Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.

Allah did not force people to disbelieve in Him. In reality, no one finds an outside power that forces him to do certain things. If Allah does not allow disbelievers to live, He is in reality practicing compulsion by forcing them all to be believers. How should He, then, hold them accountable for their deeds?

He said in the Qur’an what means, “It is He who created you, and among you is the disbeliever, and among you is the believer. And Allah, of what you do, is Seeing.” (At-Taghabun  64:2)

He further said, “And if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers], We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful – for their houses – ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount. And for their houses – doors and couches [of silver] upon which to recline. And gold ornament. But all that is not but the enjoyment of worldly life. And the Hereafter with your Lord is for the righteous.” (Az-Zukhruf  43:45)

 

Allah Almighty knows best.