THE EXAMPLE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD, MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM

Peace in the Quran ~ 39 ~ “God grants to gentleness what he does not grant to harshness.” —The Prophet Muhammad permits defensive fighting against violent aggression, but only when all efforts at avoidance and reconciliation have failed. The practical example of the Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him, provides an incontrovertible proof of the value of this policy. THE POWER OF PEACE According to a hadith, “God grants to gentleness what He does not grant to harshness.” That is to say, peaceful activism is distinctly superior to violent activism. There is nothing mysterious about the point made in this hadith. It is a simple and a well-known fact of life that in a situation of war and violence, feelings of hatred and enmity flare up between the two sides and, in the process, the existing resources are destroyed. People from both sides get killed and the entire society turns into a jungle of negative feelings. It is quite obvious that in such an atmosphere no constructive and consolidated work can be done.