Q&A: Are Jews & Christians Going to Heaven? | Dr. Shabir Ally

A viewer asks Dr. Shabir Ally to elaborate on Sura 2:62, and wonders how Jews & Christians can go to heaven too, even though they don't pray and fast like Muslims do. Dr. Shabir Ally responds.

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[God_Help_Me]

I just wish all the Christians, Muslim people, and Jewish people get along one and learn to accept one another. We are all from the God of Abraham, so just realize we worship the same God, just in the ways we were taught. You guys have a blessed day.

[AlexOjideagu]

" For the Muslims, the Jews, the Sabians, and the Christians- those who believe in God and the Last Day and do good deeds- there is no fear"

[Rotisiv]

Allah is the ultimate judge. He’s the One who will decide who goes to Heaven and who doesn’t.

[vsphelp]

I've always been told that no one knows except Allah.

[hamiftw]

Most Eurppean Christuaje throughout history never heard about Islam. I think those people who worship God may go to Jannah Insha'Allah

[jasminereesby]

I am not a Muslim but I have to say after reading many comments it seems muslims for the most part show much empathy and a longing for people to be saved Christians, Jews, muslims etc. I have to say when reading comments on Christian videos I don't see the same compassion. I for one am still trying to find my way I live in a mostly Christian society my family are Christians they are good people, I have friends who are muslim and they are good people. Its so hard to choose the right path.

[xkxaxbxixrx]

According to me Jews and Christians would go to heaven as in Quran it is also mentioned that we can marry the person belonging to these communities without any restrictions and is completely halal. And the relationship of wife and husband is made by Allah and will be together in the jannah too, so that makes sense i guess.

[scorpyraco]

Allah is more Merciful than Mothers on Earth.... And finally Allah will forgive most of people InshaAllah ....
otherwise WHY have Merciful Creater created his creations??? just to enjoy burning them in Hell fire? Yeah He will punish people, but not for forever... and also word "Forever" has different definitions(meanings)...

[usamuslimvt]

"Knowledge places responsibility", perfectly worded. Firstly...no human has the authority to say what Allah will do and will not do...He guides whomever he wills however He wills it. So no one can say if one will assuredly go to Jannah or not...that is up to Allah alone. Our purpose...the central reason for our very being...is to make Allah happy. And the more happy Allah is with you...the better it will be for you. Do you want to be a D- student or an A+ student? Do you think a D- student will have the same honors as and A+ student? Does praying once a week make Allah happy? Sure. But does praying five times a day make Allah even MORE happy? Absolutely!!! Allah is on my mind when I first wake up and and when I go to sleep and every moment in between...even while at work...he is my Master...my Doctor...my Teacher...and my best Friend who can never fade and can never fail. I want to do as much as I possibly can every day to make Him happy.

[Iamthewarner]

"God informed us who will go to heaven:"
They (Jews or Christians) say that, *None will enter Paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian.* *That is their wishfulness (vain desires and fancies).*
Say to them, *"Bring your proof, if you are right in your claim."*
*The fact is that no one has any special claim to Paradise; whoever surrenders himself to Allah in obedience and follows the Right Way, shall get his reward from his Lord: there shall be neither fear nor grief for such people.*
Quran 2[111-112]

[Jesus said], *“And indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path.”*
Qur’an 19:36

One of the scribes once asked Jesus (PBUH) as to which was the first commandment of all, to which Jesus (PBUH) merely repeated what Moses (PBUH) had said, namely:
*Shama Israelu Adonai Ila Hayno Adna Ikhat.*
This is a Hebrew quotation, which means:
*Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord.* (Mark 12:29)

*Jesus declared, “I am truly a servant of Allah. He has destined me to be given the Scripture and to be a prophet.*
Qur’an 19:30

*“And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God.”*
(Mark 10:18).

*“I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.”* (John 5:30)

*Also Jesus said, “..for my Father is greater than I.”* (John 14:28)

If Jesus and God were the same then he would not have said what he said in the above verses.

*There is NOT a single verse in the complete Bible, where Jesus Christ himself says "I am God" or "Worship me."*

Those statements should be more than enough to ensure you that what you are doing rite now is CONTRADICTIVE to what Jesus taught in your Bible.

*But if you repent to Allah and ask forgiveness of Allah then surely Allah will forgive your all sins.*
*He is most forgiving most merciful.*
*Allah is our creator Who gives life and death and will again resurrect us on the Day of Judgment.*
*If you want eternal life then follow believe in Allah who is our creator and follow his final revelation Quran.*
*So follow true path Islam*
*Worship only Allah*
*There is no God except Allah and Muhammad ( ﷺ ) is his Last and Final Messanger.*

[xTrnaL]

Of course he is right i am muslim and i support him why do schoolars have to be so much selfish and wish the paradise only for muslims just because they try hard to pray ?, i wish everyone could go to heven every good person with good soul, that believes in god and last day, but they are jealous people u can not interprate word of god indifferent way. There are many schoolars with different opinions but this shabir i really like hime, most of schoolars talk based on hadiths, shabir talks only mostly from quran, also there is another muslim schoolar hasan bin farhan, I heard him say that maybe in heaven there will be more atheists and christians rather than muslims, but I am not jealous I am not selfish to wish heaven only for muslims, I can not compare myself with someone that does not know nothing about religion and it's truth, I know truth I have to follow it.

