The ruling on one to whom the message of Islam has reached but who did not enter it
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Question:
He says: Is it not the case that Islam and faith are not limited solely to the message of our master Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), but rather that Islam and faith pertain to every person who worships Allah in whatever form, before and after the blessed Muhammadan mission?
Answer:
As for before the mission of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): everyone who believed in the past messengers is among the people of Paradise: whoever believed in Moses, in Jesus, in Hud, in Salih, in all the messengers, is among the people of Paradise if he dies upon that.
As for after Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): no one is among the people of Paradise except one who followed Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Thus, all the people of the earth after the mission of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) have no salvation except by following Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 7280. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, who refuses? He said: Sahih al-Bukhari 7280. So the followers of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) are the ones who enter Paradise, and no one else. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 153.
So no one is among the people of Paradise after the mission of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) except one who followed him. This is the one who is among the people of Paradise. As for one to whom his news reached and he disbelieved in it and did not believe, he is among the people of the Fire.
As for one to whom the news of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not reach, from the people of the intervals, those who did not hear of the Messenger or the Qur'an, these are called: the people of the interval. And their affair is left to Allah on the Day of Resurrection. He (Exalted and Majestic is He) will test them. So whoever succeeds in the test enters Paradise, and whoever does not succeed enters the Fire—may Allah grant us safety.
And as for one to whom his message (peace and blessings be upon him) reached, and the Qur'an reached him, and he did not believe in it, he is among the people of the Fire—may Allah grant us well-being.
He says: Is it not the case that Islam and faith are not limited solely to the message of our master Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), but rather that Islam and faith pertain to every person who worships Allah in whatever form, before and after the blessed Muhammadan mission?
Answer:
As for before the mission of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): everyone who believed in the past messengers is among the people of Paradise: whoever believed in Moses, in Jesus, in Hud, in Salih, in all the messengers, is among the people of Paradise if he dies upon that.
As for after Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): no one is among the people of Paradise except one who followed Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Thus, all the people of the earth after the mission of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) have no salvation except by following Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
All my followers will enter Paradise except those who refuse.
كل أمَّتي يدخلون الجنة إلَّا مَن أبىWhoever obeys me will enter Paradise, and whoever disobeys me is the one who refuses (to enter it).
مَن أطاعني دخل الجنَّةَ، ومَن عصاني دخل النارBy Him in Whose hand is the life of Muhammad, he who amongst the community of Jews or Christians hears about me, but does not affirm his belief in that with which I have been sent and dies in this state (of disbelief), he shall be but one of the denizens of Hell-Fire.
والذي نفسي بيده، لا يسمع بي أحدٌ من هذه الأمة: يهودي ولا نصراني، ثم يموت ولم يُؤمن بالذي أُرْسِلْتُ به إلَّا كان من أهل النارSo no one is among the people of Paradise after the mission of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) except one who followed him. This is the one who is among the people of Paradise. As for one to whom his news reached and he disbelieved in it and did not believe, he is among the people of the Fire.
As for one to whom the news of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not reach, from the people of the intervals, those who did not hear of the Messenger or the Qur'an, these are called: the people of the interval. And their affair is left to Allah on the Day of Resurrection. He (Exalted and Majestic is He) will test them. So whoever succeeds in the test enters Paradise, and whoever does not succeed enters the Fire—may Allah grant us safety.
And as for one to whom his message (peace and blessings be upon him) reached, and the Qur'an reached him, and he did not believe in it, he is among the people of the Fire—may Allah grant us well-being.
Source
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