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Why Does Islam Concern With All Creatures Rights
Since the creator is the most merciful , he doesn't leave his
creatures Without a law that guarantees their rights and protects
their safety. this law is the true religion revealed by the Almighty.
this religion has a great effect on the all aspects of life for those
who adhere it. each one is protected & honored by this divine
religion. Likewise, people's rights- regardless of their sex,
position, religion & age-are respected. these rights are ensured in
the Nobel Quran and in the sayings of Allah's Apostle peace and
blessings be upon him.
As an example not as restriction ,the following verses and prophet
sayings will be mentioned:
The right of parents:
God says"Your Lord has decreed that you worship non but Him, and that
(you show) kindness to parents. Should one or both of them attain to
old age with you, Say not "Fie'' unto them nor repulse them, but speak
unto them a gracious word. And lower unto them the wing of submission
through mercy and say: My Lord! Have mercy on them both as they did
care for me when I was little. Your Lord is best aware of what is in
yourselves. If you are righteous, then Lo! He was ever forgiving unto
those who turn unto Him)"
the rights of old and young, the prophet says:
" He is not of us who does not have mercy on young children, nor honor
the elderly"
The right of orphans is to treat them kindly and justly ,the prophet
says: ''The best Muslim house is that in which is an orphan, who is
benefited; and the worst Muslim house is that in which an orphan is
ill-treated"
and he appreciates the one who esteems the daughters rights ;the
prophet says"' Whoever has a daughter, and does not bury her alive or
scold her, or prefer his male children to her, may God bring him into
Paradise"
one of the main rights in islam is to respect man's property and his
blood, prophet says' man's property is as sacred as his blood"
In this divine LAW, non-believers must be protected ,Allah's Apostle
says : "he who hurts a covenanted man hurts me .and he who hurts me
hurts God"
Furthermore, animals' rights should be respected, otherwise ,we would
deserve God's punishment, The prophet says : "A woman was punished (by
God) because of a cat. She had not provided (the cat) with food or
drink, nor had she set it free so that it might eat the insects of the
earth"
The arousing question is why does islam concern with all creatures
rights?
1- It is an evidence for "islam divine source" God wants us to live
the" perfect life" then , he sends a law as a tool for this purpose to
protect our rights in this world and to find the complete rest in
worshipping Him,that is islam
2- It is an evidence for its noble aim ''building the human
civilizations not destruct them'' hundreds of quranic verses and
prophet sayings ask us to be kind with other and wipe their miserable
and to be helpful with them , God says "(The righteous are those) who
feed the poor, the orphan and the captive for the love of God, saying:
'We feed you for the sake of God Alone; we seek from you neither
reward nor thanks''
Some other verses heighten the position of the positive workers who
work for all creatures benefits, prophet says: "All creatures are like
a family (Ayal) of God: and he loves the most those who are the most
beneficent to His family". and in the contrary, God censures those who
ruin anything around them, he says: '" Work not confusion in the earth
after the fair ordering (thereof). and call on Him in fear and hope.
Lo! the mercy of Allah is nigh unto the good'"' ',and we are
encouraged by this divine law to build ,to feed , to product, and to
farm ,the prophet says :''if a Muslim plants a tree or grows a crop
from which a bird or a man or an animal eats ,it will be considered
(by God)as a charitable act'''
3- It is an evidence for "its conformity" with the human pure nature,
it is impossible to find any command from Islamic commands contradicts
with the human pure nature cause both of islam and human pure nature
come from the same source ''the Almighty God'' for example the big
sins in islam are disapproved by reasonable thinking, the Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him) said, '' avoid the seven destructive
sins : associating partners with God ,magic ,murder, usury, eating the
orphans property , escaping from battle, and slandering chaste
heedless women"
the one who creates us is the best one who knows what is good & what
is bad.Similary, Allah doesn't ask man to do that which he cannot.or
which contradicts his nature .God says" So set thy purpose (O
Muhammad) for religion as a man by nature upright - the nature
(framed) of Allah, in which He hath created man. There is no altering
(the laws of) Allah's creation. That is the right religion, but most
men know not''
Since the creator is the most merciful , he doesn't leave his
creatures Without a law that guarantees their rights and protects
their safety. this law is the true religion revealed by the Almighty.
this religion has a great effect on the all aspects of life for those
who adhere it. each one is protected & honored by this divine
religion. Likewise, people's rights- regardless of their sex,
position, religion & age-are respected. these rights are ensured in
the Nobel Quran and in the sayings of Allah's Apostle peace and
blessings be upon him.
