Everyone who hears the message of Islam

Everyone who hears the message of Islam in a sound and correct form (and rejects it), will have evidence against him and he will go to hell. Whoever dies without having heard the message of Islam, or having heard it in a distorted form, then his case is in the hands of Allah. 

God (Allah) says: "And We never punish until We have sent a Messenger (to give warning)". [17:15]

If someone never hears about Islam , then it is safe to say that he will not go to hell,but Allah knows the best. But if someone hears about Islam and knows about it, than he chooses his own fate.  narrated in Saheeh Muslim that the Prophet , said: “By him in whose hand is the life of Muhammad, he who amongst the community of Jews or Christians hears about me but does not affirm his belief in that with which I have been sent and dies in this state (of disbelief), shall be but one of the denizens of the Hellfire.”

Anyone who has not received the Da`wah (Invitation to Islaam) in the life of this world and died ignorant of the truth will be tested on the Day of Resurrection, according to the most correct opinion maintained by scholars. If they succeed (by accepting the truth), they will be admitted into Paradise. But if they oppose the truth, they will be cast into Hellfire.

This applies to all people categorized as Ahl-ul-Fatrah who have not received Da`wah (Invitation to Islaam)

The proof of this is in the following verse: God (Allah) 17:15 ..."And never would We punish until We sent a messenger.."

Moreover, Imaam Ahmad in his Musnad (16301) said:

Allaah's Messenger (PBUH) said: "Four will have proofs (in their favor) on the Day of Standing: (1) A deaf man who could not hear anything; (2) a fool (who could not understand anything); (3) a feebly old man; and (4) a man who died in the fatrah (the period between prophets). As for the deaf man, then he will say: 'My Lord, Islaam came and I did not hear anything.' And as for the fool, then he will say, 'My Lord, Islaam came and the children were throwing dung at me.' And as for the feebly old man, then he will say, 'My Lord, Islaam came and I did not understand anything.' And as for the one who died in the fatrah (period between prophets), then he will say, 'My Lord, no messenger from you came to me.' So He (Allaah) will take oaths from them that they will obey Him (in what He is about to request from them), so it (an order) will be sent to them: 'Enter the Fire!' And verily by Him in whose Hand is my soul, if they entered it, it will be cool and soothing." It has been authenticated by Shaykh Albaanee as well.

Just hearing "Islam" is not enough for being responsible. In western countries, people hear about Islam everyday from media, but they hear in a negative way. They hear a different, violent, bloody religion which is actually not Islam. If they become enemies of Islam, are they going to be responsible of their hatred?

Allah never says that he is going to punish people just after hearing Islam. He never says something like this:

But, he says that he will say something like this:

They will say, "Did there not come to you your messengers with clear proofs?" They will say, "Yes." They will reply, "Then supplicate [yourselves], but the supplication of the disbelievers is not except in error." Quran (40:50)

From another verses:

"And We had already destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and their messengers had come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe. Thus do We recompense the criminal people". Quran (10:13)

Another:

"Those who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists were not to be parted [from misbelief] until there came to them clear evidence ". Quran(98:1)

Another: "[Who is] obligated not to say about Allah except the truth. I have come to you with clear evidence from your Lord". Quran(7:105)

He said, "O my people have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord while He has given me mercy from Himself but it has been made unapparent to you, should we force it upon you while you are averse to it? Quran(11:28)

You can make a search on this word {clear evidence} in Quran. Quran is full of this word. Investigate how it is used, and how much it is important. You will see that only the ones who see the clear evidence are to be responsible. Just hearing is not enough to make you responsible. Hearing in TV can make negative effect as it does in western countries. If you hear Islam from someone else, you hear as much as that person is able to explain to you. You need to see a clear evidence to be responsible of what you saw.

Allah says in the Quran: "We will not punish without sending someone to warn you". The "We" here is the majestic we used in Arabic. So if a person never heard about Islam, and was never warned clearly, Allah would have a special test for that person that He knows is equal to the chance that person would have had on earth.