Before ending this chapter, there are three subjects that the enemies of Islam are
constantly portraying negatively using the mass media at their disposal to give
Islam a very bad image.
1) The mercy of Islam in war and fightingThe instructions disseminated by the prophet to his followers are very clear and
concise, in war one must respects the humanity of the person even if they are his
enemy.
The prophet said:
Not to mutilate the corpses of the dead.
Not to kill women and children.
Not to kill the frail man who does not part-take.
Not to kill the clergymen.
Not to kill business associates who are not fighting.
Not to steal from the war booty.
And history testifies to all of these points.
2) Compassion and forgiveness when you have the ability to retaliate or
revenge.The best example is from the opening of Mecca; when the prophet entered
victorious with 10,000 companions, and they had surrounded it, the Meccans
thought of certain death.
The prophet had the right to revenge after suffering at the hands of the Meccans him
and his followers, but nothing was more befitting then the compassion he showed
the prophet of mercy and compassion.
If we compare this Islamic principle with the likes of what is found in the Bible
describing the openings and expeditions of some of the prophets of the Bible you
will find a clear distinction.
“So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard
the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down
flat, so that the people went up into the city, Then they devoted all in the city to
destruction, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with
the edge of the sword. every man straight before him, and they captured the city.
And they burned the city with fire, and everything in it. Only the silver and gold, and
the vessels of bronze and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the
LORD. [Joshua 6:20/21/24]