Is Mahatma Gandhi in Hell? A Muslim scholar's response
2021 ж. 16 Қар.
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Dr Haroon Sidat is Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University. See his excellent official KZhead channel: / drmaulanaharoonsidat
The written text of the video: Recently a person emailed me an important question. They wrote: 'Please help me answer this question: Is Allah egoistic as he says he can forgive all sins except kufur? So a great man like Mahatma Gandhi will not enter Jannah (that’s the Muslim word for paradise), but a born Muslim having done all sorts of sins like murder has a better chance of getting forgiveness and ultimately enter Jannah.’ Mahatma Gandhi, a Hindu, was an Indian lawyer who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the campaign for India's independence from British rule and in turn he inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Such an important question required a qualified scholar to answer it so I asked my friend Dr Haroon Sidat to reply which he graciously did. Dr Harron is a Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, at Cardiff University. His reply is a fascinating piece of Islamic theology, and I share it here with his permission. He writes: Salam. First and foremost, I want to thank you for asking this question. To begin, it is worth stating that we do not know the judgement of God; we will not judge the way He will in the life to come. As for being a disbeliever, or kāfir, this is based on a ruling in this world (ḥukm fī-dunyā). Therefore, we are “agnostic” about the hereafter status of Ghandi - who knows in that life? It is also worth reflecting that when we think of God, we are always thinking of him in human terms. That’s because that is what we are used to. So, for example, when we say God is merciful, we immediately think of examples of when people have been merciful. But God’s mercy, as we can know, is nothing like anything we can think of; nothing is like Him (otherwise he wouldn’t be God anymore). We simply get an idea of what it might be like and not what it is really like. His mercy is both complete and absolute and we will only get a sense of that when we meet Him. Otherwise, if we think of God as we do of humans, and we expect him to behave like we do, he is not really God. I hope this much is clear. Now, there are two forms of rights, The first type is being ethically good on earth, which means people have fulfilled the rights of humans. These rights are situated on earth and have a temporal status. This is because the earthly life, and the people in it, are temporal and not eternal. Goodness to others is part of the test of being a good believer, but it is only one part of the test. The people who fail this part of the test, and are responsible for that failure, are punished temporally in hell. This includes Muslims. As for the second type. Worship and creed are connected to the rights of God. Although He does not need them to be fulfilled, He claims them as a major part of the test. Those whose pass this, or who are waived responsibility for it, are rewarded. Those who fail this part of the test are punished. The rights of God have an eternal status, as God is eternal. So, most consequences reflect the eternalness of God Himself. So, an unethical Muslim, failing the rights of humans or performing certain major sins that were forbidden by God (temporal evil), can be punished temporally in hell, but as the Muslim did pass the ‘īmān test (eternal goodness), he will eventually be rewarded eternally. An ethical non-Muslim, who is also responsible for his kufr (eternal evil), will be punished with hell for that kufr, and thereby cancels out his fulfilling of human rights (temporal goodness). One may then ask, why should we be tested? The short answer is because He is God, and He can do what He likes - which is what it means to be God after all. However, if we think about it a little bit, we can reason that denying the source of all existence, He who wills each of your moments of existence into existence and provides for you, is denying the truth of your own existence and denies the gratitude it deserves. This is pure ingratitude, what is called kufr. If I may, I also want to add some a personal, less academic view to this too. Once you believe Allah exists and He alone is The One Whom we worship, then our lives are invariably governed by His rules and regulations. We worship Him because we submit ourselves and our intellect to Him in sajdah and remove our will in favour of His will. Once we believe in Him, we willingly and voluntarily forgo our ideas and opinions to His will. This is an active and wilful submission to Him. It is not a passive acquiescence, nor a resignation. It is with our volition and our deep love for Him that we do this. There is no compulsion in (accepting) any religion. Once accepted willingly, we obey. Just as we willingly accept citizenship or residence in any country. There is no compulsion to do so as we can go and live elsewhere. But once we do so, we must abide by the laws of the land - even if we disagree with them. We may disagree with the law; we cannot disobey it. Anyone who tries to subvert the law of any country will be arrested and might even be tried for treason. This is the status of human law and order and of human societies. Without this check in place, there will be total anarchy and uncontrollable chaos. In the Kingdom of Allah, there are also rules and regulations. Human beings must recognise the existence of a Divine being and accept His sovereignty. Allah does not need human beings to worship Him. He is above and beyond any need. He is Al-Samad and totally independent as the Quran describes Him. Human beings are not independent, and they need to worship Allah. Allah's knowledge is Eternal, and His rules are based on