Characteristics of Muslims

Islam in a nutshell is a religion of high morality. No ten commandments in Islam, for, any orders set in the Qur'an or the Sunnah( Prophet's traditions) are to be followed strictly and any Prohibitions are to be avoided as much as one can bear. Islam never loses sight of the way a Muslim should be while dealing with others. The Prophet's call to humanity has passed two distinct stages. The first stage, at Mecca, was devoted to establish the rules of the new religion and focused in the main on the doctrinal aspect, attempting to convince the people to worship the One, Allah, the Lord of the Worlds and to deliver them out of the darkness of slavery and servitude to humans or to the idols they were taking for gods. The second stage was after the migration to Medina. Much of the Prophet's Muhammad efforts there were made on the moral sphere along with the spiritual and religious arena. Morality was taken to a new higher plane by Islam. For the first time in history at then, a black man could pray shoulder-to-shoulder with his former master. Bilal Ben Rabah, the Prophet's muezzin and a great figure in Islam and the one whom every Muslim child knows about, was but an example of how religion can effect change on the characteristics of humans. The road for emancipation was first ever trodden by Islam, giving the clue for all those who came after as long as one thousand years. The "dream" of a black man to have his social and moral status recognized came to fruition by the religion that is now being smeared wrongfully.
Interpersonal dealings are tackled in many verses in the Qur'an and the Sunnah. The Following is an account of how a good Muslim should be, even when dealing with the dregs of society. Read:
" And the servants of (Allah) Most Gracious are those who walk on the earth in humility, and when the ignorant address them, they say "Peace!" (63) Those who spend the night in adoration of their Lord prostrate and standing; (64) Those who say "Our Lord! avert from us the Wrath of Hell, for its Wrath is indeed an affliction grievous― (65) "Evil indeed is it as an abode, and as a place to rest in"; (66) Those who, when they spend, are not extravagant and not niggardly, but hold a just (balance) between those (extremes); (67) Those who invoke not, with Allah, any other god, nor slay such life as Allah has made sacred, except for just cause, not commit fornication― and any that does this (not only) meets punishment (68) (But) the Penalty on the Day of Judgment will be doubled to him, and he will dwell therein in ignominy― (69) Unless he repents, believes, and works righteous deeds, for Allah will change the evil of such persons into good and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (70) And whoever repents and does good has truly turned to Allah with an (acceptable) conversion― (71) Those who witness no falsehood and, if they pass by futility, they pass by it with honourable (avoidance); (72) Those who, when they are admonished with the Signs of their Lord, droop not down at them as if they were deaf or blind: (73) And those who pray "Our Lord! Grant unto us wives and offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes and give us (the grace) to lead the righteous." (74) Those are the ones who will be rewarded with the highest place in heaven because of their patient constancy; therein shall they be met with salutations and peace (75) Dwelling therein how beautiful an abode and place of rest! (76)". (25:63-76)