Could Aurangzeb Alamgir and Sher Shah Suri be among those referred to in the Hadith, considering their conquests of India as a whole?
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Two groups from the Ummah of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, will be saved by Allah from the Hellfire: a group that will conquer India, and a group that will be with Isa (Jesus), peace be upon him. As for Sultan Aurangzeb and Sher Shah Suri, they were rulers in India and not among its early conquerors, but they contributed to the spread of Islam and the establishment of justice there.
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