Islam and Christianity

The most important among human rights, of which the
torment will be the most dreadful, is that of not doing “amr-u
ma’rûf’ to relatives and to the people under one’s authority. This
means to discontinue teaching the Islamic religion to them.
It is understood that a man who prevents them or any other
Muslim from learning their religion and from worshipping by the
use of torture or deceit, is an enemy of Islam, a kafir (disbeliever)!
A Muslim who does not follow one of the four madhhabs is called
a “heretic.” Muslims are in great peril in the face of heretics’
attempts to change the creed of Ahl as-sunna and to defile Islam
and belief.
While in the world, such people should repent as early as
possible, then return the wronged person’s right, get themselves
forgiven and consign themselves to Allâhu ta’âlâ’s mercy by
abstaining from doing such evil acts again. They should also try to
get their sins pardoned by doing a lot of good deeds. Then, Allâhu
ta’âlâ will forgive them for their sins.
It is believed that those who have worked and left behind them
useful information and efforts with a view to serving humanity,
even if they are considered to have been in another religion, may
have attained Allâhu ta’âlâ’s guidance towards the end of their
lives. Of old, Muslims called such people “the secret pious.” If it
is not known for certain that such doers of good acts had been
holding non-Muslim beliefs, we do not know, either, in what
belief they were when they died. If they had used well the weapon
of mind, which Allâhu ta’âlâ had conferred upon them; if they had
worked with the idea of serving all human beings without harming
anyone; if they had studied the fundamentals of all the religions,
it should be expected that they attained Allâhu ta’âlâ’s guidance
and as a result were Muslims.
For example, Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), a famous
contemporary literary man, states in one of his articles: “Islam is
the only religion which can be adapted to every century. I predict
that Islam will be the religion which will be accepted by
tomorrow’s Europe.” This reveals that he has accepted Islam in
his heart.
The German thinker and writer Emil Ludwig (1881-1948)
wrote in one of his works: “I visited Egypt. One evening as I was
having a walk along the Red Sea shore, in the midst of silence, I
heard the sudden call of the adhân, and my whole body trembled
with the fear of the Creator. All of a sudden, there arose within
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