18 - Abrogation of earlier messages

عن أبي هريرة أن رَسُول اللهِ قال: «وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ، لا يَسْمَعُ بِي أَحَدٌ مِنْ هذِهِ الأُمَّةِ يَهُودِيٌّ وَلا نَصْرَانِيٌّ، ثُمَّ يَمُوتُ وَلَمْ يُؤْمِنْ بِالَّذِي أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِ: إِلَّا كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ» رواه مسلم

Abu Hurayrah narrated that:

God’s Messenger (peace be upon him said:  By Him who holds Muhammad’s soul in His hand,  anyone in this nation who hears of me, whether Jew or Christian,and then dies without believing in what I have been sent with, shall be among the dwellers in the Fire.

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Summary of Meaning

The Prophet states an oath that no one who is his contemporary or lives later and hears of him and his message, but who still refuses to believe in him will be accepted by God. Whoever consciously disbelieves in Prophet Muhammad is destined to Hell, even though such a person be a Jew or a Christian.

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