[sailorashy]

Alhamdulillah I'm so happy. Allah has answered my prayers. I personally not close with any religious christian and jew people. I was about to cry thinking my jew and christian brothers and sisters would not go to jannah. Since some of them are really nice people I see online. The thought that they wouldn’t make it to jannah was breaking my heart. Allah is most kind and merciful. I don't know what I did to deserve such happiness.

[nmaxima]

Thank you, I could not find many discussions on this topic, but I am glad I could find some others insight!

[robertcummins]

I think only ALLAH knows EACH and EVERYONES hearts. I am sure we will go exactly to were we were meant to be. A perfect God can be no less than perfect.

[SamirZeGeek]

Islam, Christianity, Judaism, ... who cares!!!! They’re all great religions right? And we should respect it all, I think that if we’re good people who don’t hurt other people, we’ll not go to hell at all

[youngboy]

Allah Says in Surah Al Imran that the only acceptable Religion is Islam, only Muslims will enter Heaven.
Yeah ! The Bani Israeel or The Jews in the past . And the Christians who believes that Allah is the one true
Lord and Jesus the messenger will enter heaven surely . For the present day, Most Christians and Jews are
Not monotheistic at all . They observe shirk and Allah can forgive everything if he wills but not Shirk .
I respect dr Sabir but we can’t bend words to please the Kafirs. Oh Lord ! Thanks for giving me birth as
A Muslim and also my parents as well as my grandparents. I can never Pay u back for the Islam Gift .
Love u Allah ♥️ and I won’t exchange this religion for anything .

[abdilahiadam]

Praise be to Allaah.
What you refer to in your question is mentioned in two similar aayaat in the Qur’aan. The first of them is the aayah (interpretation of the meaning): “Verily, those who believe and those who are Jews and Christians, and Sabians, whoever believes in Allaah and the Last Day and do righteous good deeds shall have their reward with their Lord, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.” [al-Baqarah 2:62]
The second is the aayah (interpretation of the meaning): “Surely, those who believe, those who are the Jews and the Sabians and the Christians – whosoever believed in Allaah and the Last Day, and worked righteousness, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.” [al-Maa’idah 5:69]
In order to understand these aayaat correctly, we need to refer to the scholars of Tafseer (Qur’aanic commentary). The great Imaam Ismaa’eel ibn Katheer, may Allaah have mercy on him, said in his tafseer of the aayah from Soorat al-Baqarah:
“Allaah, may He be exalted, points out that whoever of the previous nations did well and was obedient, will have a good reward, and this will be the case for everyone who follows the Unlettered Prophet [Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) until the Hour comes – he will have eternal happiness, and they will not fear what they are going to face, nor will they grieve for what they have left behind. As Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): ‘No doubt! Verily, the awliya’ of Allaah [i.e., those who believe in the Oneness of Allaah and fear Allaah much, and love Allaah much], no fear shall come upon them nor shall they grieve.’ [Yoonus 10:62]. And Allaah tells us what the angels say to the believers at the time of death (interpretation of the meaning): ‘Verily, those who say,  “Our Lord is Allaah, ” then they istaqaamu [stood straight, i.e., truly followed Islam], on them the angels will descend (at the time of their death) (saying): “Fear not, nor grieve! But receive the glad tidings of Paradise which you have been promised!”’ [Fussilat 41:30]
As far as the Jews are concerning, their faith meant believing in the Tawraat (original Torah) and following the way of Moosa (peace be upon him) until ‘Eesa came, after which whoever continued to follow the Torah and the way of Moosa, and did not leave this and follow ‘Eesa, was doomed. As far as the Christians are concerned, their faith meant believing in the Injeel (original Gospel) and following the laws of ‘Eesa; whoever did this was a believer whose faith was acceptable to Allaah, until Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came, after which whoever did not follow Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and leave the way of ‘Eesa and the Injeel that he had been following before, was doomed.
The aayah (interpretation of the meaning),  “And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers” [Aal ‘Imraan 3:85] is a statement that Allaah will not accept any way or deed from anyone, after sending His Final Messenger, except those that are in accordance with the laws of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Prior to this, however, anyone who followed the Prophet of his own time was on the Straight Path of salvation. So the Jews were those who followed Moosa (peace be upon him) and referred to the Tawraat for judgement at that time. When Allaah sent ‘Eesa (peace be upon him), the Children of Israel were obliged to follow him and obey him, and so they and others who followed him became Christians.. When Allaah sent Muhammad (saw)

[jdsaint]

“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

[zahidroadwall]

I’m Muslim and want to convert to Christianity but I’m scared, That I won’t go to heaven, And I’m scared my family will hate me

[despareint]

From my understanding, they'll enter the heaven as their respective Messenger fellows for instance: Jews as mosses(PBUH) follower's and Christians as Jesus (PBUH) follower's.
And Muslims as Mohammad's (PBUH).
Since, we have different faiths but share relative beliefs.🙂
*I saw many scholar's who always blame Non-muslims 😐