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Islam tends to formulate such a society of human beings in which they enjoy the reciprocal grounds of relationship among themselves. It urges upon its followers to fulfill the responsibilities they are accountable for, rather than demanding satisfaction of their rights from others. This is how a reciprocal relationship of discharging duties comes into existence. Responsibility of a person is the right of his other fellow and vice versa. All dimensions of the Islamic concept of human rights forcefully endorse the unconditional acceptance of dignity of the man which is the fundamental right of any child of ‘Adam’. Second most important aspect of the issue is the ground of the mutual relationship. Islam does not miss to emphasize that each dimension of relationship among human beings must be based on fear of Allah, the Almighty. Hence everybody is strongly connected with each other through a network that each knot of it has been knit with deep sense of realization that the individual has relations with his other fellows either to please his Lord or leaves someone on the same basis. So seeking the pleasure of Allah or having fear of His displeasure is the sole criteria that has to be observed by every human being in order to establish his associations with other fellow-beings. Personal gains and interests in this regard are so mean that ultimately cause massive damage towards human dignity which finally ends up into the deprivation of human beings from their inherent rights. This Islamic doctrine of endorsing human rights is a fundamental cure of the social disease that is caused only due to negative change in human dealings that parents petition against their children whereas the children launch complaint against their parents. So is the case of brothers, sisters and all other associates. Every one is left all alone in this type of society. Islam has got a beautiful system to address this issue by introducing reciprocal way of discharging the duties. The charter of duties of each segment of society has beautifully been described in the following hadith of the Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH): “Every one of you is responsible, and every one of you will be accountable for (his or her) domain. Hence the head of the state is responsible and he will be accountable, the man is guardian and will be accountable for his area of responsibility, the wife is in command to take care of her husband’s home and she will be accountable, the servant is custodian of the property of his master and will be asked about his discharge of duties. Behold! Hence each one of you is responsible, and will be answerable for (his or her) domain.

Muhammad Tariq Ghauri. (2015) Scope of Human Rights in Islam: An Analytical Study of Islamic Concept of Human Rights , The Dialogue, Volume 10, Issue 4.
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