“the one whom they find written about in the Torah and the Gospel.” His proper name, Muhammad ﷺ, is plainly recorded there. Allah continues: “the one whom they find written with them in the Torah and the Gospel—he enjoins them to what is right, forbids them from what is wrong, makes lawful for them what is wholesome, makes unlawful for them what is foul, and lifts from them their burdens and the shackles that were upon them.” They know this perfectly well, but—may Allah protect us—envy and haughty pride kept them from believing in him. As Allah says, “Many of the People of the Book wish to turn you back to unbelief after you have believed, out of envy from within themselves, even after the truth has become clear to them.” We ask Allah for safety.

In light of this, if a non-Muslim falls ill you may visit him, provided you expect some good from the visit—namely, that you present Islam to him and perhaps he will accept it. The foreign laborers living among us today, most of whom are non-Muslims, must not be left in their current state, treated like mere beasts of burden who work for us while we fail to guide them to the truth. They have a right upon us: we are obliged to invite them to Islam, clarify the truth, and encourage them until they embrace it. To have such vast numbers of Christians, Buddhists, and others in our midst, yet see only the occasional person enter Islam after many days, is evidence of the weakness of our daʿwah and of our failure to make a genuine effort to call them. This is undoubtedly a shortcoming on our part—otherwise the worker came