Can a non-muslim enter paradise, for example, a Christian who believes in God (believing Jesus is a prophet) and his prophets, excluding Mohammad ?
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Can a non-Muslim go to heaven?
Question: 727
Answer
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
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 hadith.
The aayah is (interpretation of the meaning): "And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers." [Aal ‘Imraan 3:85]
The hadith is: "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." (Reported by Muslim, may Allah have mercy on him, in al-Saheeh, 153).
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Source:
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
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