the Wisdom He has based on His eternal knowledge. Human beings do not have access to His Eternal knowledge nor to His Divine wisdom - except through wahi, or revelation. Allah has the prerogative to test His servants. Servants do not, cannot, test Allah as they can neither reach Him or His knowledge. Our tests are based on our knowledge - not on His knowledge. The Divine Examiner knows the answers to all questions and tests. The human examinee is tested to find and apply the right answer. When we take our tests (whether mundane or religious), we answer based on our volition and our knowledge. Those who refuse to accept that He has the right to test and examine are willingly using their volition to reject the sovereignty of Allah. This is akin to treason in mundane human societies. If human beings have the prerogative to declare other human beings as disloyal in this very limited mundane and temporary world, why should Allah not have at least the same prerogative if not more? Human beings are finite and so is their knowledge and all their abilities. They are created and thus severely restricted in what they know and what they can do. Allah, the Eternal and Omnipotent, knows everything and can do everything. It is prudent for human beings to access the Divine knowledge and power to better themselves and others in this world. If human beings are set on improving life for themselves and others, they must at least acquiesce to their ignorance and impotence. They must realise that not everything is in their control, and that their ideals and goals are truncated at death (truncated means to cut short). If there's life after death, who can tell us what is going to happen there? Who is going to show us and guide us as to what we need to do when we get there? Only those who are assigned the task of leading human beings into eternal bliss know what we need to do. Only they can guide us in these matters. These are the Prophets of Allah. If we follow them and accept their knowledge of the Hereafter, we will attain eternal happiness. If we decide not to, we will willingly jettison our chance for a good life after death. Allah doesn't commit any injustice. Human beings commit injustice against themselves for not ascertaining the existence of the Divine under whose Supreme Generosity they exist. The answer you seek to your question lies not in understanding life based on this world alone. Rather it lies in understanding this world in the light and context of the next. This world is finite. The other one is beyond the grasp of any human being except whom Allah chooses to guide. That is through the guidance of superior human beings, the Prophets of Allah. I hope that this much helps. And only God knows best. Dr Haroon Sidat Research Associate Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK Cardiff University
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@@BloggingTheology Assalaam walaikum sir lot of love from Pakistan..as a Pakistani I feel proud if you came and visit our Pakistan...
@@BloggingTheology My god this is a fake Muslim site. This paul is a fake. Try this pauley if you're a muslim. Go do the umrah not go to constantinople and sell hadiths for money. Try this: No Third Temple on Mount Moriah Save MasjidilAqsa Now Jihad Fisabilillah AlHaq! Bismillah Surah Al-Isra, Verse 1: سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِّنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ Glory be to Him Who made His servant to go on a night from the Sacred Mosque to the remote mosque of which We have blessed the precincts, so that We may show to him some of Our signs; surely He is the Hearing, the Seeing. Surah Al-Baqara, Verse 114: وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن مَّنَعَ مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ أَن يُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ وَسَعَىٰ فِي خَرَابِهَا أُولَٰئِكَ مَا كَانَ لَهُمْ أَن يَدْخُلُوهَا إِلَّا خَائِفِينَ لَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا خِزْيٌ وَلَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ And who is more unjust than he who prevents (men) from the masjids of Allah, that His name should be remembered in them, and strives to ruin them? (As for) these, it was not proper for them that they should have entered them except in fear; they shall meet with disgrace in this world, and they shall have great chastisement in the hereafter. Surah Al-Baqara, Verse 143: وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِّتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الْقِبْلَةَ الَّتِي كُنتَ عَلَيْهَا إِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَن يَتَّبِعُ الرَّسُولَ مِمَّن يَنقَلِبُ عَلَىٰ عَقِبَيْهِ وَإِن كَانَتْ لَكَبِيرَةً إِلَّا عَلَى الَّذِينَ هَدَى اللَّهُ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُضِيعَ إِيمَانَكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ And thus We have made you a medium (just) nation that you may be the bearers of witness to the people and (that) the Apostle may be a bearer of witness to you; and We did not make that which you would have to be the qiblah but that We might distinguish him who follows the Apostle from him who turns back upon his heels, and this was surely hard except for those whom Allah has guided aright; and Allah was not going to make your faith to be fruitless; most surely Allah is Affectionate, Merciful to the people. (English - Shakir) via iQuran The Zionists WILL go ahead and build Ezekiel's Temple in 2023 but not on Mount Moriah as they would like to do. Do not let MasjidilAqsa be destroyed. AMIIIN kzhead.info/sun/m66rireKkXdolac/bejne.html Best Wishes to all the Save MasjidilAqsa Now activists but do it the Hallan toyiban way. kzhead.info/sun/mtiEib2fsICFgYE/bejne.html
@@rajubhau5909 Wa alaykumu s-salam 🙏❤️
If Allah said shirk is the greatest crime, then indeed it is
Allah said?
