I have some questions about Islam, could you explain them for me? What does Islam say about people of other religions? Are all non-Muslim people regarded as sinners because they do not follow Allaah and Islam? Can any non-Muslim person enter Paradise without following Islam?.


Praise be to Allaah.
 

The ruling
of Islam concerning other religions is that they are all either fabricated
and false, or abrogated. 

The
fabricated and false religions are those like the ancient Arabian practise
of worshipping idols and stones. 

The
abrogated religions are those which were taught by the Prophets who came
before our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him). They are valid in that their origins are from Allaah, but Islam came
and took their place, not with regard to basic beliefs such as the existence
of God, the angels, Paradise and Hell, for these are matters which all the
Messengers have in common, but there are differences between them with
regard to ways of worshipping and drawing close to Allaah by means of
prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, alms, etc. The later followers of the Prophets
have fallen into deviations of belief and shirk, but Islam came to point
that out and bring people back to the correct belief taught by the earlier
Prophets. 

It was
narrated that Abu’l-Darda’ (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: ‘Umar
brought some pages of the Tawraat to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said, “O Messenger of Allaah, these are
some pages of the Tawraat which I took from a brother of mine from Banu
Zurayq.” The expression of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) changed, and ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Zayd – who had been
shown the adhaan [in a dream] – said, “Has Allaah taken away your mind? Do
you not see the expression on the face of the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)?” ‘Umar said, “We are pleased
with Allaah as our Lord and with Islam as our religion and with Muhammad as
our Prophet and with the Qur’aan as our guide.” Then the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) relaxed [?}, and said, “By
the One in Whose hand is my soul, if Moosa were to come among you and you
were to follow him and leave me, you would have gone far astray. You are my
share among the nations and I am your share among the Prophets.” (Narrated
by Ahmad, 15437). 

Ibn Hajar
said: 

All the
isnaads of this hadeeth are such that they could not be taken as evidence
individually, but when taken together they prove that this hadeeth is
correct. (Fath al-Baari, 13/525). 

The evidence
for that is the verse in which Allah says (interpretation if 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] 

Imam
al-Tabari said in his commentary on this verse: 

What Allaah
means by that is that whoever looks for a religion other than Islam to
follow, Allaah will never accept that from him, “and in the Hereafter he
will be one of the losers” meaning, one of those who deprived themselves
of their share of the mercy of Allaah.”

(Tafseer
al-Tabari, 3/339) 

Islam does
not regard them (followers of other religions) only as sinners, but as
kaafirs (disbelievers) who will abide forever in the Fire of Hell, as stated
in the verse quoted above. 

He (the
kaafir) will be a loser in Hell, and will not come of out it. It is not
possible for a kaafir to enter Paradise unless he becomes Muslim. Allaah
says (interpretation of the meaning): 

“Verily, those who belie
Our Ayaat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and
treat them with arrogance, for them the gates of heaven will not be opened,
and they will not enter Paradise until the camel goes through the eye of the
needle (which is impossible). Thus do We recompense the Mujrimoon
(criminals, polytheists, sinners)”


[al-A’raaf 7:40] 

It was
proven that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said: “By the One is Whose hand is my soul, no one of this nation, Jew or
Christian, will hear of me and not believe in that with which I have been
sent, but he will be one of the people of Hell.” (Narrated by Muslim). 

We ask
Allaah to guide the seekers of truth from other religions to look into the
religion of Islam and its Book, the Qur’aan. May Allaah guide them and open
their hearts to enter Islam.