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Will peoples who did not receive the message of Islam enter the Fire, such as peoples who lived on other continents at the time of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace? And were there people who followed our master Jesus and were not led astray after the distortion of the Gospel until the advent of Islam?

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Those who have not received the Islamic call are treated as people of the Fatrah (an intermediate period between prophets). Some people followed the true religion brought by Jesus before the advent of Islam. This is indicated by the Hadith in Muslim: "Indeed, Allah looked at the people of the earth and detested them, both their Arabs and their non-Arabs, except for remnants from the People of the Book." And by Salman al-Farisi's meeting with four Christians who were upon the true religion, concerning whom Allah revealed: "{Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans - those who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness - will have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will be upon them, nor will they grieve.}" [Al-Baqarah: 62]. One can refer to books of exegesis for verses such as "{They are not [all] alike; among the People of the Scripture is a community standing [in obedience], reciting the verses of Allah during periods of the night and prostrating.}" [Aal 'Imran: 113] and "{And indeed, among the People of the Scripture are those who believe in Allah and what was revealed to you and what was revealed to them, [being] humbly submissive to Allah. They do not exchange the verses of Allah for a small price. Those will have their reward with their Lord. Indeed, Allah is swift in account.}" [Aal 'Imran: 199].

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