Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Holy Prophet relations with Non muslims.


Islam never teaches us to hate non-Muslims. Can anyone prove that Muhammad (SAW) ever hated Abu Talib when he was alive? Can anyone prove that Muhammad (SAW) hated the Ahle Taif when they threw stones at him (in fact, the Prophet did dua for them)? Can anyone prove that the Prophet ever said anything against Abu Sufyaan (RA) when he was a non-Muslim? Prophet Muhammad (SAW) only showed anger and hatred towards those infidels who were bitterly against Islam, like Akramah Bin Abi Jahal etc. But he never hated those who were non-believers but did not participate in anything against Islam. As long as a non-Muslim is alive and he is not doing anything that comes under the category of ‘fighting or harming Islam’ then we should not hate him. This is what we know from the Sunnah of Muhammad (SAW).
But if a person dies on Kufr or Shirk then definitely we must hate him, according to the Sunnah of Muhammad (SAW) as he did with Abu Talib. The Qu’ran also tells us that we should show “beyzaari, baraat, displeasure” towards those persons who died on Shirk because upon their death, the door of Tauba is closed to them. But as long as a person is alive, we must respect him.
The Prophet (SAW) even showed respect for humanity’s sake to those individuals who died on Kufr:
It is narrated on the authority of Ibn Abu Laila that while Qais b. Sa’d and Sahl b. Hunaif were both in Qadisiyya a bier passed by them and they both stood up. They were told that it was the bier of one of the people of the land (non-Muslim). They said that a bier passed before the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him) and he stood up. He was told that he (the dead man) was a Jew. Upon this he remarked: Was he not a human being or did he not have a soul? And in the hadith narrated by ‘Amr b. Murra with the same chain of transmitters, (the words) are:” There passed a bier before us.” (Sahih Muslim Book 004, Number 2098)
Jews were clear enemies of Muslims at that time, yet the Prophet (SAW) respected the bier of a Jew by standing up for the sake of humanity. (Was he not a human being? Did he not have a soul?)
And this is the advice Umar (RA) left for his successor:
………I recommend my successor to be good to the early emigrants and realize their rights and to protect their honor and sacred things. And I also recommend him to be good to the Ansar who before them, had homes (in Medina) and had adopted the Faith. He should accept the good of the righteous among them and should excuse their wrongdoers. I recommend him to abide by the rules and regulations concerning the dhimmis (protectees) of Allah and His Apostle, to fulfil their contracts completely and fight for them and not to tax (overburden) them beyond their capabilities.” (Sahih Bukhari Book #23, Hadith #475) [Only the latter half of the hadith has been copied here]
 We should dislike and hate wrong beliefs and teachings, not the person who holds those beliefs. A person will only be classed as an enemy of Islam if he actively starts damaging the cause of Islam or takes up fighting against Muslims. Unless he does that, we must, as Muslims, treat him with respect and justice.
taken from: http://therealislam1.wordpress.com/2011/08/05/relations-with-non-muslims1/
Therefore we should be wary of how we act in according to other religions and try to be tolerant and unprejudiced towards other religions. 

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