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How is the Hadith interpreted: «Allah has excused the person whose lifespan He has prolonged until he reached sixty years of age,» and does this excuse include the non-Muslim in our current era, given the widespread deception and distortion of Islam's image?

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The meaning of the Hadith: "Allah has excused a person whose life He prolonged until he reached sixty years of age," is that whoever reaches sixty years of age has no excuse for not repenting and turning to Allah, due to the nearness of his demise and the waning of youthful vigor. This does not mean that someone younger than this age has an excuse for disbelief or disobedience. The issue of excuse by ignorance is complex, and the accountable person must believe that anyone who professes a religion other than Islam is a disbeliever in worldly rulings, while their affair in the Hereafter is with Allah. Allah does not punish anyone except after the evidence has reached them, for Allah loves excuses, and for this reason, He sent messengers as bearers of glad tidings and warners. Everyone who professes a religion other than Islam is a disbeliever, and Allah does not punish anyone except after the establishment of proof through a messenger. As for worldly rulings, disbelievers are treated based on outward appearance.

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