Living amongst the Kuffaar

[UmmHabibah]

Assalam aleikum Jennifer

If umm you read the second part of the statement I made it should be obvious that there is a difference between 'hearing about Allah' as you said, and being exposed to the TRUTH as I mentioned. This is not the same thing. We cannot equate Islamophobia and the truth as being identical.We are judged according to our knowledge. There may be a Kaffir out there who sincerly worships to the best of his or her knowledge. If this person is not ever exposed to ISLAM how will he or she be judged based on Islamic principals? For many in the west, the only knowledge they have about Islam is some seriously distorted message that even you yourself would reject.

Sister the above comment is without basis. We cannot just come to conclusions with our own intellect. Well not if we want to adhere to Islam. I think the fatwa below answers this issue Inshallah.

And regarding the attitude of the moderaters towards the non muslims on the site, well we will just have to agree to disagree on that one

Question :

Can a non-muslim enter paradise, for example, a Christian who believes in God (believing Jesus is a prophet) and his prophets, excluding Mohammad ?

Answer :

Praise be to Allaah.

The answer to this question is presumably quite clear to all Muslims, because it is one of the obvious matters of ‘aqeedah (belief).

In answer to this question, it is sufficient to quote one aayah and one hadeeth.

The aayah is (interpretation of the meaning): <b>"And whoever seeks a religion other than Islaam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers." [Aal ‘Imraan 3:85]</b>

The hadeeth is: <b>"By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, there is no-one of this ummah, Jew or Christian, who hears of me then dies without believing in that with which I have been sent, but he will be one of the people of Hell."</b> (Reported by Muslim, may Allaah have mercy on him, in al-Saheeh, 153).

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