If your reading the wrong book than so am I. Muhammad’s raiding tactic was brillant and he did instruct his followers not to use life-ending violence. Come on everyone, we leaned that in class. Also, when Muhammad marched to Mecca and had the power to wipe out all of the Quarysh he proved that he is a non-violent man who can restrain himself and his followers from killing the people who persecuted them so severely. He also did not force people to convert, he gave them an option. Muhammad did not want to be a conquer, he wanted to spread his message from God.