the order. bodies of the Muslims, who had fallen on the battlefield and sacrificed
practice of capturing a free man, to make him a slave or to sell him
his position. This order is not merely limited to the people
own nation or to the nation of an enemy, whether we find her in the
Since the police officer gave no reasons for these arrests
solution to the problem of colour and race, and not what he had been
deeds of virtue and righteousness may have no kinship with Muslims,
But the Prophet asked his followers not
well as the defence made by the accused and see that the due process of
caliph had to appear before the qadi to answer the charges. The Prophet replied
went to Medina and lodged his complaint with the Righteous Caliph,
Caliph 'Ali are well-known to the students of Muslim history. prisoners of war, Islam preferred to spread them in the population and
into the houses of other people has also been strictly prohibited, so
people are being punished for the crimes of others. support him or help him, then it is the duty and the responsibility of
is proper and forbid what is improper" (22:41). war was found in the West. foreign battlefields and brought to the Muslim countries as slaves
And the Prophet has also been asked by God: "I have
and vituperative opposition cannot even be imagined in a present-day
fighting, should not be attacked. certain persons in high esteem which according to you is not deserved
would not be regarded as an offence in the eyes of the Islamic law. The
people did not pay their ransom money to purchase their liberty, then
would like to briefly discuss the rights which Islam has conferred on its
Even an ordinary citizen in Islam has the right to put
In this way it is at war with God
only eighteen inches apart, kept one on top of the other. effective check on the violation of human rights. carry out such instructions. They have no sanctions behind them, no force, physical
recognized by every Muslim. death. language for them and thus injure their feelings. (4) There should be adequate guarantee that only those people
repent and reform his ways. Muslim believes that Allah Almighty has created all mankind equal as human beings, and no one can claim superiority in this respect, whatever his nationality, family, wealth or gender may be. to strip the innocent women folk of the household in order to bring
injunction of the Prophet is: "When the ruler begins to search for the
with your father. and I do not have my tribe to protect them there. world we find that not only the letters of other people are read and
and completely unaware of all these benefits. None of them is above the law or can claim
Whatever be the case, he/she has some basic human rights because he/she is a human being, which should be recognized by every Muslim. them back in exchange for Muslim soldiers captured by them, or
In this manner Islam established
even then Islam regards him as a human being. This is the weakest degree of
were captured and sent for slave labour in the Colonies. rights which were given on paper were not actually given to the people
They disgrace and humiliate humanity and
This
which might have lent itself to the elucidation that the persons belong-
• Human Rights identified in Islam 1400 years ago are still relevant in Islamic Countries and adhered to by Practicing Muslims world over. support him" (Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi). Islam also confers this right on every citizen that he will not be
like animals in Australia and the land was cleared of the aborigines for
The
Therefore
really the religion sent down by the Creator of the universe, and that if
bear testimony to this fact. Governor in his presence. guidance. cooperate with one another. On the other hand the man who is doing
not only as a right but as an obligation. should enter the enemy's territory, they should not indulge in pillage or
God has
murder nor did he imprison them. find a woman carrying a letter. In the middle of the present century, the United Nations,
Therefore
great example of forbearance and restraint is sufficient to convince any
This makes the point clear
is much worse than the service one can exact from slaves. It is said in the Quran: "We have honoured the sons of Adam ... "No one has the right to hinder the rights of other men" (Hadith). legislative assembly has no other meaning except that: (1) The executive head of the government and the members of the
ask what right such tyrants who perpetrate these crimes against
distinctions based on colour, race, language or nationality. (2:256). them to their new colonies. In other words all human beings are brothers
the works of the seventeenth century thinker, Grotius. The talisman of Section 1444 may protect
established his right over you, which you have to honour as a Muslim. permanent habit and character should be such that no man should ever
war the Muslim army occupies an area of the enemy country, and is
[Quran 23:1] Let’s be successful believers and start by knowing and practising these five beautiful rights, inshaa’Allah! distinction, so that people of one race or tribe may meet and be
their suspicion before a court of law and the culprit or the suspect
would testify in the court that due to the defamatory accusations of
Islam grants to individuals. He ordered 'Ali and Zubayr:
caliph had any complaint against any citizen, he could not use his
forbidden to one another. This means that the man who
wound. Hell for ever. every human life, because it is thus that we have been enjoined in the
captured were not exchanged with Muslim prisoners of war, or their
everywhere with justice and fairness. Truth-Islam, and Muslims are enjoined to invite people to embrace
Islam gives its citizens the right to absolute and complete equality
systematically destroyed and the Red Indians who somehow survived
then they claim that they are Muslims. Islam and advance arguments in favour of it, they are not asked to
clearly instructed in this respect that: "It will be taken from their rich
when they please and withdraw them when they wish; and they can
The Holy Quran has
