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How Can A Letter Warrant Extension Of Divine Punishment To Distant Peoples?
Ghamidi Sahab maintains that once a prophet’s mission succeeds and clear signs of Divine Blessing and Support appear in his favour, it becomes incumbent upon people to pay attention to these signs and investigate the truth for themselves.
Applying this principle to the conquests during the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, he argues that when the Prophet ﷺ sent letters to the monarchs of the great empires, the burden of proof was discharged and It was then upon those rulers and their people to verify the Prophet’s claim proactively.
The question is:
In the distant provinces of these empires—such as Khurasan or Makran, on the fringes of the Persian Empire—did the common people even know the story of the Prophet ﷺ? They probably heard nothing more than faint rumours.
Is it reasonable to expect an ordinary peasant to hear such vague reports and then travel over 2,000 kilometres to investigate the claim of prophethood, especially someone outside the Abrahamic tradition?
Was it even financially or logistically possible for common folk to undertake such a journey?
If not, then how can such distant and obscure information be considered a conclusive proof of the prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ for them? And how can it justify extending to them the divine punishment described for those who knowingly reject a prophet?
the Qur’an states:
“And never did thy Lord destroy the townships, till He had raised up in their mother(-town) a messenger reciting unto them Our revelations. And never did We destroy the townships unless the folk thereof were evil-doers.”
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How Can A Letter Warrant Extension Of Divine Punishment To Distant Peoples?
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This question has been addressed in detail at different occasions.
It was only about the neighboring lands and not the far off occupations of these empires. All the marked lands were conquered in the time Hazrat Umar.
The neighboring lands were well aware of the big happenings in their neighborhood.
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