If someone ever asks you why a person should go to hellfire if they've disbelieved in this life for only maybe about 70years, then alhamdulillah we have an answer to that:

If someone called a person to Islaam, and the person rejected the message when it was clear and apparent to them - then they would probably continue in their disbelief, and if given an immortal life - they would persist in their disbelief. So being punished in the hellfire forever wouldn't be unjust. Since that person if given a life of eternity would remain in the state of disbelief [forever] anyway.


How do you know i would remain in disbelief forever? the person might ask.


Well why don't you accept Islaam now if the message is so clear?


Anyone who is sincere, Allaah will guide them to the truth.

Allaah says:

“O My slaves, all of you are astray except those whom I guide, so ask Me for guidance, and I will guide you. O My slaves, all of you are hungry except those whom I feed, so ask me for food and I will feed you. O My slaves, all of you are naked except those whom I clothe, so ask Me for clothing and I will clothe you. … O My slaves, if the first of you and the last of you, your humans and your jinn, were to stand on a single plain and ask of Me and I were to give each one what he asked for, that would not cause any loss to Me greater than what is lost when a needle is dipped into the sea.”

Narrated by Muslim (#2577).



The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: Allah the Almighty said:

I am as My servant thinks I am (1). I am with him when he makes mention of Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to Myself; and if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an assemble better than it. And if he draws near to Me an arm's length, I draw near to him a fathom's length. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him at speed.

(1) Another possible rendering of the Arabic is: "I am as My servant expects Me to be". The meaning is that forgiveness and acceptance of repentance by the Almighty is subject to His servant truly believing that He is forgiving and merciful. However, not to accompany such belief with right action would be to mock the Almighty.

It was related by al-Buhkari (also by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn-Majah).

However if someone isn't sincere, then that shows that they don't want to fulfill the true purpose that they are created for. You have to warn these people of the hellfire [give them description of the fire] and give them glad tidings that if they submit [Islaam means submission to Allaah] they will be rewarded with a great reward of Jannah [Paradise - then give description of Jannah from Qur'an and Sunnah], since that is the real life which is forever - and this life is only temporary.

http://www.islamicboard.com/akhira-h...an-sunnah.html (Jannah wa an-Naar - In The Light of the Qur'an and Sunnah)