There is said for killings of kafir which is followed by terrorist , but many Muslims don't follow it
Allâh forgives all sins except shirk : association ( associating another power or 'god'to Him, this can range from a simple and useless idol to our own ego, as well as any worshipping of other than Him ). Associating something or someone to His Divine power is shirk. Unforgivable.
@@akkanattan7795no, Allah ordered not to do shirk. Anyone who commits until his death even he is Muslim Hindi Christine or other ❤
FYI. Gandhi is not as 'saintly' as he is portrayed. BUT, I admire his contribution to the Indian Subcontinent.
He was a religious charlatan.
Agreed
@@srnp0007 As one Vice article supposes, "Gandhi Was a Racist Who Forced Young Girls to Sleep in Bed with Him"
‘It cost a lot of money to keep Bappu (Gandhi) in poverty’. He was a member of the Theosophical Society akin to Freemasonry, kept young naked girls around him under the guise of developing his self-restraint. Stole many of his perceived virtues and acts of good from Islam and the Prophet SAW, though he did partially admit this himself.
He didn’t have any contribution. If you take what he did as contribution then the british wasn’t that nad either
*Gandhi on prophet Muhammed [peace be upon him]:* "I wanted to know the best of one who holds today undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind... I became more than convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet, the scrupulous regard for his pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle. When I closed the 2nd volume (of the Prophet's biography), I was sorry there was not more for me to read of the great life."
Did he read all the authenthic hadits?
@Whatyouon mad lol
@Whatyouon why don't u google it. u will find this word by word in many places cuz it's what he said :)
@Whatyouon literally everyone knows this bro nothing new
To clarify at the outset I’m not writing in support of Gandhi, I’m writing to say what he said about Prophet Mohammed (peace and blessing be upon him). There is nothing inflammatory,,derogatory or insult towards the Prophet (saw) that Grandi wrote. The sad part is after all his understandings of Prophet (saw) and the religion of Islam Allah (SWT) did not guide him to accept Islam
A very detailed, comprehensive, theologically and ethically well grounded reply indeed. Hats off to you gentlemen.
Hats off to Dr Haroon!
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@@BloggingTheology but sir did u knows that mahatma Gandhi son was accepted islam and his name was Abdullah Gandhi..please make video on this topics..
@@matthewpaulson6497 and that false religion is Christianity..u are South East Asian read ur history ur conversion was forcefully by Europeans ..at colonial eras..
Our test is not based on our knowledge, but rather based on the knowledge given to us by Allah subhanah.
I'm a Christian believer and I like what you said.
Alhamdulillah JazakhAllah Khayr for this comprehensive explanation and like so many others I look forward to more videos from you
I think the answer to question about the status of non-Muslims, Muslims, anyone - on the Day of Judgement is, in my very humble opinion, probably best summed up by this one ayah of the Quran, considered by some scholars to be the last ayah to be revealed: And guard yourselves against a day in which ye will be brought back to Allah. Then every soul will be paid in full that which it hath earned, and they will not be wronged. (Surah al Baqarah, 2:281)
What I understand from this is - _Humans shouldn't judge other humans or Muslims shouldn't judge other Muslims or non-Muslims in this world on religious matters or matters related to the afterlife and defer any such judgement until THE Day of Judgement -- to be made and delivered by Allah himself who has the sole authority, competence and prerogative to do that.
@@GUULLIVER wrong, because judgment has already been passed by Allah on all who disbelieve and all who associate partners to be in hellfire
@@kay1057 Worry about your own fate. Let others worry about theirs. Allah knows best.
@@GUULLIVER Do the disbelievers think they can ˹simply˺ take My servants as lords instead of Me? We have surely prepared Hell as an accommodation for the disbelievers. (()) That is their reward: Hell, for their disbelief and mockery of My signs and messengers.
@@GUULLIVERbeautiful response.:) MashaAllah
This is a beautiful channel. May Allah bless you and keep you on the straight path. I love that he referred to a scholar for this beautiful answer.
Salam Alaikum, thank you for posting this video.
Wa alaykumu s-salam and thanks!
Greate! Your channel changed completly to development and succes that's amazing ❤
Thank you! 😃
"...if human beings have the prerogative to declare other human beings as disloyal in this very limited mundane and temporary world, why should Allah not have at least the same prerogative, if not more...." Beautiful
As we recite Al fatiha in each prayer we do find (the owner or the king of the judgement day ) i m satisfied by the answers from your video but i have to mention something I reminded while talking about tests : Once i had an examen i was soo prepared to, i worked soo hard for it , but when i reach the “examen “day i met my colleagues and they were talking about another subject , when i sow the professor of that other subject i know i will fail and i did fail that exam . Thank you 😊.
