`Ubadah bin As-Samit (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (Peace Be Upon Him) said, "He who bears witness that there is no true god except Allah, alone having no partner with Him, that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger, that `Isa (Jesus) is His servant and Messenger and he (Jesus) is His Word which He communicated to Maryam (Mary) and His spirit which He sent to her, that Jannah is true and Hell is true; Allah will make him enter Jannah accepting whatever deeds he accomplished". [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Another narration in Muslim is: the Messenger of Allah (Peace Be Upon Him) said, "Whosoever testifies that there is no true god except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, Allah (SWT) saves him from the Fire (of Hell)".

Commentary: This Hadith confirms that all Prophets of Allah were human and thus refutes those who attribute divinity to them and exclude them from the category of human or regard them a part of Allah. This Hadith tells us that the belief that Prophets were men constitutes part of Faith and denial of it is the denial of a part of Faith and amounts to evasion from Tauhid – Oneness of Allah.

Prophet `Isa (Jesus, Peace Be Upon Him) has been referred in the Qur'an as "Kalimatullah" (the Word of Allah) (4:171). Meaning is that he was born without being fathered by anyone, only on the express fiat of Allah.

This Hadith shows that a major sin does not cast a Muslim out of the fold of Islam, as is believed by certain deviant sects. Such a person does remain a Muslim and his eligibility for admission into Jannah also remains intact but his admission entirely depends on the pleasure of Allah. He may forgive a sinful Muslim and send him to Jannah even in the initial stage or keep him in Hell for sometime and then send him to Jannah. Thus, when it is said that Muslims are protected against Hell, it means that they will not abide in Hell for ever. It will be a temporary phase varying with his sins. When that punishment comes to an end, or even before it, when Almighty, Allah, wills, he will be removed from Hell to Jannah.