Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Dought & clear - If kaafirs have good morals, will they enter Paradise? Will the children of the kuffaar enter Paradise?.

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 themessage 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 theScripture (Jews and
Christians) and Al-Mushrikoon will abidein 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 mysoul, no one of this nation, Jew or Christian,
hears of me then dies without having believedin 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 whethertheir 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 worshipAllaah or
submit to Him alone, and the Christians who say that God has a son,
and other mushriks (those who associate others with Allaah). Theyare
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 whenthe Messenger of Allaah(peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) wasasked about the childrenof 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 mademanifest 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 duringthe 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.

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