IT IS ALL ABOUT PEOPLE'S RIGHTS - Part 1

Probably because I have written a few posts about rights of women recently, my middle daughter recently asked me, "Daddy, are you a feminist?" I tried to explain to her that what I had written had nothing to do with feminism, or any other 'ism' for that matter. What it was about are the rights of human beings. 

I explained that Islamic commandments are broadly divided into two separate categories, rights of God (Huqooq Allah) and rights of people (Huqooq al-Ibad). Rights of God include all acts of worship like praying Salah, fasting, performing Hajj, doing Qurbani (animal sacrifice), etc. 

On the other hand, rights of people have been elaborated beautifully in this one Hadith (saying of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him), "A real Muslim is one whose hands (actions) and tongue (words) other Muslims are safe from." While elaborating on this Hadith Mufti Taqi Usmani DB said that the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) has used the word 'Muslim' in this and similar other Ahadith (plural of Hadith) only because at that time Muslims mainly lived with other Muslims. Otherwise, under Shariah rules, the rights of non-Muslims to sanctity of life, property and honour are the exactly the same as those of Muslims, regardless of whether these non-Muslims live in a Muslim majority country, or a non-Muslim majority country, the only exception being declared war between a Muslim state and a non-Muslim state.

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