Islām is Inherently Prejudicial...

Islām is Inherently Prejudicial (And There's Nothing Wrong with That)!!!

In general, Muslims and non-Muslims are treated differently in this life and in the Hereafter!

Allāh stated:
أَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذِينَ اجْتَرَحُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ أَن نَّجْعَلَهُمْ كَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ سَوَاءً مَّحْيَاهُمْ وَمَمَاتُهُمْ ۚ سَاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

"Or do those who commit evils think We will make them like those who have believed and done righteous deeds - (make them) equal in their life and their death? Evil is that which they judge." [Sūrat al-Jāthiyah, 21]

It is unacceptable for non-Muslim women, other than those from the People of the Book, to marry Muslim men!

Allāh stated:
وَلَا تَنكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكَاتِ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنَّ ۚ وَلَأَمَةٌ مُّؤْمِنَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن مُّشْرِكَةٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ ۗ وَلَا تُنكِحُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنُوا ۚ وَلَعَبْدٌ مُّؤْمِنٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن مُّشْرِكٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكُمْ

"And do not marry polytheistic women until they believe. And a believing slave woman is better than a polytheist, even though she might please you. And do not marry polytheistic men (to your women) until they believe. And a believing slave is better than a polytheist, even though he might please you." [Sūrat al-Baqarah, 221]

And He stated:

الْيَوْمَ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتُ ۖ وَطَعَامُ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ حِلٌّ لَّكُمْ وَطَعَامُكُمْ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْ ۖ وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ إِذَا آتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ مُحْصِنِينَ غَيْرَ مُسَافِحِينَ وَلَا مُتَّخِذِي أَخْدَانٍ

"This day (all) good foods have been made lawful, and the food of those who were given the Scripture is lawful for you and your food is lawful for them. And (lawful in marriage are) chaste women from among the believers and chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture before you, when you have given them their due compensation, desiring chastity, not unlawful sexual intercourse or taking (secret) lovers." [Sūrat al-Mā’idah, 5]

It is unacceptable for non-Muslim men to marry Muslim women!

Allāh stated:
يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا جَاءَكُمْ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ مُهَاجِرَاتٍ فَامْتَحِنُوهُنَّ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِإِيمَانِهِنَّ فَإِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّ مُؤْمِنَاتٍ فَلَا تَرْجِعُوهُنَّ إِلَى الْكُفَّارِ لَا هُنَّ حِلٌّ لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّونَ لَهُنَّ

"O you who have believed, when the believing women come to you as emigrants, examine them. Allāh is most knowing as to their faith. And if you know them to be believers, then do not return them to the disbelievers; they are not lawful (wives) for them, nor are they lawful (husbands) for them." [Sūrat al-Mumtaḥinah, 10]

Jizyah may be accepted from Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians, to the exclusion of all other religions!

Allāh stated:
قَاتِلُوا الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَلَا بِالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَلَا يُحَرِّمُونَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَلَا يَدِينُونَ دِينَ الْحَقِّ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ حَتَّىٰ يُعْطُوا الْجِزْيَةَ عَن يَدٍ وَهُمْ صَاغِرُونَ

"Fight those who do not believe in Allāh or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allāh and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - (fight) until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled." [Sūrat at-Tawbah, 29]

On the authority of Bajālah who said:

فَأَتَانَا كِتَابُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِسَنَةٍ فَرِّقُوا بَيْنَ كُلِّ ذِي مَحْرَمٍ مِنْ الْمَجُوسِ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ عُمَرُ أَخَذَ الْجِزْيَةَ مِنْ الْمَجُوسِ حَتَّى شَهِدَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَخَذَهَا مِنْ مَجُوسِ هَجَرَ

“Then a letter came to us from ‘Umar Ibn Al-Khaṭṭāb one year before his death, (containing): ‘Cancel every marriage contracted among the Zoroastrians between Maḥrams.’ And ‘Umar did not take the jizyah from the Zoroastrians until ‘Abdur-Raḥmān Ibn ‘Awf testified that the Messenger Allāh (saws) had taken the jizyah from the Zoroastrians of Hajar.” [Collected by Al-Bukhārī in his “Ṣaḥīḥ” (#3,156) and (#3,157)]

The meat of slaughtered, permissible animals is permitted only from the People of the Book!

This was mentioned previously in verse 5 from Sūrat al-Mā’idah.

A Muslim does not receive the death penalty for killing a non-Muslim!

In a ḥadīth on the authority of ‘Alī Ibn Abī Ṭālib, the Prophet (saws) said:
"لَا يُقْتَلَ مُسْلِمٌ بِكَافِرٍ."

“No Muslim is to be killed for (killing) a disbeliever.” [Collected by Al-Bukhārī in his “Ṣaḥīḥ” (#3,047), (#6,903) and (#6,915)]

Muslims have specific rights upon each other which non-Muslims do not!
On the authority of Abū Hurayrah that the Prophet (saws) said:
"حَقُّ الْمُسْلِمِ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ خَمْسٌ: رَدُّ السَّلَامِ وَعِيَادَةُ الْمَرِيضِ وَاتِّبَاعُ الْجَنَائِزِ وَإِجَابَةُ الدَّعْوَةِ وَتَشْمِيتُ الْعَاطِسِ."

“The rights of a Muslim on the Muslims are five: to respond to the Salām, visiting the sick, to follow the funeral processions, to accept an invitation, and to reply to those who sneeze.” [Collected by Al-Bukhārī in his “Ṣaḥīḥ” (#1,240) and Muslim in his “Ṣaḥīḥ” (#2,162), and this Al-Bukhārī’s phrasing]

And on the authority of Abū Hurayrah, that the Prophet (saws) said:

"حَقُّ الْمُسْلِمِ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ سِتٌّ." قِيلَ: "مَا هُنَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟" قَالَ: "إِذَا لَقِيتَهُ فَسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا دَعَاكَ فَأَجِبْهُ وَإِذَا اسْتَنْصَحَكَ فَانْصَحْ لَهُ وَإِذَا عَطَسَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ فَسَمِّتْهُ وَإِذَا مَرِضَ فَعُدْهُ وَإِذَا مَاتَ فَاتَّبِعْهُ."

“Six are the rights of a Muslim over another Muslim.” It was said: “What are they, O Messenger of Allāh?” He said: “When you meet him, offer him greetings. When he invites you (to a feast), accept it. When he seeks your council, give him. When he sneezes and says: ‘Al-Ḥamdulillāh (All praise is due to Allāh).’ you say Yarḥamuk Allāh (May Allāh Show Mercy to you); and when he falls ill, visit him; and when he dies, follow him (i.e. his funeral precession).” [Collected by Muslim in his “Ṣaḥīḥ” (#2,162)]

No non-Muslim is permitted to enter Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām!

Allāh stated:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ نَجَسٌ فَلَا يَقْرَبُوا الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ بَعْدَ عَامِهِمْ هَٰذَا

"O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are impure, so let them not approach Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām after this year of theirs." [Sūrat at-Tawbah, 28]

And there are many more examples in which there is discrimination in Islāmic law between Muslims and non-Muslims.

By Ustaadh Haytham Sayfaddîn (hafidhahullah)