The Meaning of the Hadith: "By Myself in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, no one from this Ummah, whether a Jew or a Christian, hears of me and then dies without believing in that with which I was sent, except that he will be among the people of the Fire"

The Shaykh : And in the same manner that we were in, we say that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) made entering the Fire contingent upon one who hears of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and then disbelieves in him and does not believe in what Allah sent him with of the message and prophethood. So what we should note is the precision of his expression (peace and blessings be upon him) when he said: He means that one hears of me in reality, and this is from one aspect. From another aspect, it does not mean that he heard his name and lineage, Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, but rather that he heard of me, meaning my call. If this is the intended meaning, that one hears of me and my call, then it is necessary to add to this explanatory meaning another meaning, which is that he hears of my call in its true form, not distorted from it. So if the call reaches him in this way and then he denies it, then he is the one who deserves to enter the Fire. And now, if we know that this is a reality, that many...