Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 350
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muḥammad Mustafa. Sa 350 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. or in places of worship, I will repel his enemies with all my friends and helpers, with all my relatives and with all those who profess to follow me and will defend him, because they are my covenanted. And I will defend the covenanted against the persecution, injury and embarrassment by their enemies in lieu of the poll-tax they have promised to pay. . If they will prefer themselves to defend their properties and persons, they will be allowed to do so and will not be put to any inconvenience on that account. . No bishop will be expelled from his bishopric, no monk from his monastery, no priest from his place of worship, and no pilgrim will be detained in his pilgrimage. . None of their churches and other places of worship will be desolated or destroyed or demolished. No material of their churches will be used for building mosques or houses for the Muslims, any Muslim so doing will be regarded as recalcitrant to God and His Prophet. . Monks and bishops will be subject to no tax or indemnity whether they live in forests or on the rivers, or in the East or West, North or South. I give them my word of honor. . They are on my promise and covenant and will enjoy perfect immunity from all sorts of inconveniences. . Every help shall be given them in the repair of their churches. They shall be absolved from wearing arms. They shall be protected by the Muslims. Let this document be not disobeyed till the Judgment Day. (Al-Watha'iqul Siyasiyya lil ‘Ahdi Nabawi wal Khilafatur Rashida, By. Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah, pp. 187-190, Beirut, Lebanon) ra. In a tradition, Hadrat Abu Hurairah narrates that two men