Imam and Khatib at the Grand Mosque in Makkah Sheikh Saleh bin Humaidon Apr 27 said that resorting to kidnapping diplomats is against Islamic law.“Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) told two messengers of Musailimah, a bitter enemy of the Prophet that he would not kill them because he is not killer of messengers,” Bin Humaid said while delivering the Friday congregational sermon at the Grand Mosque.
This Islamic precedent showed that no envoy or consul of a country should be harmed as the official comes under the category of messengers.The sheikh was referring to the abduction of Saudi diplomat Abdullah Al-Khalidi in Aden about a month ago.