Are Muslims good people

Answer 1

Of course they are. Many, if not most are fine citizen. There are bad people in every group. Fortunately, it also true the other way. There are good people in every group too.

Islam religion calls for peace and love among people regardless their religions, cultures, colors, or genders. The word 'Islam' means submission to God. The word is an Arabic word and its root is 'Selm' or 'Salim' that means peace. There are lots of Quran verses as well as prophet Muhammad sayings that command Muslims to maintain kindness and love contacts and relations with non Muslims. Main Islam teachings call for:

• Be kind to people:

In the Quran, Holy book of Islam, God has said (meaning English Translation):

" God does not forbid you from showing kindness and dealing justly with those who have not fought you about religion and have not driven you out of your homes. God loves just dealers." (Quran, chapter 60/ verse 8). Even in time of war, Prophet Muhammad (peace upon him) used, in any military conflict, to prohibit soldiers from killing women, children, old people, or any civilian. He would advise them:

{Whoever has killed a person having a treaty with the Muslims shall not smell the fragrance of Paradise, though its fragrance is found for a span of forty years.}

And he also said:

Also, the Prophet Muhammad (peace upon him) listed murder as the second of the major sins (the first major sin is denying the oneness of God), and he even warned that on the Day of Judgment, {The first cases to be adjudicated between people on the Day of Judgment will be those of bloodshed.}

• Be forgiving:

One of the main teachings in Islam is to forgive people in order to be forgiven by God. The concept of forgiveness and tolerance is one of the most fundamental tenets of Islam.

Quran says (meaning English translation):

"Show forgiveness, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the foolish (i.e don't count on their doings" (Quran, chapter 7, verse 199) Also, Quran says:

"A good action and a bad action are not the same. Repel the bad with something better and, if there is enmity between you and someone else, he will be like a bosom friend." (Quran, chapter 41, verse 34) God has always described forgiveness as a superior quality and, in one verse, He promised that such behavior will be rewarded. This Quran verse is:

"The repayment of a bad action is one equivalent to it. But if someone pardons and puts things right, his reward is with God. Certainly He does not love wrongdoers." (Quran, chapter 42, verse 40)

In another Quran verse, God describes whom He loves. "those who give in times of both ease and hardship, those who control their rage and pardon other people - God loves the good-doers" (Quran, chapter 3, verse 134)

From the above it is understood that Islam calls Muslims to show forgiveness, tolerance, and rebelling the bad with better saying and better doing when dealing with people regardless their beliefs, cultures, colors, etc

• Do more than as you would done by

Is not enough ' Do as you would done by' but you must give in full what it due from you, whether you expect or wish to receive full consideration from the other side or not. Quran says(English meaning translation): " Woe to those that deal in fraud" (Quran, chapter 83, verse 1)

• Respect all other religions

Muslims are commanded to believe in all God prophets and in all God holy books and to accept and respect all other religions, cultures, and races.

Quran says (Meaning English translation):

"There is no compulsion in religion..." (Quran, Chapter 2, Verse 256)

This statement above is supported by another Quran saying (with meaning English translation):

"...If God had willed, He would have made you all in one nation and one religion), but that He (God) left you in different religions to compete in good deeds and society benefits. The return of all of you is to God; then He (God) will inform you about that in which you differ" (Quran, Chapter 5, Verse 48)

• Be honest

Be honest with God, your self, your marriage partner, relatives and friends, work boss and coworkers, society and community, and environment. (see related question for more information). Enough to say the following here:

to be honest with your society and community requires you:

• to respect other religions and cultures
• to give charities to who they need
• to voluntarily help in community development
• to accept opposite views
• to spread peace and love
• to spread justice

Whenever Muslims got control of any land they keep peace. Muslim history is full of examples that proves that Islam is the religion of peace. Its biggest example is when prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) conquered Mecca (or Makkah), he spared the lives and assets and didn't practice any revenge against who expelled the prophet from his birth town and deprived him from all his properties.

In the Reign of the Caliph Omar (God be pleased with him) he took great care of non-Muslims who lived in those areas which were being conquered by Muslims and maintained all their rights as Muslims.

In brief, Muslims treated non-Muslims with:

• tolerance
• equal human rights
• free will to select the faith and religion
• justice
• freedom to practice their rituals