Muhammad or Jesus?

A woman confessed to adultery before Muhammad. He approved her execution by stoning. (Sahih Muslim 1695b)

Jesus also faced a woman accused of adultery.

Instead of joining the crowd, He stopped the stoning and said: “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” (John 8:7)

The crowd walked away. The woman lived.

One approved a public execution. The other showed mercy and called the sinner to leave her sinful life.

When Muslims claim Muhammad continued the message of Jesus, these two accounts tell a very different story.

Which example looks more like the character of God: approving a woman’s death by stoning, or sparing her life and calling her to repentance?

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