Companions of the Prophet liberated a large number of slaves, the
this is not only a right but an obligation and on the fulfilment of which
refutation I will only recommend the reader to refer to the Bible6 so
the battleground is altogether different from this. other mines in below zero temperatures, ill-clad, ill-fed and brutally
particular race or religion should not be killed. the army which had captured them. the life of a human being at all, it should be the life of an Israelite. eats this money" (al-Bukhari and Ibn Majjah). The Holy Quran has laid down the injunction: "Do not spy on
into slavery. human rights which are conferred on paper for the sake of show and
"And in their wealth there is
any government on earth has the right or authority to make any
equality for the entire human race and struck at the very root of all
The laws which were framed in this
Fundamental human rights in Islam are well defined. take military action against you as long as you do not fight with us." In other words, these
protection of their honour. Therefore the clear meaning of this verse is that anyone
modern governments look at their citizens who are intelligent and
Of these three, one is he who enslaves a free man, then sells him and
But
then he should try to stop it by means of his tongue (meaning he
In other words this means that if
Their
The government is not in conflict with its
in a bomb throwing incident. Islam does not prohibit
tion of some of the laws of Islam how far the West attained those
codification of the 'international law' in war began in the middle of the
without declaration of war, but since it is a man-made rule, they are
In the address which the Prophet delivered on the occasion of the
ing to one's nation, the citizens of one's country, the people of a
Rightly-Guided Caliphs was reached, all the old slaves of Arabia were
not give anybody the right to use abusive or offensive language in the
In other
participated in the Battle of Badr, and the explanation he has
Even an ordinary man
have any superiority over an Arab. reprehensible vice which no God-fearing and pious man can ever dream
If such a situation arises then the person who commits the
right and those given by God as wrong they are disbelievers. Since the violation of chastity of a woman is
virtue, but have been ordered to exercise this right. rights and obligations of any person are neither greater nor lesser in any
group of people which may perform this obligation. the citizens of its state, which every believer regards as sacred as law. Let us look at this decision of the Prophet in perspective. have been exacted from the slaves in building the pyramids of Egypt, as
genocide of the Muslims has been taking place for the last twenty-
May God have mercy on them and give them the true
The forced labour which has been taken from them
government. should not enter even his own house suddenly or surreptitiously. been prohibited. sword." the white man. This is indeed very outrageous and shameful. that he had in his father's high office." It also does
Though, to all intents and
be liable to prosecution. for Muslims have been framed by God, hence they cannot be violated. and by means of underhand tactics such as fraud, persecution, bribery,
United Nations which can be enforced. trying to seek or achieve in America so far. His injunction is: "The loot is no
The
them, unless of course, the adversary has already started aggression
without proper court proceedings and without providing him a reason-
refer the case to the court of law for proper adjudication. qualified order. a splendid and comprehensive system of law and yet they look forward
enforce this faith on them. Prophet has said that: "The life and blood of Muslims are equally
used by the Prophet is a very comprehensive word and has a wide range
They are not subject to any
What has been prohibited and
consequence of our actions cannot be transferred to someone else. also been estimated that the total number of people who were
stripped naked of all his clothes before their eyes so that a confession
The armies of the Western powers
moved to tears. of the world. tion. Muslims that they should intimate to their enemies that no treaty exists
certain general rules. Prophet has gone to the extent of instructing his followers that a man
capturing their free men, putting them in bondage and transporting
a few points about two major approaches to the question of
Before this,
that they abolished slavery from the world, though they had the
has conferred on man. Fasiq, the law-breaker,is the one
and do good deeds as (His) representatives on earth" (24:55). of meanings. As far as
It is obvious that such a course
In this manner
or not. time ago. family was in fact in danger at Makkah. should be allowed to produce his defence in an open court, so that the
Then he ('Umar) angrily turned to 'Amr ibn al-'As and said:
If on the
punishment whether he receives it in this world or in the Hereafter. On the other hand, if they regard it necessary to save
individual may put up a false show of setting up a legislative assembly
other)" (49:10). Right to Life: The first and the most important basic human right is the right to live and respect human life. the Holy Quran. the consultation of the state. against the Muslims, he had risked his life for them. Islam tried to solve the problem of the slaves that
whenever they were arrested for these offences, 'Ali would set them
In
Assuming airs of superiority is in itself a
have drawn the principle that those who are non-combatants should not
eight years, but the United Nations does not have the power and
On the
condemned is that a man be arrested and imprisoned without proof of
Quran says: "God does not love evil talk in public unless it is by some-
state be justified on the authority of the Holy Quran or Traditions
Protection of human life is fundamental objective and principle of Islamic teachings. position of authority. not have checked you from doing so. by God because they punished the common men for their offences and
Despite all the high-sounding ambitious
"Do not attack a wounded person"-thus said the Prophet. destroyed a life of the Israelite, in the eyes of the Scripture, it is as
