Hello
:One person ask
If Islam is the one true religion and all good Muslims will be
rewarded in Paradise, then where does that leave"" thefollowers of
other religions? Will they go to Hell because they are practicing the
“wrong” religion? What would ""happen to a really great man who was
born in a very Catholic country
the Qur’an gives a clear answer in the following verses that mean
:
1- {
Surely Allah does not do injustice to the weight of an atom, and if it
is a good deed He multiplies it and gives from Himself a great reward.}
* (An-Nisaa’ 4:40)
2- *{These are the communications of Allah which We recite to you with
truth, and Allah does not desire any injustice to the creatures.}*
(Aal `Imran 3:108)
3- *{Then how will it be when We shall gather them together on a day
about which there is no doubt, and every soul shall be fully paid what
it has earned, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly?}*( Aal
`Imran 3: 25)
4- *{Surely We have revealed to you the Book with the truth for the
sake of men; so whoever follows the right way, it is for his own soul
and whoever errs, he errs only to its detriment; and you are not a
custodian over them.}* (Az-Zumar 39:41)
5- *{Whoever goes aright, for his own soul does he go aright; and
whoever goes astray, to its detriment only does he go astray: nor can
the bearer of a burden bear the burden of another, nor do We chastise
until We raise a messenger.}* (Al-Israa’ 17:15
)
>From the foregoing, we can understand the following about Divine
Judgment:
God does not do the least bit of injustice to anyone. He is All-
Merciful and so He doubles the reward of those who do good, out of the
bounty of His mercy.
The duty of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)—or of those who
follow in his footsteps—is to invite people to the true guidance of
God revealed to the Prophet. Anyone who follows that guidance benefits
himself or herself; and anyone who rejects that guidance harms himself
or herself. No one can take away the reward of another; nor can a
person bear the punishment due to another. And there is no question of
God punishing anybody without first sending a warner to them: That is
to say, it is only after people have been informed of the true
guidance and they have knowingly rejected it, that they are held
accountable and judged to be deserving of punishment.
Unlike Christianity, Islam emphasizes personal responsibility and
accountability. In other words, the core of Islamic ethics is justice
and freedom of choice. That is why the doctrine of vicarious atonement
is abhorrent to Islam; and for the same reason sinners cannot be
“saved” by punishing the innocent.
>From the Islamic point of view, the judgment of an action is
dependent, first and foremost, upon the motive derived from the faith
of the person. Only God can be the True Judge of our actions, as other
humans cannot know the real motive and the impelling faith or
philosophy behind it. Suppose a Catholic heard the message of Islam,
but did not care to examine it even when he was aware of the chance of
it being the truth: he is certainly guilty of rejecting the Truth. The
same is true of an atheist or anybody else. For that reason, such
people are held accountable for their actions based on the
questionable beliefs they hold.
But imagine someone in a remote area (or anywhere) who knows nothing
of Islam: He cannot be held accountable for not following Islam. God
will judge him by the standard of his conscience or of whatever
morality he has imbibed from his native religion or culture. Because
there cannot be injustice in the ultimate judgment of God. And for us
humans, it is basically a question of our sincerity in seeking the
truth and following it
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