صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الإيمانThe Book of Faith
باب وُجُوبِ الإِيمَانِ بِرِسَالَةِ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى جَمِيعِ النَّاسِ وَنَسْخِ الْمِلَلِ بِمِلَّتِهِ:Chapter: Obligation of believing that the message of our Prophet Muhammad (saws) is for all people, and the abrogation of all other religions
حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، قَالَ : وَأَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو ، أَنَّ أَبَا يُونُسَ حَدَّثَهُ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : " وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ ، لَا يَسْمَعُ بِي أَحَدٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ يَهُودِيٌّ ، وَلَا نَصْرَانِيٌّ ، ثُمَّ يَمُوتُ وَلَمْ يُؤْمِنْ بِالَّذِي أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِ ، إِلَّا كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ " .
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed: By Him in Whose hand is the life of Muhammad, he who amongst the community of Jews or Christians hears about me, but does not affirm his belief in that with which I have been sent and dies in this state (of disbelief), he shall be but one of the denizens of Hell-Fire.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues:
Whoever receives the call to your Prophethood and Messengership, and does not believe in you nor adopts the religion you have brought as his own religion, and dies in that state, will enter Hellfire, even if he is a follower of a previous Messenger’s religion and his book, whether he be a Jew or a Christian.
In short, after your (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) advent, salvation is not possible without believing in you and accepting your Shari‘ah.
The concept of “unity of religions”—that one may adopt any revealed religion, become a monotheist, and that this alone suffices for salvation—is a misguided and atheistic notion.
Whoever receives the call to your Prophethood and Messengership, and does not believe in you nor adopts the religion you have brought as his own religion, and dies in that state, will enter Hellfire, even if he is a follower of a previous Messenger’s religion and his book, whether he be a Jew or a Christian.
In short, after your (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) advent, salvation is not possible without believing in you and accepting your Shari‘ah.
The concept of “unity of religions”—that one may adopt any revealed religion, become a monotheist, and that this alone suffices for salvation—is a misguided and atheistic notion.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 386
