Abstract
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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