The Comparative Study of the Fundamental Principles of Humanitarian Rights Observance in the Military Tradition of the Great Prophet and the Contemporary World (The Twenty-first Century)

The humanitarian rights, also known as rights in war, is referred to the responsibilities and rights of the parties involved in war and the neutral states especially with regard to civilians, war casualties, prisoners, women and children, and the environment. Today the enemies of Islam pursue to distort the face of Islam and its Great Prophet through imposing doubts on such issues as being militant and racist through forming terrorist groups like ISIS and Al-Qaida. However, Islam firmly insists on observing humanitarian rights as requisites and necessaries, and the Great Prophet was himself committed to respect them. Today, despite the importance of humanitarian rights among all nations, the fundamental principles of human rights are still being violated. Accordingly, this study is conducted to perform a comparative study of the fundamental principles of humanitarian rights observance in the military tradition of Great Prophet and the contemporary world (the twenty-first century). This study is qualitative-applied concerning the aims and considering the method it is descriptive-analytical. Data compilation is done through library research and note taking from valid resources of the Great Prophet’s tradition. The findings show that military tradition of the Great Prophet was completely based on the fundamental principles of humanitarian rights, but there are significant contradictions with its implementation in the contemporary world.