Abu-Bakr Al-Siddiq’s

Ten Commandments to the Moslems’ Army.

O, people I command you with Ten Commandments: Don’t betray. Don’t deceive. Don’t torture. Don’t kill a child, an old man, or a woman. Don’t cut a palm tree or burn it. Don’t cut a fruitful tree. Don’t slaughter a goat, a cow or a camel except when you want to eat.

You will pass by people who seclude themselves in hermitages, so leave them and what they secluded themselves for. You will pass by people who will serve you with dishes of different kinds of food; if you eat from that food, mention the name of Allah.

 

The Palestinian Center for Religion and Civilization Dialogue