Q: Idol worshippers believe just as strong as a Muslim believes and also has prayers answered just as Muslims prayers get answered.
Hope you can help with this question as Allah can easily put and end to idol worship yet he keeps sending souls that get programmed into the faith they are born into and by clear observation the majority stay in that faith as they have strong reasons to do so. If a Hindu came to a Muslim and tells him to become Hindu and worship multiple Gods then the Muslim won't do that and vice versa. And just because the Quran says so is not good enough since anyone can put a book and say worship so and so but most will ignore that person and believe what they have been brought up with.
I'm sure you know what I'm saying and would be grateful if you can explain, but please don't explain with verses from the Quran, I want you to explain independently.
A: Allah Ta`ala has blessed every individual with the freedom of choice. He may choose the right or the wrong. Hence, he becomes responsible for what he has chosen. The same law applies in this material world. Nobody can go to the court of law and say that he has committed murder and rape but because it was programmed into his life therefore he must be excused. Only a person who is mentally challenged is excused from the law because he does not have the ability to reason correctly. Similar is the plight of animals. They are not punished because they do not have the ability of reasoning.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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