Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 930
CHAPTER 42 The Greatest and the most Successful Prophet 930 doctrine of the equality of mankind which he proclaimed presents one very great contribution of Mohammad to the social uplift of humanity. All great religions have preached the same doctrine but the prophet of Islam had put this theory into actual practice and its value will be fully recognized, perhaps centuries hence, when international consciousness being awakened, racial prejudices may disappear and greater brotherhood of humanity come into existence. . . . The Arabs had a very strong tradition that one who can smite with the spear and can wield the sword, would inherit. But Islam came as the defender of the weaker sex and entitled women to share the inheritance of their parents. It gave woman, centuries ago, the right of owning property, yet it was twelve centuries later in 1881 that England, the supposed cradle of democracy, adopted this institution of Islam and the act was called, 'The Married Woman Act'. . . . Historical records show that all the contemporaries of Mohammad both friends and foes, acknowledged the sterling qualities, the spotless honesty, the noble virtues, the absolute sincerity and trustworthiness of the apostle of Islam in all walks of life