The Humanitarian rules and regulations in the Life-style of the Prophet

In the life-style of the Prophet, war (the waging of armed conflict against the enemy) was the last solution and device used by the Prophet in certain critical occasions. The Prophet’s life-style bears evidence to the fact that he viewed humans as beings who have their own intrinsic human rights. He viewed his enemies mercifully asbeings of having the same rights as other innocent human beings. With such a philosophy, his conduct gave rise to a set of rules and regulations in the Islamic Law which is nowadays referred to as "humanitarian rules in wartime."The Prophet Muhammad treated the war victims, i.e. the wounded and prisoners of war kindly and protected their lives and properties in such a way that his war captives enjoyed rights outnumbered the rights mentioned in the 1949 Geneva conventions on prisoners ofwar. Applying coercive measures, treating the captives with cruelty, using special weapons, destroying residential areas, cutting down the trees, killing the animals and making any changes in the environment were prohibited by the Prophet.