What is the ruling on someone who affirms the oneness of God (Tawhid) but does not believe in the other pillars of Islam, either due to ignorance of Islam or due to being deceived by Western media? And will he abide eternally in the fire of Hell?
Everyone who does not believe in the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and in what he brought, is a disbeliever. Whoever did not hear of him will be tested in the Hereafter, and whoever received news of him has the proof established against him. If he dies upon disbelief, he is among the people of the Fire. Media deception is not an excuse, because he should have sought the truth. Whoever the call did not reach will be tested on the Day of Resurrection; if he succeeds, he will enter Paradise, and if he disobeys, he will enter the Fire. As for whoever the Qur'an reached or the Prophet's mission reached and he did not respond, the proof has been established against him, so he is among the people of the Fire, based on the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "By the One in whose hand is my soul, no one from this nation, neither a Jew nor a Christian, hears of me and then dies without believing in that with which I was sent, except that he will be among the people of the Fire."
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