Wise, logical and appropriate answer.
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Short answer Yes Long answer Yes Why Because shirk is greatest sin. Imagine a person who is kind to every one but abuses his mother is he a good person? nop For What about the one who abuses gave him gift of mom?
Foolish weak answer
Wow a hearth soothing Reply. Love you O most Merciful.
Answered very well and explained very well too, thank you Paul for your channel and all the efforts you and your associates put into it... May Allah subhanatala bless all A'ameen
Thanks for sharing such an eloquent and comprehensive response, JazakAllah.
This channel growing so fast!
This is amazing. Thank you
Beautifully answered by Dr. Haroon Sidat in his reply. thank you
very beautiful answer by Dr. Haroon Sidat. I learned something new. Jazak Allah o Khayr Brother Paul❤👍
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I am from India, Mr. Paul. I love your community posts. This is the first video I have seen of yours and it's really great. Please keep doing the great work, sir. God bless you❤️😄
Powerful video brother Paul. great work
Beautiful answer. May allah bless you for your efforts brother paul
He phrased SO well, thank you kindly for relaying Brother Paul.
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Mahatma Gandhi about prophet Muhammad "I became more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Isam in those days in the scheme of life. it was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle. When I closed the second volume (of the Prophet's biography), I was sorry there was not more for me to read of that great life. “Mahatma Gandhi, statement published in 'Young India,'1924."
A person will not enter in paradise even if he writes 1000 poems in the praise of Prophet Mohammad until he believes in FIVE of Quran 4:136
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@@abdar-rahman6965 Exactly brother.
@@abdar-rahman6965 nope , complete and utter bs , nothing in Quran says such thing .
@@bigdaddy7729 Quran 4:136
I just love your statements of hadith
Thank You, Jazakallahu khair
Alkhawarizmi the father of mathematics and creator of algebra said in this matter, believing in Allah is like number 1 and being good to human beings and giving charity and helping the weaks and elderly are zeros to the right of number 1, if they are increasing the value of the number gets bigger, but if you remove the number 1 everything goes In vain.
I like this idea.
@@mansman2167 I also like that idea. I had never heard it before.
@@TheWatchmanWebsite Nice wall of text copypasta. Too bad it's nonsense. Try harder next time, loser.
What a great analogy by the father of algebra!!
No "scholar" is qualified to even think how Allah thinks...
Yet I get asked that very question by arrogant atheists all the time.
In reply to questions to scholars in Islam, finally they will say,'Only Allah knows'. No scholar in Islam could say beyond this statement. Because they don't have specific answers in Islam.
Paul doesn't know what Islam teaches. Please study the Quran and hadiths with an open mind to discover the truth.
Yes. In 1:30 it is very clearly said that only Allah swt knows
@@matthewpaulson6497 I dont care about your circular reasoning.
What a truly faithful analysis. I warmly Thank you gentlemen (Dr Sidat and Mr Williams ). I was once asked, by a Christian friend, the same question concerning Nelson Mandela. I did my best to answer.. Now I wish I had this material at hand. Allah bless you.
Great content & great answer Mahsha Allah
In a time when knowledge is being dismissed for emotional opinions and every fool who can tweet feels the world is in need of his opinion, it is refreshing to hear scholarly response to a question and a reminder of the value of knowledge over whim and mere opinion
Thank You so much Paul. You are doing something which is a great contribution to the community. May Allah accept your efforts
Well said…Thank you brother Paul🌷
If im able to subscribe 10x i'll do it...thanks for the great sharing session
This was so satisfying to listen to and think about. Thank you 🙏
🌹🌙SubhanAllah🌙🌹 ⚘🕌Alhamdulillah🕌⚘ May Allah SWT guide those who reverted to Islam, to the true teaching of Islam and being an obedient Muslim, will grant them and all the Ummah with a place in Jannah. 🌺 🕌 🌙🌹🤲 Aamiin 🤲🌹🌙🕌🌺
Wonderful answer. I am following you for a while now and I must say you're doing a very good job brother Paul. Keep up the good work, I will keep following you insha Allah. Respect from the Netherlands. May Allah the almighty reward you for your efforts.
I appreciate that!
