Christianity and Islam
From the origins of both Christianity and Islam to about 1500, these
separate religions withheld almost exact same morals, although the
manor each religion demonstrated themselves acknowledged a few subtle
differences.
The Christian Bible (source 1) states that the rich are not welcome
into “the kingdom of God” where as the Muslim Qur’an (source 2) says
that on the day of judgment the honest Muslim merchant will rank with
the highest of the Muslim faith. Both sources are of the religion’s
texts, and are relatively near their origins in time. It is probable
that the Christian religion was extremely hesitant to allow the elite
class in their system because at this point in time Christianity
wasn’t accepted in the Roman Empire nor supported. Both texts
demonstrate the problem with money yet each are addressing different
situations and parties. The texts represent Christianity by
consequence and Muslim by reward.
Reginald, monk of Durham(source 3) wrote in 1170 about the life of a
merchant, indirectly though, he pointed out an exception in
Christianity, in addition to this Ibn Khaldun(source 5) wrote in the
14th century about commerce and exception in trade, both exceptions
however go against their faith, and why is that? Because of change
over time. Godric, the merchant in Reginald’s piece spent a part of
his life bargaining and cheating others, in the end he gave his money
and himself to God therefore coveting his prior ways of life and
starting off with a clean slate. The exception being that if you give
yourself to God and repent, you will be forgiven. These exceptions in
both religions show that time changes many things, from something that
was so against all standards to being accepted later on.
Thomas Aquinas (source 4) regarding Christianity states that it is
altogether sinful to deceit in order to sell a thing, and in the