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Punishment Now & Then

29 Dhul Qa'dah 1435 | 24 September 2014

Shortened Question

Is there punishment for non-Muslims in this world when they commit crimes against Muslims?

What is their punishment in the hereafter?

Question

Whenever no-Muslims commit crimes against Muslims are they punished in this world?

What is their punishment in the Hereafter?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

If a non-Muslim commits a wrong in a Muslim country, then he will be held accountable for the crime that he had committed. The punishment that will be meted out to him will be dependent upon the crime that was committed.

A non-Muslim will be permanently punished in the Hereafter firstly for not accepting Islam. Then the punishment for whatever crime he has committed in a non-Muslim country will be between him and Allah Ta’ala in the Hereafter.[1]

 

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mufti Saeed Ahmed Golaub

Islamic Solutions

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References

[1]{ ثُمَّ أَنْتُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَتُخْرِجُونَ فَرِيقًا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ تَظَاهَرُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِالْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ وَإِنْ يَأْتُوكُمْ أُسَارَى تُفَادُوهُمْ وَهُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِخْرَاجُهُمْ أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ الْكِتَابِ وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍ فَمَا جَزَاءُ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا خِزْيٌ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَى أَشَدِّ الْعَذَابِ وَمَا اللَّهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ} [البقرة: 85]

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