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If kaafirs have good morals, will they enter Paradise? Will the children of the kuffaar enter Paradise?
If kaafirs have good morals, will they enter Paradise? Will the children of the kuffaar enter Paradise?
Q. Is it true that all the kuffaar, even if their morals are good and they do not harm anyone, will enter Hell? If the answer is yes, then what about non-Muslim children and those who had no choice but to be born kaafirs?.
Praise be to Allaah.
You should note that all the kaafirs who hear the message of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and do not enter Islam will go to Hell. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Verily, those who disbelieve (in the religion of Islam, the Qur’aan and Prophet Muhammad) from among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) and Al-Mushrikoon will abide in the fire of Hell. They are the worst of creatures”
[al-Bayyinah 98:6]
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “By the One in Whose hand is my soul, no one of this nation, Jew or Christian, hears of me then dies without having believed in that with which I was sent, but he will be one of the people of the Fire.” Narrated by Muslim, 153.
The point is not whether their morals are good, rather the point is whether they submit to Allaah and obey his commands. Do you not see the Magians [Zoroastrians] or the Buddhists, for example, who worship fire or idols instead of Allaah, and they do not worship Allaah or submit to Him alone, and the Christians who say that God has a son, and other mushriks (those who associate others with Allaah). They are being ill-mannered towards Allaah, and insulting and reviling Him. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Allaah says, ‘The son of Adam denied Me and he had no right to do so. And he reviled Me and he had no right to do so. As for his denying Me, it is his saying: He will not remake me as He made me at first - and the initial creation [of him] is no easier for Me than remaking him. As for his reviling Me, it is his saying: Allaah has taken to Himself a son, while I am the One, the Everlasting Refuge. I begot not nor was I begotten, and there is none comparable to Me.’” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 4974.
So how can their morals be good when they are so ill-mannered towards Allaah, even though Allaah has given them hearing and sight, and has made everything easy for them, and has sent His Messengers to them and revealed His Books to them, and bestowed His blessings upon them, so it is His right that they should thank Him and not be ungrateful to Him or disbelieve in Him. If they do not do that then they deserve His punishment and wrath. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“and your Lord treats no one with injustice”
[al-Kahf 18:49]
With regard to the situation of their children who die when still young, Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz was asked about that and he said:
If one who is not yet accountable dies among kaafir parents, then he comes under the same rulings as them in this world, so he should not be washed and the funeral prayer should not be offered for him, and he should not be buried in the Muslim graveyard.
But in the Hereafter his case is referred to Allaah. It was narrated in a saheeh report that when the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was asked about the children of the mushrikeen he said: “Allaah knows best what they would have done.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1384.
Some of the scholars were of the view that Allaah’s knowledge about them will be made manifest on the Day of Resurrection, and that they will be tested, as will the people who lived during the fatrah (interval between two Prophets) and others. If they do what they are told to do then they will enter Paradise, and if they disobey then they will enter Hell. There are saheeh ahaadeeth from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) which say that the people who lived during the fatrah (interval between two Prophets) will be tested on the Day of Resurrection. These are the people whom the call of the Messengers did not reach and those who come under a similar ruling, such as the children of the mushrikeen, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And We never punish until We have sent a Messenger (to give warning)”
[al-Isra’ 17:15]
This is the most correct view among the various opinions concerning the people who lived during the fatrah (interval between two Prophets) and others whom the call did not reach, and it is the view favoured by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah and his student Ibn al-Qayyim, and a number of the earlier and later generations. Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwi’ah, 3/163-164.
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If kaafirs have good morals, will they enter Paradise? Will the children of the kuffaar enter Paradise?
Reviewed by Al Quran
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October 03, 2017
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Reviewed by Al Quran
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October 03, 2017
Rating: 5
As salaam u alaykum,
ReplyDeleteIt is easier said than done that non Muslims who are born to non Muslim parents and live in a non Muslim environment are supposed to reflect and accept Allah as their creator.
Don't you think it will be unjust that one person is born to Muslim parents in a Muslim environment and another to non Muslim parents in a complete non Islamic environment...and one is required to recognize Islam where there is no trace of Islam at all.
We come across a lot of such examples in a country like India. If it was so easy why did Allah send prophets and assigned them the work of daawah. And after his demise, his companions traveled far and wide to introduce Islam to nations where the teachings of Quran and sunnah had not reached. Not just that, Islam requires every Muslim to involve themselves in inviting people to the path of Islam.
