Killing the Enemy`s Women and Children

What the Bible Says.. 

   This is what the Lord almighty says: "… Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys." (1 Samuel 15:2,3).

   Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man. (Numbers 31:17, 18). 

   However, in the cities of the nations the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes. (Deuteronomy 20:16). 



What the Qur'an Says.. 

   Allah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion nor drove you out of your homes. Verily, Allah loves those who are just. Allah forbids you only those who fought against you on account of religion, and have driven you out of your home, and helped to drive you out, that you make friends of them. And whosoever, makes friends of them, then such are the wrongdoers. (Qur'an, 60: 8,9).




Commentary.. 

   The Bible asserts that Allah and His Prophets Moses and Joshua, peace upon them, commanded the Jews to kill guiltless women and children!
  And they say: "This is from Allah," but it is not from Allah: and they speak a lie against Allah while they know it. (Qur'an, 3:78). 

   There is not doubt that Allah is free from these shocking crimes and so are His Prophets. Allah and His Prophets never commanded the killing of blameless women and children. Allah says in the Qur'an: 

  For that cause, We ordained for the Children of Israel that if anyone killed a human being for other than murder or spreading mischief in the land, it would be as if he killed all mankind, and if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of all mankind, And indeed, there came to them Our messengers with clear signs, even then after that many of them continued to exceed the limits in the land. (Qur'an, 5: 32). 

   In the Qur'an, there is not a single Verse that commands the killing of the enemy's women or children. On the contrary, the Qur'an instructs Muslims to deal justly and kindly with all innocent people. Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) used to warm his army saying, "Do not kill an old man, a woman or a child."