A very very wise person once told me that in Islam there is no such thing as “Human rights” – it’s human responsibilities. A hand is responsible for another hand, an eye is responsible for another eye; a heart is responsible for another heart. I don’t think any of us realise the importance of our presence in each other’s lives do we? We all speak about how important it is for us to stand up for the oppressed but haven’t we realised that the reason why these people have lost their rights to humanity is because the people who are responsible for their well-being did not fulfil their obligations towards these people. Of people in Palestine – the leaders of the Ummah &/ the Ummah, of people in Africa – their leaders, of the aborted babies – their mothers, of the children from dysfunctional families – their parents; of the poor – the rich, of the oppressed – the liberated. It makes total sense doesn’t it? It makes so much sense that we all have a part to play in each other’s lives. This video is a good example of human responsibilities -:
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
; of human responsiblities
A'qilah Saiere
Posted by A'qilah Saiere at Wednesday, March 02, 2011
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beautiful post sis
Subhanallah sister. This post is really great, I never thought of the atrocities of the world like that...from that perspective. THank you.
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This is true but duties/responsibilities and rights are linked, so denying the existence of one is denying the existence of the other.
I don't know if you have read Ali ibn al-Hussain (Prophet's grandson) writings of the Treatise of Rights. He has collected the rights of God, of Acts, of people, of organs...everything... I think that piece of work really summarizes our religion.
Check it out: http://www.al-islam.org/sahifa/treatise.html
Ofcourse much is lost in translation
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