How does this point system work? In the eye an eye thread someone posted the following
“eye for an eye” is ur right, but if u forgive the wrong-doer and give up ur right, then u have ur reward with Allah…
but if u do want ur right, then its justice and no blame for u…"
So the person who forgives get’s points (“a reward with Allah”) while the person who takes action does not receive any points nor do they get any taken away, so assuming both are taken into heaven is one rewarded more than the other?
Yep, its all based on points man. You know like American Express Rewards program. So if you go for the justice you get no points, but if you forgive you get two points which equal to one hoor. You see the difference in level.
maybe we can look at the judaic laws on eye for an eye for guidance on this topic, maybe using two diff points of reference we can converge on the solution :)
On the authority of Abdullah bin Masud, who said : the messenger of Allah, and he is the truthful, the believed narrated to us :
"Verily the creation of each one of you is brought together in his mother’s belly for forty days in the form of seed, then he is a clot of blood for a like period, then a morsel of flesh for a like period, then there is sent to him the angel who blows the breath of life into him and who is commanded about four matters: to write down his means of livelihood, his life span, his actions, and whether happy or unhappy. By Allah, other than Whom there is no god, verily one of you behaves like the people of Paradise until there is but an arm’s length between him and it, and that which has been written over takes him and so he behaves like the people of Hell-fire and thus he enters it; and one of you behaves like the people of Hell-fire until there is but an arm’s length between him and it, and that which has been written over takes him and so he behaves like the people of Paradise and thus he enters it."
For all you know, me and you might go to hell and underthedome might end up with the metaphorical pearly gates.
oh.. sorry.. i was attempting humour. i agree unless i change drastically im probably not very heavenbound, and didnt mean anyone to take me seriously at all.
by the way i dont really believe in that hadees, but thats a different discussion (fate/predestination etc)
But everyone is judged based on their own criteria. A Muslim in America in modern times is exposed to many temptations and may not be able to do all 5 prayers on time. The first thing we'll be asked about by Allah is why we didn't pray. But a person living in the Amazon Jungle is judged by a totally different set of rules. So does that mean that the person who prays 5 times a day will go to a higher Heaven than the person in the Amazon who just lives day to day to survive? If someone has no knowlege of religion and God in the sense that a Muslim does, will that mean they have a disadvantage?