May Allah reward you
This is a question known only to Allah! No-one has the right to judge anyone except... the most gracious most merciful
Yes. In 1:30 it is very clearly said that only Allah swt knows
"Human beings are finite and so is their knowledge and all their abilities." I agree. Often people come across as if they know it all. But I feel the more I learn, the less I know. I like the statement: "... when we think of God, we are always thinking of Him in human terms." That's so true. Thanks Paul for sharing.
Alhamdulillah may Allah bless you and grant you jannah
Wonderful, many thanks.
Brother Paul, Your videos are so good , I feel always lucky to be a subscriber of your channel 🍉🍉🍉.
Wow, thank you
Indeed Allah is the provider of everything thing and the most merciful 😌👍
Thank you brother. Just as I have thought.
May Allah bless you paul for reading 📚
Mashallah! Awesome! Amazingly well thought out. Allah swt Guides who he Wills.
This is the real and proper was to reply by a respected scholarly question with unbiased intellect , thank again brother Paul for bring this question up , but one should not worry or think about such trivial questions instead one should think and worry about his own path and ask one self , am i and will i or us be pardoned by the almighty ? this is what one should actually be asking him/her self.. the time is now to start following what the almighty 's commands of our creator..
I totaly agree with you. Thanks to Paul for sharing this respected answer.
May Allah SWT bless brother Paul and imam Haroon.
Well said 👏🏿
Quran 14:18 [This, then, is] the parable of those who are bent on denying their Sustainer: all their works are as ashes which the wind blows about fiercely on a stormy day: [in the life to come,] they cannot achieve any benefit whatever from all [the good] that they may have wrought: for this [denial of God] is indeed the farthest one can go astray. (Also read 4:136)
100 % correct
Exactly....
He is Ar Rahmaan and Ar Raheem and he never do unjust to any of his creation
Amazing explanation, thank you
Imagine if Paul's was an audiobook narrator. I could listen to his voice for years continuously.
Wow such a great response
Profound and theologically sound response to a complex issue.
I agree with you. However I do like to hear from other scholars too. And the most important source for knowledge about the afterlife is Jesus the Christ.
Thank you Paul.
Subhanallaah! Very good! Subscribed!
welcome aboard!
Can you please do a book tour and show us your selection of books that you have collected over the years, thank you!!
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Short answer Yes Long answer Yes Why Because shirk is greatest sin. Imagine a person who is kind to every one but abuses his mother is he a good person? nop For What about the one who abuses gave him gift of mom?
He's done this already bro
Very good explanation.
It really helps to increase my understanding about Allah swt justice. Subhanallah.
Thanks!
Al-Furqan 25:23 وَقَدِمْنَآ إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ مِنْ عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ هَبَآءً مَّنثُورًا And We will regard what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed. All deeds for Allah is accepted hereafter, If he wish for only for this life He will get that,...... ..
Doesn't mean the reward is jannah it can be mean that the punishment being reduce for a certain degree
Great video. This answered one of the questions I came across once, "why infinite amount of punishment for 'finite' wrongdoings?". It’s related to who you wrong, not "what" you do wrong.
@@srnp0007 Depends on context. Watch the video.
Infinite pain for not believing in allah, makes sense -_-.
@@oaa5919 not exclusively
@@Celebrimbor965 Yes, it does.
@@Celebrimbor965 when you don't believe in Allah, you dont believe in His laws, when you don't believe in His laws you deny human beings the rights He has legislated for them and upon you to fullfill. Hence the eternal punishment.
Absolutely satisfactory reply.
@@srnp0007 yet again ,going to every comment spamming baseless remarks what a troll !!!
@@srnp0007 for you to claim that some thing is "illogical" you have to present the evidences for it . Simple logic principle.
