Human Rights

HUMAN RIGHTS
PILLARS OF ISLAM & CONDUCT
1. Belief: Good moral conduct is outcome
2. Prayer: Opportunity of collective know how of each others
3. Charity: Gives awareness of hunger & increases sympathy for the needy
4. Fasting: Reinvigorates the feelings of sympathy & kindness
5. Hajj: Brings more close to injunction of human equality and unity
FOUNDATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
• Wealth is Amanat / test of Allah (Hadeed: 7, An’am: 165)
• Minimum distribution : Zakat (Tauba: 60)
• Maximum distribution : Non Zakat (Baqarah: 219)
• Spending purely for Allah (Baqarah: 264)
WHY TO PAY? IF YES, IN WHAT PROPORTIONS?
• Property rights Belong to Allah (Hadeed: 6)
• We are custodians of property (Wealth is a greatest test) (An’am: 160)
• Personal use only for basic needs (Prophet is model) (Ahzab: 21)
• Charity is a human right (Haq) not a favor to Allah or recipient (Maarij 24-25, Dahar: 8)
• No criteria is given for how much to spend on each individuals/ category
• You are best judge, but your judgment will be questioned on judgment day (Isra: 36)

A LOOK AT EXTREME DISPARITY

Deprivation Exploitation
 Haystack huts  High-rise Building /Ranches
 Hunger and death due to famine  Dumping excess food in sea
 Individuals under debt slavery  Wealth concentration in few hands
 Height of spiritual ignorance  Conquer space, moon, water & land
HUMAN RIGHTS
Anyone not spending despite ability is committing crime of violation of human rights

WHO ARE THE RIGHTS HOLDER?

1. Creator (Allah) 2. Self (Nafs) 3. Neighbours 4. Parents
5. Children 6. Spouse 7. Relatives 8. Servants/Slaves
9. Community 10. Orphans/Widows 11. Travellers 12. Poor
13. Sick/in trouble 14. Animals 15. Plants & Natural Resources
VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS A CRIME
Anyone not spending despite ability is committing crime of violation of human rights
RIGHTS OF PARENTS
• During life time
1. Obedience for all lawful orders (Luqman: 14-15)
2. No rude treatment (Isra: 30)
3. Good treatment even for mushrik/ kafir parents (Bukhari)

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4. Welfare of old aged parents (Bani-Israel: 23-24)
5. Right of mother 3 times that of father (Bukhari)
6. Financial, physical and spiritual help (Muslim)
• After death
1. Dua 2. Dua for their forgiveness
2. Perform their promises/contracts 4. Care for relatives and friends
3. Respecting their friends 6. Pay off their debt
RIGHTS OF HUSBAND
1. A husband has the maximum right over his wife (Mustadrak)
2. Obedience to her husband & watching for his wealth, property and honor in his
absence is incumbent upon every wife (Nisa: 34)
3. Obedience and goodwill of the husband is way to enter paradise (Tirmizi)
RIGHTS OF WIFE
1. Living with them in a moderate and nice way (AnNissa:19)
2. Save them from hellfire (At-Tahreem:6)
3. Better is the one who is better to his wife (Tirmizi)
4. Provide for their food, shelter and clothes (Ibn Maaja)
5. Forgiveness on their misgivings (AtTaghabun:14)
RIGHTS OF CHILDREN
1. Save them from hellfire (At-Tahreem:6)
2. Adorn them with good morals by good rearing and nurturing
3. Be particularly careful with girls regarding their rights
4. Arrange for their wedding when they reach an age.
RIGHTS OF NEIGHBORS
1. A believer of Allah & hereafter should be courteous to his neighbor. (Bukhari)
2. Eemaan gets nullified on aggravating a neighbor. (Bukhari & Muslim)
3. Visit the neighbour when he is sick, attend his funeral & help him when he is in need
4. Cover his sins, congratulate when gets bounty & be kind in his adversity
5. Not to create hassle when building house and invite at meals
RIGHTS OF RELATIVES
1. Give your relatives their due (Bani Israel:26)
2. Keeping the knots of blood relationship tied brings grace to income and age
3. A breaker of these knots will not enter paradise
RIGHTS OF WEAKLINGS
1. Best home is the one where best treatment is given to an orphan and worst is the one
where an orphan is treated badly (Ibn Maaja)
2. Struggling for the right of a widow or an impoverished weakling is like fighting in
the way of Allah, keeping all night awake for Allah's sake or fasting for the whole
life. (Bukhari)
RIGHTS OF FELLOW MUSLIMS
1. Muslims are like building blocks of a big structure each one of them supporting it. (Bukhari)
2. Muslims are embodied into one figure; pain in one organ is felt by whole body. (Muslim)
3. Five rights of fellow Muslims
a) Reciprocating a Salaam when wished by a fellow Muslim
b) Visiting a sick Muslim c) Attending a Muslim's funeral

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d) Accepting an invitation to a feast
e) Replying with (YarhamukAllah) on a sneeze (Bukhari)

RIGHTS OF PATIENTS
1. The Prophet (saw) directed to attend a sick person. (Bukhari)
2. Consoling & praying for recovery of sick. (AbuDawood)
3. Attending a sick brings Allah's blessings. (Muslim)
RIGHTS OF GUESTS
1. Belief on Allah & hereafter requires a guest should be welcomed respectfully
(Bukhari)
2. Your guest has much right on you. (Bukhari)

RIGHTS OF MANKIND
1. Speak nicely with fellow human beings. (Al-Baqarah:83)
2. Be gracious to earthborn and The Ruler from sky will be gracious to you (Hakim)
3. Please for others as you would have pleased unto you (Tirmizi)
RIGHTS OF ANIMALS
1. Useless killing of animals is a sinful act (Mustadrak)
2. A woman inflicted with wrath for tying a cat (Bukhari)
3. Rewards on caring for every thirsty living being (Ibn Maaja)
ALLAH’S RIGHT VS HUMAN RIGHTS
Hadeeth Qudsi
"No obedience to any creation in violation of the Creator". (Abu-Dawood)
BEWARE DO NOT DEPRIVING OF SOMEONE OF HIS RIGHTS
1. Ask immediate forgiveness whose right was usurped (Bukhari)
2. Sins regarding rights usurped not forgiven by Allah (Ahmad)
3. One who does not care for human rights would be extremely dispossessed (Tirmizi)
RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS HUMANITY
1. Helping mankind in worldly affairs (Baqarah: 177)
2. Saving mankind from hellfire of hereafter (Aal-e-Imran: 110)
THE NEED
Implementing a Just System
1. The very purpose of sending down Prophets (Al-Hadeed: 25)
2. The mission statement of prophethood of Prophet (saw) (As'Saff: 9)
3. The main objective of the lifetime struggle of Prophet (saw) (Ash'Shura:15)