On the other hand, the person whom people fear, from whom they expect no goodness, and whose harm they try to avoid, such a person is evil.^[1]

A Muslim’s Life, Wealth, and Honour Are Sacred

Dear Islamic brothers, our beautiful religion Islam guarantees the protection of every Muslim’s life, wealth and honour.

The final Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم   said: کُلُّ الْمُسْلِمِ عَلَی الْمُسْلِمِ حَرَامٌ دَمُہٗ وَمَالُہٗ وَعِرْضُہٗ  “The blood, wealth, and honour of every Muslim are unlawful for another Muslim.”^[2]

The renowned exegete of the Quran, Mufti Aḥmad Yār Khānرَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه  writes under this Hadith: “A Muslim must not take another Muslim’s wealth without their permission, disgrace anyone, or unjustly kill a Muslim, for all these are severe crimes.”^[3]

He writes elsewhere:

Do not consider a Muslim inferior in your heart. Do not address him with degrading words or an insulting title, and do not mock him. This flaw is widespread among us today; due to someone’s profession, lineage or poverty, a Muslim brother is deemed inferior because he belongs to a certain caste or community. Islam has abolished all such distinctions. When a bee draws nectar from different flowers, the result is called honey. When fire burns various types of wood, it becomes ash. Similarly, once a person holds fast to the cloak of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, all Muslims become one—whether Abyssinian or Roman, fair-skinned or dark-skinned.^[4]

Imam al-Ṭabarānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه relates that the beloved Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  said:

مَنْ  اٰذَی مُسْلِمًا فَقَدْ  اٰذَانِیْ  وَمَنْ اٰذَانِیْ فَقَدْ اٰذَی اللہَ