Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 760
CHAPTER 30 Standard Bearer of Religious Tolerance and Freedom of Conscience 760 the Islamic injunction, will have the rights of the Muslims and the responsibilities of a Muslim mandatory on him. Whosoever stays firm on Christianity or Judaism would not be forced to leave his faith, but every adult will have to pay tax in return for the protection of All a h and His Messenger. 45 Full freedom of belief was given under the Islamic rule. Before the migration of Muslims, there was a custom in Mad i nah that if a woman's child died in childhood, they would make a vow that if the future child stayed alive, they would make that child steadfast on the Jewish faith. When the Jewish tribe Ban u Na di r was exiled from Mad i nah due to their breach of the treaty, there were quite a few of these children who followed the Jewish creed. An sa r who had converted to Islam said that they would not allow their children to follow the Jewish faith. In another tradition it is related that the An sa r said that these vows were made when they thought that the Jewish religion was better than their own faith and now with the advent of Islam, they would forcibly convert their children to Islam. On this occasion the verse َ ِ ﻻ ْ ا َ ک ِْﺮاہ ِّىف ْ اﻟﺪ ِ ﻳ ﻦ ‘there in no compulsion in religion’, was revealed. 46 Kind Treatment to the Hypocrites of Mad i nah After migration, within the various groups with whom the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa had