the prophet muhammad (saas) - Prophet Muhammad (SAW) for All

agreement he had prepared for the Christian Ibn Harris bin Ka'b and his co-religionists, for instance, the
Prophet (saas) first had the following words written: "The religion, churches, lives, chastity and goods of all
Christians living in the East are under the protection of Allah and all believers. None of those living by
Christianity will be forced to turn to Islam. If any Christian is subjected to any killing or injustice, Muslims
must help him"65 and then read this verse from the Qur'an: "Only argue with the People of the Book in the
kindest way …" (Surat al-'Ankabut: 46)
The Prophet (saas) was commanded to advise his people how they should treat the People of the Book
in these terms in the Qur'an:
Say, "Do you argue with us about Allah when He is our Lord and your Lord? We have our actions
and you have your actions. We act for Him alone." (Surat al-Baqara: 139)
He called on the People of the Book to believe in Allah without associating partners
with Him
While calling the People of the Book to the true religion, the Prophet (saas) told them not to set up
any partners in worship with Him, and invited them to agree with Muslims on a mutual point of faith:
Say, "People of the Book! come to a proposition which is the same for us and you—that we should
worship none but Allah and not associate any partners with Him and not take one another as lords
besides Allah." If they turn away, say, "Bear witness that we are Muslims." (Surah Al 'Imran: 64)
Say: "People of the Book! Do not go to extremes in your religion, asserting other than the truth,
and do not follow the whims and desires of people who were misguided previously and have misguided
many others, and are far from the right way." (Surat al-Ma'ida: 77)
The Prophet (saas) sent Muadh (ra) to the Yemen, and told him to call on the People of the Book to
worship Allah alone:
"You are going to people of a (Divine) Book. First of all invite them to worship Allah (alone)…"66
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