Muhammad
Muhammad taught that one should not want for others what one does not want for oneself, yet he allowed his followers to have sexual relations with married women taken captive.
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While Muhammad's teachings emphasize moral behavior, his actions and the practices permitted in Islam reveal inconsistencies. The Bible teaches a higher standard of morality, emphasizing fidelity and respect for marriage.
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Key verses
Matthew 5:28bible
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Hebrews 13:4bible
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
1 Corinthians 6:18bible
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
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