I absolutely love the amount of respect you have for Islam and just how gently you approach every single subject. Whether you’ve become a Muslim or are on your way to become one you’re doing a great job of being very respectful when learning about the religion. Your channel and information is way more educational than a lot of these “real born Muslims” that get on here and boast. Good for you! God bless your soul
He told us on his livestream that he is indeed Muslim
@@----f I had no idea. That’s impressive!!! Good for him
@@TheWatchmanWebsite so you think the Quran (which has never been altered) is fake yet the Bible is real which has a billion and one different version of it. And even the “king James version” isn’t real cause he didn’t write it nor did he authorize it so they basically used his name illegally for it which is also legally considered FORGERY. The Bible isn’t even written till like 900-1500 years later cause it was illegal to even own a written version. So how can that be the word of Jesus when he wasn’t even around? And why would Jesus need to speak in the Quran ? It’s gods book not Jesus’s so why would it need Jesus to authenticate it? Muslims clearly don’t believe him to be a god and quiet frankly neither does he in any REAL AUTHENTIC PRESERVED TEXTS. So why do you believe he’s god? Because some illiterate men like Paul, Luke, or Mathew wrote it? How can illiterate men even write? And who are they really? Is there any proven facts on them at all yet Christian’s religiously believe in these mens books. One of the basic beliefs in Christianity like the other two Abrahamic religions is “thou shalt not have any other god before me” and the sun of worshiping other gods is idolatry yet you believe In Jesus as god. That’s believing in idolatry. You have creepy statues and creepy pictures in churches of all these “saints and followers”. That itself is idolatry. You’re idolizing those figures in a religious institution therefore breaking one of gods commandments. You believe in Jesus as your god. And he’s a human. You believe “he died for your shitty sins” which is such a sad thing to believe in. That someone would die for your sins 🤦🏼♀️ EVERYONE WAS BORN SINLESS!!!!! do you look at an infant who has done nothing and say “welcome to the world you sinful little thing”. they’re sinless babies. SMH what a dumb concept. Back to the Jesus thing. You believe your god is a human who died so basically you not only not have enough respect for you god to think that he is immortal and can’t die but you also believe in a DEAD GOD. I don’t even understand the concept of that. It makes no sense yet Christian’s follow blindly like the sheep that they are. Y’all want to sit and call Muslims barbaric and evil and all kinds of things yet you believe in human/ blood sacrifice. How does that make sense? No the Muslim prophet was never suicidal. Quit making up lies. You should be ashamed of yourself. But that’s nothing new coming from the toilet of Christianity AKA the catholic aka the child rapist church. You are no Christian because a real pure Christian would never hate or disrespect anyone in any other religion. Especially claim that Muslim god is the satan when we all share the same god. Christian god, Jewish god and Muslim god is THE SAME GOD! You shameless human I would be embarrassed to claim I’m part of a church that rapes little boys. I hope that “your god” melts the hatred in your heart. It’s not good to be that way. I don’t know why it’s hard for people like you to love yours but to respect other peoples religions. It’s what a proper human being would do. I don’t hate anyone or their beliefs whether they’re Muslims, Christian’s, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, etc.
@@medi8057 👏🏻 So much appreciated.
@@TheWatchmanWebsite Hey toxic fellow, I hope your doubts have been cleared, Stop targeting Islam. Islam is true and there r so many reasons. One of the biggest ones ( The one which I liked the most) JESUS (Yeshua or Y'shua masheeka-Isa messiah) referred to god as Aalah. His mother tongue and the language which he spoke the most was Aramaic, The Aramaic word for God is אלהא Elāhā ܐܠܗܐ Alāhā. word of God “Quran” says it [Quran 19:36] [Jesus said], "And indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path."
Love your content Paul! Keep doing what you're doing and follow your heart.
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Thank you very much for this video. But because i am not an English speaker, I'm not sure that i get all the meaning of the text you brilliantly read. Could you please think to guys (and girls) like me who aren't skillful enough in English and put your text in the description place so we can read it and understand your videos. Thank you very much for your understanding.
Thinks .
Respected Mr. Paul William You are a true scholar and the scholar of the truth. May Allah bless You always. Your way to answer the question was very wise and polite. Fee Amaanillah. Amiiin
" Verily, Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with him in worship, but He forgives except that (anything else) to whom He pleases, and whoever sets up partners with Allah in worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous sin' 4:84 Quran
@@srnp0007 God is. But the worst of sins is shirk, because that violates the rights of God.
@@srnp0007 All the evil acts you’ve mentioned stem from people who have no God-consciousness within themselves and instead follow their lowly desires in place of obedience to Allah. When man allows his lowly desires to become his central identity as opposed to identifying himself as a God-conscious human, this individual is susceptible to all sorts of evil emitting from his corrupt practices that are void of any true moral knowledge. Whereas in Islam are actions must be based upon knowledge. And knowing the Justice and Punishment of Allah is real and guaranteed is rooted not only in the Muslim psyche but in the behaviour of the God-conscious Muslim. Actualising Tawheed protects those from the evil acts you’ve mentioned. And as always… Allah, Glorious He be, Knows Best. Kind regards.
@@srnp0007 when you deny God's sole authority of law making, you also deny the law and hence why would you care if He prohibited rape, murder etc? You don't consider Him the sole law-giver, why would you obey His laws anyway? Thats why Shirk or associating partners with God/ Allah is greatest sin. Because when you deny Him, you consequently deny the rights of all human beings He has legislated.
@@srnp0007 Who is real God according to you then?
@@srnp0007 No, it doesn't. God is worthy of worship, his attributes necessitate this, that is what I'm referring to when I say "right" -not in a "human rights" way.