As an example not as restriction ,the following verses and prophet
sayings will be mentioned:
The right of parents:
God says"Your Lord has decreed that you worship non but Him, and that
(you show) kindness to parents. Should one or both of them attain to
old age with you, Say not "Fie'' unto them nor repulse them, but speak
unto them a gracious word. And lower unto them the wing of submission
through mercy and say: My Lord! Have mercy on them both as they did
care for me when I was little. Your Lord is best aware of what is in
yourselves. If you are righteous, then Lo! He was ever forgiving unto
those who turn unto Him)"
the rights of old and young, the prophet says:
" He is not of us who does not have mercy on young children, nor honor
the elderly"
The right of orphans is to treat them kindly and justly ,the prophet
says: ''The best Muslim house is that in which is an orphan, who is
benefited; and the worst Muslim house is that in which an orphan is
ill-treated"
and he appreciates the one who esteems the daughters rights ;the
prophet says"' Whoever has a daughter, and does not bury her alive or
scold her, or prefer his male children to her, may God bring him into
Paradise"
one of the main rights in islam is to respect man's property and his
blood, prophet says' man's property is as sacred as his blood"
In this divine LAW, non-believers must be protected ,Allah's Apostle
says : "he who hurts a covenanted man hurts me .and he who hurts me
hurts God"
Furthermore, animals' rights should be respected, otherwise ,we would
deserve God's punishment, The prophet says : "A woman was punished (by
God) because of a cat. She had not provided (the cat) with food or
drink, nor had she set it free so that it might eat the insects of the
earth"
The arousing question is why does islam concern with all creatures
rights?
1- It is an evidence for "islam divine source" God wants us to live
the" perfect life" then , he sends a law as a tool for this purpose to
protect our rights in this world and to find the complete rest in
worshipping Him,that is islam
2- It is an evidence for its noble aim ''building the human
civilizations not destruct them'' hundreds of quranic verses and
prophet sayings ask us to be kind with other and wipe their miserable
and to be helpful with them , God says "(The righteous are those) who
feed the poor, the orphan and the captive for the love of God, saying:
'We feed you for the sake of God Alone; we seek from you neither
reward nor thanks''
Some other verses heighten the position of the positive workers who
work for all creatures benefits, prophet says: "All creatures are like
a family (Ayal) of God: and he loves the most those who are the most
beneficent to His family". and in the contrary, God censures those who
ruin anything around them, he says: '" Work not confusion in the earth
after the fair ordering (thereof). and call on Him in fear and hope.
Lo! the mercy of Allah is nigh unto the good'"' ',and we are
encouraged by this divine law to build ,to feed , to product, and to
farm ,the prophet says :''if a Muslim plants a tree or grows a crop
from which a bird or a man or an animal eats ,it will be considered
(by God)as a charitable act'''
3- It is an evidence for "its conformity" with the human pure nature,
it is impossible to find any command from Islamic commands contradicts
with the human pure nature cause both of islam and human pure nature
come from the same source ''the Almighty God'' for example the big
sins in islam are disapproved by reasonable thinking, the Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him) said, '' avoid the seven destructive
sins : associating partners with God ,magic ,murder, usury, eating the
orphans property , escaping from battle, and slandering chaste
heedless women"
the one who creates us is the best one who knows what is good & what
is bad.Similary, Allah doesn't ask man to do that which he cannot.or
which contradicts his nature .God says" So set thy purpose (O
Muhammad) for religion as a man by nature upright - the nature
(framed) of Allah, in which He hath created man. There is no altering
(the laws of) Allah's creation. That is the right religion, but most
men know not''