My point that you missed is that if we as humans can have rules which means can do something and others can't, why can't Allah. Allah has laid out the rules in the Koran and if we don't accept them on mass we go to hell, and even if we do but don't obey some of them we will spend some time in hell.
Our proof for the Islam being the only religion is the Koran and if your soul is destined you will accept it as such. If non Muslims believe that they are on the right path and they will go to their heaven then I have no complaints and if it transpires that we were in the wrong path, then that is just tough. I fast for 18 hours a day for a whole month, I wake up at 3am for Namaz in the summer, and pray 5 times a day, and give my Zakat and if we are going to the same place, what is the point? Yours is the Dunya but dont talk crap about we are all doing the same things and they should get the same rewards. Non muslims will be rewarded for their good deeds on the earth.
A few years ago, we were fasting at the start of the term in September,on the staff at my School there were 3 of us that were Muslims( one of the guys like you decided that Islam was too hard and had for all purposes given up), the 2 of us were fasting and the school laid on a dinner. I and the lady teacher looked at each other and saw the expensive well cooked food with chapped lips and dried mouths and just smiled at each other as the rest of the staff tucked in to food and wine ( not that we drank) we never said anything, but we know that this was Allah's test for us, and no point did I think I want some of that. Allah has his rules and you accept them or you don't.
This isn’t about what type of a Muslim you are and how closely you obey the teachings of Islam. You said you fast for 18 hours, but who benefits from your fast?
Absolutely no one. In fact even you don’t benefit because you have low productivity that month, and it is possible that it might impact your teaching performance. However, you still do it because you believe that you will be rewarded in the afterlife.
But is your 18 hour fast and 5 prayers a day benefitted the world in anyway? Has it benefitted the world more than the man who saved billions from poverty? Has it benefitted more than Bill Gates who has helped end polio in the world?
Has it benefitted more than the services of the people whose inventions have allowed Muslims to go to Hajj and read the Quran?
Let’s look at the example of J. Gutenberg, the man who invented the printing press in the 1400s.
His inventions allowed mass production of books including the Quran. Without his invention, the handwritten Qurans that took months to complete would not have reached half of the world.
Today, the Quran can be found in every corner of the world and his invention has helped millions to embrace Islam. Is there no reward for him and the other people that I mentioned in God’s eyes, simply because they didn’t recite the kalimah and don’t pray and fast?
I am not questioning why you deserve to go to Heaven; I am questioning why these people, who have changed the lives of millions and billions of Muslims and even helped them embrace Islam, are condemned for eternal hellfire.
So hypothetically speaking, a Muslim who believes in God, prays and fasts but also indulges in worldly pleasures like drinking, prostitution, gambling etc. will eventually go to Heaven after paying for his sins in Hell, but a man whose invention has transformed the lives of billions of Muslims and helped them get closer to God will get zero reward for their services after death.
Incredible. I take my hat off to this amazing criteria of justice and to everyone who are justifying and defending it.
