Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 89
? 82 82 For example, the law of Shariat does not exist in a certain place and people naturally do not offer the currently prescribed 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 the verse 17:16 - (وما كنا معذبين حتى نبعث رسولا 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