Islam and Peace
The Importance of Studying the Life of the Prophet Muhammad and its
Application to Our Lives
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teach ten children of Madina how to read and write
would be freed. Their services would be taken in
lieue of ransom money. This was the first school in
the history of Islam in which all of the students
were Muslims, and all of the teachers were from the
enemy ranks.
THE POWER OF PEACE
An important lesson to be derived from the
Prophet’s life is that the power of peace is stronger
than the power of violence. The power the Prophet
made use of more than any other in his whole life
was that of peace. For instance, when Mecca was
conquered, all his direst opponents who had
tortured him, expelled him from his home town,
launched military onslaughts against him, and
inflicted all sorts of harm on him and his
companions, were now brought before him. These
people were undeniably war criminals and as such,
could expect to be put to death by the victor, that
being the common practice at that time. Yet the
Prophet did not utter so much as a word of blame.
He simply said, “Go, you are all free.”
