(Cont'd from Mar, 2008 issue)

Amazing and Unparalleled Example of Kind Treatment
A very charming example of kind treatment to animals is that presented by a high-ranking companion Abu Darda'. At the time of his death he said to his camel, "O my camel! Do not quarrel with me before Our Lord and Cherisher, for I never took work from thee beyond thy capacity." Also there was another companion Adi bin-e-Hatim who crushed the bread into fine powder for the ants and said, "These are our neighbours, therefore they have a claim on our hospitality." Imam Kabeer Abu Ishaq Shirazi was one day going along with his friends, when a dog confronted him.

Cont'd from previous issue

Allamah Ibn-e-Taimiyah Came Forward for the Liberation of the Jews and the Christians
When the Tartars made a sudden assault on Syria and took countless men from Muslims, Jews and Christians as prisoners, Sheikh-al-Islam Ibn-e-Taimiyah talked to the Tartar Chief about the release of the prisoners. The Chief gave his assent for the release of the Muslim prisoners but refused to do so in case of the Jews and the Christians, But Sheikh-al-Islam did not agree and insisted on the release of the Jews and the Christians, who, he told him, were the Zimmis of the Islamic state and were bound to them, They could not let even one individual remain in captivity whether he belonged to their own community or from those living with them under a covenant.

Barbarity of the Christian 'Heroes'
Contrary to this, who does not know what the Christian 'heroes' have been doing during the crusades.

This is one of the aspects of humanitarianism of our civilization. And from this aspect too the Islamic civilization is singular. Under conditions of peace and security every nation can manifest courtesy, gentleness, kindness to the weak and the infirm and tolerant attitude towards the relatives and the neighbours when it is doing existence as a weak nation bereft of all power and authority….. But under condi­tions of war to be just to people, to be gentle and tolerant towards the vanquished nations, is not given to every nation nor every military general necessarily has these traits. The sight of blood makes man's blood boil, and the inimical attitude of a nation creates malice and rouses rage in him. The intoxicating effect of conquest goes to the conqueror's head, and under these conditions he is at times guilty of the manifestation of the worst hard-heartedness and revenge.