All forms of
terrorist attack are roundly condemned in
Islam. According to the Qur'an, it is a great
sin to kill an innocent person, and anyone who
does so will suffer great torment in the
Hereafter:
…
If someone kills another person—unless it is
in retaliation for someone else or for causing
corruption in the earth—it is as if he had
murdered all mankind. And if anyone gives life
to another person, it is as if he had given
life to all mankind. Our Messengers came to
them with Clear Signs, but even after that,
many of them committed outrages in the earth.
(Qur’an, 5:32)
This verse
equals the killing of one innocent to
slaughtering all of humanity! Another verse
expresses the importance that the faithful
attach to life:
Those
who do not appeal to any other deity besides
God [alone]; nor kill any soul whom God has
forbidden [them to] except with the right to
do so; nor fornicate. Anyone who does so will
incur a penalty. (Qur’an, 25:68)
In yet another
verse, God issues the following commandment:
Say:
"Come, and I will recite to you what your
Lord has forbidden for you": that you do
not associate anything with Him; that you are
good to your parents; that you do not kill
your children because of poverty—We will
provide for you and them; that you do not
approach indecency—outward or inward; that
you do not kill any person God has made
inviolate—except with the right to do so.
That is what He instructs you to do, so that
hopefully, you will use your intellect.
(Qur’an, 6:151)
Any Muslim who
believes in God with a sincere heart, who
scrupulously abides by His verses and fears
suffering in the Hereafter, will avoid harming
even one other person. He knows that the Lord
of Infinite Justice will suitably reward him
for all his deeds. In one of the hadiths, our
Prophet (may God bless him and grant him
peace) listed the kinds of people who are not
pleasing to God:
"Those
who act cruelly and unjustly in the sacred
lands, those who yearn for the ways of the
ignorant, and those who wrongly shed human
blood." (Sahih Bukhari Hadith)
Another element
we wish to concentrate on is the attack on
devout Turkish Jews worshipping in their
synagogues. Churches, synagogues and mosques
are houses for the worship of God. It is a
terrible crime in the sight of God to
slaughter innocent people as they worship in
their churches, synagogues or mosques. These
are houses where the name of God is
remembered, praised and recited. In the
Qur’an, , God reveals that:
…
God guides to His Light whoever He wills and
God makes metaphors for mankind and God has
knowledge of all things. In houses which God
has permitted to be built and in which His
name is remembered, there are men who proclaim
His glory morning and evening. (Qur’an,
24:35-36)
The Islamic societies that
abided by Islamic morality after the death of
the Prophet (pbuh) also paid special attention
to this issue. Muslim leaders who adhered to
the Qur'an and the Sunnah (the sayings and
doings of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh))
respected the places of worship of non-Muslims
in conquered countries and showed great
tolerance to the clergy.
Terror
Will Disappear When People Come to Live by the
Moral Values of Islam
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