Are We Lucky To Be Born In Muslim Family?
Thank you Dr. Irfan, jazakAllah khair! This answer convinces me theoretically, and I agree, but my question is still the same practically. Wouldn’t you agree that the awareness of Islam (Quran) all around people for example born in Pakistan/Saudi Arabia/UAE is massive! … So they’re most likely to “consciously accept Islam” too.. compared to an opposite scenario where a community where Islam is only mocked, Verses wrongly presented, hadiths further making it look bad, they’re more likely end up hating/rejecting Islam, don’t you think? With such a massive difference in surrounding influences, especially since birth, how can I convince myself it’s fair and equal test (of Iman) for everyone on earth? Plus, ignorance in born Muslims would not always lead to eternal hellfire (they still believe in Allah, His Messenger and Last Day), but ignorance in born Non-Muslims might end up staying away from Islam altogether. So how/why is fate so geographical-birth dependant (practically speaking)? jazakAllah khair!
The answer to your question is still there in the first response. If one with all honesty and after due deliberation comes to a wrong conclusion, he has sufficient excuses for his ignorance and not only he be forgiven but rewarded for his efforts for seeking truth but ends up with a wrong conclusion. This is what God has told us in Surah Maida verses 116 to the last of the surah, where Jesus asks for concession for his followers who consider him and his mother gods too. God responds that the truthful ones will get their reward. To believe in Islam is not enough to enter into paradise. If a Muslim deliberately violates the Hudood of God, for example, murder someone or usurp the property of others, he will be sentenced to eternal hell. see the verse: 4: 15 and 4: 93. Ignorant belief in any religion avails no good even in Islam.