Exellent question, and very deep and theologically brillant answer, Ghandy was a great Man no doubt, but Hell or paradise is up to Allah to decide, no human has the right or knowledge to make any jugement on it , exept when the particular person is mentioned by name in the Coran or Sahih Hadith, like the Case of Abu Lahab , for exemple.
in the eyes of Allah he is not a great man and thats what really matters so we cant really contradict Allah by saying he was a great man, lemme know if my logic is wrong.
@@kenkaneki9138 your logic is totally wrong, if you say in the eyes of Allah he was not great you have to prove it , did Allah say that..? Or Mohamed peace be upon him..? Which wright have you to confirm such jugement..?
@@mohamedmkada6729 I know almost nothing about Ghandy but God knows everything about us. I can't see a person's heart like "the eyes of Allah." To be honest, I would not desire such. I don' desire to see the evil that often resides within a human heart.
@@mohamedmkada6729 And He says: "Say, (O Muhammad, to mankind), If you love Allah, follow me; Allah will love you and forgive you your wrong actions. Allah is Forgiving, Compassionate. Say, Obey Allah and the Messenger. And If they turn away, then surely Allah does not love the disbelievers." [3:31-32] If you listened to the video carefully you would know that Gandhi was a great man to people but he didnt give the right Allah deserves and thats what really matters. I still stand by my logic you havent refuted anything.
@@kenkaneki9138 Gandhi would be definitely in hell inshaAllah. He read about Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and still rejected his message while just praising him. This is the attitude of secular liberals and arrogant intellectuals.
Quran is replete with this message: “Wa lilaahi maa fissamaawaati wa maa fil-ard; yaghfiru limai-yashaaa’u wa yu’azzibu mai-yashaaa’; wallaahu Ghafoorur Raheem.” Surah Al Imran 129. And to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. He forgives whom He wills and punishes whom He wills. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
Great 👍
Allah can forgive any sin except SHIRK. Not KUFR.
If gandhi never had the chance to learn the truth about islam, then his judgement is with Allah. But if he does and yet he ignore, then another abu thalib. 🙄
C'mon now, don't compare him to the beloved uncle of Rasool Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam.
@@thetrollslayer3716 He still was a disbeliever you know. I really just can't get it, he was with the Prophet of Allah ﷺ and supported him in his ﷺ's mission but still was so ignorant to actually die a disbeliever
@@FanSAVAGE it wasn't ignorant it was arrogant and social pressure that made him die as a disbeliever but non the less he had a choice and he made it. And allah knows best
@@FanSAVAGE his uncle actually acknowledge that he(pbuh) was in the True path, but he decided to die in his ancestors religion because of societies peer pressure something like that.
@@FanSAVAGE as a disbeliever he has the most lowest punishment of hellfire for him as compared to other disbeliever this is what prophet saw said
*"none has the right to judge from right to wrong ,'unless his motif is to bring positivity' or closure' or make the sinner to repent with sincerity"*
Not forgiving a sin and punishment of sins are 2 different things. I can say," I will never forgive you for what you've done to me..", or I can say," I will punish you for what you've done to me..".
This is all I have to say: These kinds of questions pop up when humans begin to understand Allah and his wisdom. Well I would say if we as a human understand Allah’s wisdom and how he works we all become God, which is of course impossible. All we know is that Allah commands us to obey Him by complete submission to His will. Period end of story.
Obviously we can't totally comprehend everything,but surely we apply intellect to understand,its only natural,Allah the almighty indeed asks us to utilise our intellect
Well said brother, We muslims should follow only Allah's commands believing in only Allah without associating partner, praying 5 times, giving alms tax and making dua for others, We should not think very much about every person's date on eart. We must hold that Allah is not going to do wrong with anyone .
I really didn't see that coming, but it's a lot more fair and balanced than I thought. Dr. Sidat's eloquent words made it plain clear. We're unable to know God's desires... And He is the only one that is fair. Grateful for Dr. Sidat's wisdom and humble approach to this very interesting question. Well, Allah created all of us. We should all follow His path with our best intentions and efforts. Or so I hope. 👍🏽😘
I also appreciate Dr Sidat's "wisdom and humble approach" but I hope to learn more from other scholars and from the teachings of Jesus Himself.
may Allah bless you
Excellently explained.
The anser is simple as it is Allah juges us for our deen and not for our deeds
Could you please post the text of the answer?
He did pin it :)
A great question with a fantastic answer, thank you for sharing with us! I have always wondered about the books behind you. Have you read them all? or is it a library of books you are interested in, to read when you have nothing to read?
Great comprehensive answer to a complicated question. Very helpful thank you.
