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salamalaykum
there are some people who maybe didnt know anything about islam ..especially older people who had no exposure to islam at all.. what about them
Wa'aleykumas-salaam warahmatul-Lahi wabarakatuh.
for any one who did not get the messege of oneness of Allah,Allah says,"...and WE never punish anyone untill we send a messenger for Him"{Q17:15}...
And come on the day of judgement Allah will test their obedience,if they obey{they would have obeyed in the previous life} and if they don't then they rejected it in their previous lives as stated by the Hadith of al-Aswad ibn saree,who reported that the prophet{s.a.w}said,"There are four (who will protest) to Allaah on the Day of Resurrection: the deaf man who never heard anything, the insane man, the very old man, and the man who died during the
fatrah (the interval between the time of ‘Eesaa (Jesus, upon whom be peace) and the time of Muhammad SAWS (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)). The deaf man will say, ‘O Lord, Islam came but I never heard anything.’ The insane man will say, ‘O Lord, Islam came but the children ran after me and threw stones at me.’ The very old man will say, ‘O Lord, Islam came but I did not understand anything.’ The man who died during the
fatrah will say, ‘O Lord, no Messenger from You came to me.’ He will accept their promises of obedience, then word will be sent to them to enter the Fire. By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, if they enter it, it will be cool and safe for them.”{
Saheeh al-Jaami’, 881}.
Thus,Allah will test their obedience if they obey Him in jumping into the Fire they surely would have obeyed Him in the previous life and if they refuse then they can't help it as they have disbelieved in the previous life...Allah knows best about His creation and He is Just to all His creation. Wal-Lahu A'alam