoever does not believe in these six pillars, whether from the former nations or the later ones, is not a believer. Yes.
A questioner asks regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muhammad] - those [among them] who believed in Allah and the Last Day
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَالنَّصَارَىٰ وَالصَّابِئِينَ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِAnswer:
There is doubt in this matter. Whoever does not believe in these six pillars, whether from the former nations or the later ones, is not a believer. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يلزم الأمم السابقة الإيمان بالرسل والكتب والقدر؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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