*A Person who does not have right faith (Quran 4:136); his even good deeds will be useless*
*Mr. Paul: Quran makes this point Crystal Clear but problem is: many people either take a verse out of internal Quranic-context, or they do cherry-picking. This malpractice is concomitant to tampering. We read in Quran 4:136 that any person who did not/does not believe in FIVE is gone astray; and it is matter of commonsense to understand that how a Person can go to paradise who during earthy life remained on wrong path by not believing in Five of 4:136. Kindly note; from Adam to Prophet Mohammad, all those people who believed in Five which are given in 4:136 were/are Muslims 22:78.* *Now If Gandhi had believed in those FIVE; he died as a Muslim. But if he did not believe in those Five; he died as Non-Muslim. And only those people will go to paradise who believed in those FIVE, followed Divine Law and lived as Righteous Philanthropists 2:177*
You misses the point, God can do what he wishes, if he wants to cancel hell altogether. So you can't tell who will go to heaven or hell you can just speculate...
@@iagree7388 God is not bound to fulfil your wishes. Final Version of his Divine law exists in Quran, and what Quran says is in fact what God says. And God has said in Quran several times that He does not violate his promise and law
Thank you Paul for sharing this. It’s common for people to make the mistake of judging others. We should not forgot that we will be judged alone. individually. so our priority should be our own deeds and faith rather than others. “There is non in the heavens or the earth who will not return to the Most Compassionate in submission. Indeed he fully knows them and has counted them precisely. and Every one of them will come to him ALONE on the day of judgement.” Surah Maryam, 93-95.
Short answer Yes.
In ISLAM no one knows who will go to heaven or hell only Allah (God) knows As Allah says no matter how many sins you have committed even if you die without repenting if Allah wills He will simply forgive all sins but do not rely on it, true Muslim is the one who has fear and hope in Allah But if you die as a MUSHRIKIN if you worshipped anyone other than Allah while you have no evidence, your resting place will be in the hellfire endless. May Allah swt forgive all our sins and steadfast in the Deen ameen
What does the word "MUSHRIKIN" mean?
@@johnbrzykcy3076 the one who do shirk (worship other than ALLAH SWT)
@@johnbrzykcy3076 MUSHRIKIN it means Blasphemy if you worship anyone other than Allah (God) alone,
@@Revert2010 Thanks. I'm not Muslim so I learned the definition of another word in Islam. Thanks
@@johnbrzykcy3076 My pleasure my friend Hope you get the answer you want, I’m here any questions you want to ask I’ll be more than happy to help
Quite a number of muslims here saying that since Gandhi was non-muslim he will go to Hell. I did not realise so many muslims know Gandhi's fate 100% beyond doubt & can make that decision for Allah. 🤔
Nobody is making that decision for Allah. Allah himself has informed us where the disbelievers will be. And Allah never lies. So unless you want to enlighten us with a theory about how Gandhi was actually a secret muslim, please don't talk without knowledge.
To sum things up, Allah knows best.
النور - 39 وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍ بِقِيعَةٍۢ يَحْسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُ مَآءً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَهُۥ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْـًٔا وَوَجَدَ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ فَوَفَّىٰهُ حِسَابَهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ el nour 39
I hate this stupid question so much. Accusing God All Mighty of being "egotistic" and thus comparing Him to his own creation? Are you kidding me? Only created beings can be egotistical, never the creator Himself. And all our good deeds - including Gandi's - are a result of God's help. If God didn't help us to do good deeds then none of us would or could. God owe us nothing and we everything to Him alone.
Short answer Yes Long answer Yes Why Because shirk is greatest sin. Imagine a person who is kind to every one but abuses his mother is he a good person? nop For What about the one who abuses gave him gift of mom?
@@matthewpaulson6497 ok let's talk
I agree with you that "God owe us nothing." But I think His love for creation is so great that He wants to offer us everything. What do you think?
And that's why the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: *_"He who's not thankful to people, isn't thankful to Allah"_* Allah is the One who sends others to help you
@@johnbrzykcy3076 Yes; that's why He created Paradise when none of us can earn it.
“Once there was a dog moving around a well. Suffering from thirst so bad. The dog was nearly dying. Then a prostitute from among the children of Israel happened to see the dog. So she drew water in her shoe and made him drink. Allah (SWT) forgave her because of this“ -Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
That's a wonderful story. Is it from the Quran?
@@johnbrzykcy3076 Its hadith, words of prophet Muhammad (S, A, W) are Hadith & words of Allah (SWT) are Quran. Thank you
@@not_a_drunk9878 Thanks for the clarification. Have a great day