I think it is after incessant effort and reminding by the Daee that if one does not listen and obey, then he/she could be termed as a kaafir or a rejector and becomes qualified for hell. This is what the history of Meccan period teaches us, that Prophet Muhammad saws preached there for 10 years incessantly and he was not on a day or a week long mission.
Even today, people who are honestly not fully aware of Islam and its teaching in totality could be termed as those living in the period of fatrah.
“And We never punish until We have sent a Messenger (to give warning)”
Messenger here could be anyone who delivers the message of Islam to someone who is not aware of it, like sahabas or daees of today.
Even a muslim who borned in muslim family, he is not guaranteed to enter heaven after death. Those who abide the teachings of islam, learn, practice and teach them to others insyaallah, will.
ReplyDeletedear sir. individual religous has individual faith,each and every religious has their own phyloshophy,all these better knows by the crator of the world.all we special on spoeculation and some about 99 pct autheticity based on quran we the muslim believes but there are something which we the human does not know.the hindul claim their superior ,the cristian say and the islam say but did you have notice that nothing said by the follower of jessus and you cannot make them any comment, similary our dr.zakir naik made all comment against cristinity and noting about the eudis i.e.follower of mozzes.it is a mirracle, pl read the quran and many other books also of albidiya and al nihya .sir i am small creator , creted by the allah, and allah said the use the ocean as your ink and write and found about me you cannot because you have to come back from where you started.let the allah to deide, all the muslim follower or our prophet has said that you follow the namaz,roza,zakat an there after haz.becuse all these religous matter is not for ordinary people.nor try to find out what is behind it,and some abnormal hadis are being declaring by the dr.zakir and many other maoulanas given fatwah, not realising now the universe is under 20 and 21 set century no more it is before 1400 years back. however.;allah knos better. m.ali.dhka.bangladesh
Deletedear sir,i am studying allthe religious since my age of 18 after coming from india, where maxmim time i passed with hindus in india and got education in hindi,sanskrit and other language, after coming to bangladesh in the year 1959 when my age was 18 the then east pakistan now bangladesh,started aquaring knowledge of islam and allah.now sir,can any one let me know about the orginity of creator.the creator who has created all the glaxies,where i foun about 7 galxies in the universe.when how creted by the creators are unkown to mankind,because it is beyond anyone capacity to give any indication nor even the scientist could have yet, all are emagination ,wrtten many books on this subject,and many of books has been burned by the follower of our prophet to established the holy book.now sir to whom we called allah it was the arabian allah as per our muslim faith found the allah the arabian use to called as moon allah. now sir my question is that when there was nothing ,what was there no one knows from where the muslim allah raised and one phylosopy started in a two groupl. one is by the hindus residing in india and other group is middle east that is the arab world.lot of question raised in my mind, sir, keeping alof the indian based hinduism actually these relgious came from iran,afganistn where were the arjey entere in india captured the drvid kinddom and started dominated by them to whom they called as arjey and other are not arjeys, this arjey started dominated the bharat i.e.hind subsequently called as hindustan ,from there the idelship started. now sir,where the evoulation of universes and the world stories started from many and bishnu, shib,brahma etc. any many other diaties and this religious flourished in specialy hindustan or india .the other side started with islam group alongwith the jessus religous ,then cristian religous and subsequently ended with the islam i.e.of our prophet md.s.s.s. phu. now sir,how the allah appeared from where and made adam and eve and story started till upto ibrahim then 2nd verse started where the arabian allah spoken to mosses in hibru,directly not physically,to minimise the stories i have to cutshort the fact then there after with jessus who borned without father as per instruction of allah or god, better knows by allah,some smoll knowledge given to mankind and there after stories goes that tie jessus was killed and or lifted by allah or god betterknows and will back to earth alongwith mehdia.s.a and prophet some indication that our prophet will back only change of name by mehdi a.s.a. now again my question is if muslim allh can speak and also moved then the allah is not an infinitive ,allah better knows, then in csse muhammad s..a.s.pbu the creater never meat the prophet not even in miraz lot of stoies are on this are being said by the fatwabaz people .sir actully what is the true fact can any one explain on this subject. however, the allah better knows. by m.ali.dhaka.bangladesh.
ReplyDeleteDude don't say that you will go to he'll for this ok...... don't abuse someone religion dude .may Allah have mercy on u and your soul.may Allah guide u in a straight path.... ameen
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