Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 64
64 prayer. Suppose those living in jungles or on distant mountains do not know of the heavenly appointment of the Holy. Prophet Muhammad (peace and the blessings of Allah be on him). Allah the Excellent will not require of them why they did not observe the prayers prescribed by Islam nor would. He require of them why they did not observe the fast prescribed by Islam, for the obvious reason that they did not know of this particular prayer and this form of fasting. The Ahadith (Traditions) are very clear on the point and say that four types of people will be exempt from legal account-rendering on the day of Judgement (1) the born deaf, (2) the demented, (3) the senile and (4) all those to whom the message of Islam did not reach. For the test of such people another prophet will be commissioned to them and in the event of their accepting him, they will be saved, and in case they rejected him they would be punished (Ruhalmaani, Vol. IV, under . (وما كنا معذبين حتى نبعث رسولا - 16 : 17 the verse. Apart from this, the Promised Messiah (peace be on him) has adduced supporting evidence from the Holy Quran to the effect that such people shall be judged in the light of the natural human instincts and not in terms of the laws laid down in the Holy Quran. They will be judged by the sense of values implanted in the nature of every man. Human nature in itself judges some acts as sinful independently of the. A welllight of guidance the Shariat (Law) proffers to man. known incident related by Khalifatul-Masih I (may Allah be pleased with him) is an apt illustration. A thief came to him for medical advice. He exhorted him to desist from eating unlawful property as looting other people's goods was a wicked thing. Hearing this he said back that his advice was nothing better than priestly tall talk; that none earned his bread the harder way than men of his calling; that he (the