Dought & Clear, - Those who never hear anything about Islam.

What happens to those who have no access to Islam? How are they judged?
Jazak-Allah
Praise be to Allaah.
Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahmaanal-Barraak answered thisquestion as follows:
"Those who never hear the call of Islam, or they hear about it in an
incorrect form, will be tested on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever
obeys will enter Paradiseand whoever disobeys will enter Hell, because
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): '… And We never punish
until We have sent a Messenger (to give warning)' [al-Isra 17:15]."
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Dought & Clear, - He cannot walk to the mosque because it is very cold; can he drive there even though he has not got his full driver’s license and that may cause him problemswith the law?.

I am a student, living in Canada and temperaturehere is very cold now,
near 0C. There is a mosque here which is about 8 minutes
walkingdistance from my home. I have a car and I have a"learner
licence" and I need to wait for about 6 months to get a full licence.
The law here is that, If I want to drive with "learner licence", then
someone who has a"full licence" should sit beside me in the car.
I want to pray Fazr in mosque and go there by driving because it is
verydifficult to walk in these cold days. Also, the roadsare empty in
Fazr time.
My question is, if I drive to mosque alone, then I am breaking the
law. Should I go to mosque or pray Fazr in home?
Praise be to Allah.
If the matter is as you describe, and you cannot find anyone to take
you to the mosque even in return for payment that you can afford, then
this is an excuse that permits you not to attend the prayer in
congregation, and there is no blame on you, in sha Allah.
But if you know that youhave the skills in driving and are able to do
that, and you are certain that no harm will result to you or anyone
else from your driving on your own to the mosque, and the delay in
obtaining your licence is only because of general administrative rules
that require you to wait for the period mentioned, with no exceptions
for anybody – if the situation is as we have described, then we do not
think that there is anything wrong, in sha Allah, with you driving the
car by yourself for this short distance so that you can attend the
prayer in congregation.
But we still do not think that you have to do that.
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Islamic Stories, - Good news for the poor people

Once, Abu Dardaa (RA) was sitting in company with his students when
his wife came and said to him, "You are sitting here with your
students and we haven't got a pinch of flour left with us in the
house." Abu Dardaa (RA) said to her,"Good lady, before us there is a
valley hard to travel (The Day of Judgement) and only such people can
traverseit successfully who travellight." Hearing this, his wife went
away, satisfied with the reply, and did not complain any more about
her needs. Abu Dardaa (RA) once said, "We have food and the rich also
have food; we wear clothes and the rich also wear clothes. The rich
people possess wealth, which exceeds their requirements, and they just
see it without using it. We can also look at wealth (possessed by
others) without using it. We are equal in this respect, but the rich
will be required to render anaccount, on the Day of Resurrection, for
holdingextra wealth in their possession. We are free from Reckoning,
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Islamic Stories, - Look at a man who willenter paradise

One day the Prophet peace be upon him looked at a man and said:
Whoever likes to look at a man who will enter Paradise, let him look
at this man. Abdullah Ibn Abbas, whowas present and heard this
comment, followed the man who was favoured with this promise. He asked
his permission to be his guest which the man accepted. After observing
him for three consecutive nights, without seeing anythingextraordinary
about him, Abdullah Ibn Abbas said: I don't see anythingabout you
which qualifies you to enter Paradise more than the rest of us. Can
you remember one special thing you do of which I may not be aware.
After thinking for sometime the man said: Nothing is outstanding in my
life except one thing, may be, that I go to bed with a pure and sound
heart towards my friends (meaning to forgive others of their bad
qualities and to think good of everybody). Then Ibn Abbas exclaimed:
This is exactlywhat qualifies you to enter paradise. Source: from the
book"Luminaries of Islam" by Arafat K.El-Ashi
It is not easy to forgive others of their faults but let us try hard
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