The rule regarding the polytheists of the Arabs: whoever among them was before Islam is in the Fire, except for those to whom the call of the Prophet of Allah, Ibrahim, did not reach; they are among the people of the interval.

The Shaykh : So the rule here is: "The polytheists who were before the Messenger (peace be upon him) are in the Fire, except for those whom Allah knew in advance that the call of Allah through one of His messengers did not reach them. This is hidden from us; we do not testify to affirmation or negation, but we refer the matter to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He)".
Just as we say now, and this is an opportunity I seize to remind you that the dhikr you know, when a Muslim passes by the graves of Muslims, is to say to them and make du'a for them with what came in the Sunnah: : This is the dhikr for one who passes by the graves of Muslims, so what is the dhikr for one who passes by the graves of the polytheists?!
: You must memorize this, for you may be tested by passing through some Islamic lands where there are graves of polytheists. There, you must first remember their conditions, and then remember this Prophetic dhikr second, and say to them: We give you glad tidings of the Fire.
And when we pass by a grave from the graves of the polytheists, whether they are from the Jews or the Christians or other disbelieving nations, I imagine intellectually—and Allah is the All-Knowing—that among these dead Jews and Christians buried there, there may be a person to whom the call of Islam did not reach, even in this era. Because I say this with complete frankness:
I believe that Muslims today, and perhaps you are hearing this for the first time: I claim that in many Islamic lands, the call has not yet reached them in its proper form. The Islamic call has not yet reached them in its proper form, because you know that the meaning of the testimony that there is no god but Allah is, first: belief in the oneness of Allah that the polytheists used to believe in, then belief in the oneness of worship, then belief in the oneness of the names and attributes. Who knows this tawhid in these types in the Islamic lands, especially those that are non-Arab? We see in Arab lands, and many of their shaykhs and scholars, that they are still defending those who worship other than Allah, and they have become dust under the soil. So what do we say about the scholar?!
I believe that many of the Muslims today, of whom some contemporary writers boast of their number, which is counted in the millions, but the matter, unfortunately, is as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Therefore, we should not be deceived by the large number. Rather, it is obligatory for us to call this number, let alone numbers greater in figure than the Jews, Christians, and other polytheists, to call them to the correct Islam so that the proof of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) is established against all people.
So if we assume the existence of some of the dead in these graves to whom we give glad tidings of the Fire as a group, it is possible that among the previous polytheists who preceded the call of the Messenger (peace be upon him) and who were between this call and the call of Ibrahim (peace be upon him), we can imagine people from those polytheists to whom the call did not reach, so their reckoning is with Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He). But we cannot say: the call did not reach them, as we mentioned lastly regarding his (peace and blessings be upon him) statement to the second questioner when he asked about his father, he said: So our giving glad tidings to the graves of the polytheists does not mean that we rule that every individual buried in these graves is being punished by Allah. But we say: they are polytheists. So whoever the proof is established against in the knowledge of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is eternal in the Fire, as He (Mighty and Majestic) said: , and whoever the proof is not established against, his reckoning is with Allah. And this is sufficient, and as an apology if I have prolonged this with you and delayed the answer to the rest—I do not say the rest of your questions, but I say: the rest of those of your questions—because I feel that the questions are many and that time is tighter than to accommodate answering all these questions. So another apology, and now let me hear the rest of what is in the question.