Who are the Ahlu l-Fatra and what is their ruling in sharia First: Allah does not forgive shirk. Whoever dies upon shirk will enter hellfre. He is not tested or forgiven. Allah (azza wa jal) says: Indeed, Allah does not forgive shirk, but He forgives what...
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Who are the Ahlu l-Fatra and what is their ruling in sharia First: Allah does not forgive shirk. Whoever dies upon shirk will enter hellfre. He is not tested or forgiven. Allah (azza wa jal) says: Indeed, Allah does not forgive shirk, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills... (An-Nisa, 48) Indeed, he who associates others with Allah - Allah has forbidden him Paradise, and his refuge is the Hellfre. And there are not for the wrongdoers any helpers. (Al-Ma'idah, 72) About the defnition of Ahlu l-Fatra: They are peoples who lived in a period of ignorance in between two prophets, so they were not warned. Allah says: O followers of the Book! indeed Our Apostle has come to you explaining to you after a period [of suspension] of apostles, lest you say: There came not to us a giver of good news or a warner, so indeed there has come to you a giver of good news and a warner; and Allah has power over all things. Al-Maida:19 The prophet (salliAllahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Betwe
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