Jihad in the way of Allah elevates one's position in Paradise by a hundred fold.
(Muslim 4645) |
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for
they will be called Sons of God"
(Matthew 5:9) |
Married 13 wives and kept sex slaves.
(Bukhari 5:268, Qur'an 33:50) |
Was celibate. |
Slept with a 9-year-old child.
(Sahih Muslim 3309, Bukhari 58:236) |
Did not have sex with children. |
Ordered the murder of women.
(Ibn Ishaq 819, 995) |
Never harmed a woman. |
"O you who believe! Fight those of the
unbelievers who are near to you
and let them find in you hardness."
(Qur'an 9:123) |
"Blessed are the meek, for
they shall inherit the earth."
(Matthew 5:5) |
Ordered 65 military campaigns
and raids in his last 10 years.
(Ibn Ishaq ) |
Ordered no military campaigns, nor
offered any approval of war or violence. |
Killed captives taken in battle.
(Ibn Ishaq 451) |
Never took captives.
Never killed anyone. |
Encouraged his men to rape enslaved women.
(Abu Dawood 2150, Qur'an 4:24) |
Never encouraged rape.
Never enslaved women. |
Demanded captured slaves and
a fifth of all other loot taken in war.
(Qur'an 8:41) |
"The Son of Man came not
to be served, but to serve."
(Matthew 20:28) |
Was never tortured, but tortured others.
(Muslim 4131, Ibn Ishaq 436, 595, 734, 764) |
Suffered torture, but never tortured anyone. |
"And fight them until there is no more persecution and religion is only for Allah"
(Qur'an 8:39) |
"Love your enemies and pray
for those who persecute you"
(Matthew 5:44) |
Blessed the brutal murder of a half-blind man
(al-Tabari 1440) |
Healed a blind man
(Mark 8:28) |
Ordered a slave to build the very pulpit
from which he preached Islam.
(Bukhari 47:743) |
Washed his disciple’s feet.
(John 13:5) |
What are the Greatest Commandments?
"Belief in Allah and Jihad in His cause"
(Muslim 1:149) |
What are the Greatest Commandments?
"Love God and love thy neighbor as thyself."
(Matthew 22:34-40) |