DO NOT CAUSE HARM TO OTHER PEOPLE: 15

HARMING NON-MUSLIMS IS EQUALLY WRONG

In this Hadith, the Holy Prophet ﷺ has said that a true Muslim is one whose hands and tongue other Muslims are safe from. Because of that wording sometimes people misunderstand that in this Hadith Muslims have been prohibited from harming other Muslims only, and that this Hadith does not prohibit them from causing harm to non-Muslims. This is not correct. In this Hadith only Muslims have been mentioned because in most places where Muslims live, they generally come across other Muslims only. Otherwise, this commandment applies equally to Muslims and non-Muslims, that in conditions of peace it is as strictly prohibited to cause harm to a non-Muslim as it is to another Muslim. The only exception to this rule is when a Muslim government is at war with a non-Muslim government. But, it is not allowed to cause any harm to any non-Muslims a Muslim nation is not at war with.