Hadith
Abū Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, there is no one from this Ummah – whether a Jew or a Christian – who hears of me and then dies without believing in what I was sent with except that he will be among the inhabitants of the Fire.”
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَا يسمع بِي أحد مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ يَهُودِيٌّ وَلَا نَصْرَانِيٌّ ثُمَّ يَمُوتُ وَلَمْ يُؤْمِنْ بِالَّذِي أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِ إِلَّا كَانَ من أَصْحَاب النَّار»
Sahih Muslim
Ponder This Hadith
If Jews and Christians are accountable for accepting the message of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ before they die, then a divinely appointed Imam should be relentlessly calling them to Islam.
So why are the Imams quoted more for discussing racehorses than for calling all humanity to faith and obedience to the Prophet ﷺ?