Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 558
CHAPTER 24 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Amiability in Wars 558 Code of Ethics of Islamic Wars To elaborate the Islamic code of ethics during wars, it is necessary to draw comparisons with the code of other religions in this respect. The Jews and the Christians were given these instructions to deal with their enemies; "When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the whither thou goes to passes it, hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; And when Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee, thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them, thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them. Neither shalt thou make marriages with them, thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto your son. For they will turn away your son from following me, that then, may serve other Gods, so the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. But thus shall ye deal with them; you shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. (Deuteronomy 7- verse 1-5)