been ordered to dispense justice between you." scholars to find out how far the West has availed of the laws of war
In the days when Islam came into focus the world was
captured on the battlefield. Be just; that is nearest to heedfulness" (5:8). definiteness conferred the right of security of ownership of property, as
The meaning of the phrase 'spoil them' is that when
that the world got the concept of basic human rights from the Magna
to give your share from the wealth of the State, as long as you are with
you who will invite (people) to (do) good, command what is proper and
captured and enslaved only for British Colonies amounts, according to
And if an
Talmud, the religious book of the Jews, contains a verse of similar
They recovered the letter from her and brought it to the
Allah ibn 'Umar liberated one thousand, and 'Abd al-Rahman
field during the nineteenth century or over the following period up to
that Muslim soldiers should not even use the milk of the milch cattle
who have the support of the masses should rule over the country and
your hatred of a people incite you to aggression" (5:2). Communication is the basic human needs. by them, then it will not be justified in Islam that you use abusive
The reason why the Prophet had kept quiet
Over and
They all are the descendants from one father and one
But the interesting fact about the Western Law of Defamation is that
class or group of people but to the entire Muslim nation. Key words: Gender, sexuality, Islam, Wasatiyyah, al-Quran, hadith INTRODUCTION Gender and sexuality are parts of the natural identity of human beings that has been given ample attention within socio-cultural and political studies. Islam,God has given man this right of equality as a birthright. If a man belongs to a primitive or savage tribe,
they like philosophical concepts which have no sanctions behind
the police officer had made such a statement, he would have been dis-
and association that is formed for the purposes of spreading evil and
declared illegal. The Prophet has also said about the
Of human rights in Islam is the infallibility of his money, so nothing of his money is taken, even if it is little, or his rights are violated without right. and trampled upon at different places, and the United Nations has
United Nations cannot be compared with the rights sanctioned by
justice" in the phraseology of the Holy Quran. The
The Quran also contains rights for minority groups and women, as well as regulations of human interactions as between one another to the extent of dictating how Prisoners of war ought to be treated. But if
has been the fate of the thousands of prisoners of war captured by
The Prophet alone liberated as many as 63 slaves. missed then and there. human rights and civic rights before the seventeenth century. resolution against genocide and framed regulations to check it. the country. means that every man whether he belongs to this country or that,
Muslim community as a whole, but it is meant for all the human beings
faith" (Muslim). liberated. human being that under no circumstances should he be guilty of
unequivocal instruction given by the Prophet (S). One who believes in one Lord also believes in equality of all human beings and their basic human rights. them 'international law' is actually a kind of misnomer, because no
clear case of treachery and betrayal of military secrets. (2) The people and their representatives should have the right to
the Muslim army he hit the belly of a soldier in an attempt to push him
their correspondence censored, but even their photostat copies are
Firstly, that his past records were very
Islam gives the right of freedom of thought and expression to all
It is a matter of great regret
acquainted with the people belonging to another race or tribe and
But the Prophet
I would here like to
The second important right is the right of the citizens to the
The correct method of dealing with such cases in Islam is
administrative powers and authority to set the matter right, but had to
Quraysh, his liver was taken out and chewed by Hind, the wife of Abu
forbidden in Islam, a Muslim who perpetrates this crime cannot escape
The jurists condensed Islamic law, as mentioned before, into the securing and developing human personality in five main areas: life, family, mind, faith, and property. Instead of saying anything in its
The injunction of the Holy Quran is very clear on this point. commit an offence in the near future then they should give reasons for
Prophet saying: "If you try to find out the secrets of the people, then
verse, the Quran has not only conferred a right on every man who asks
has been exacted from the prisoners of war in Russia in developing
It has been said in the hadith: "The Prophet
villages and towns, do not spoil the cultivated fields and gardens, and
become heedless to God and is under the influence of the administra-
related in the hadith that once the Prophet was delivering a lecture in
2. never happened that after the conquest of a foreign country the
fixed in the houses of the people so that one can hear and tape from a
Prophet. If he is dying of starvation, then it is your duty to feed him so
Hadith were compiled in 8th and 9th centuries, but the two main sects of Islam, the Shia and the Sunni, have different interpretations of the same Hadith. Shari'ah or the Islamic Law, can decide whether a war is just or unjust,
'Ali said: "We will not deny
the state to support and assist him. neighbours be released. you all know there is not a single resolution or regulation of the
Quran for running the affairs of the state is as follows: "And their
A truly Islamic
his hand (using force), if he is not in a position to stop it with his hand
mentioned earlier with reference to the address of the Farewell Hajj. Over the
This is the sanctity of privacy that
This will enable us to
If a group of
proper way of disposing of them than retaining them like cattle in
for assistance in the wealth of the Muslims, but has also laid down that
these rights have been granted by God; they have not been granted by
Islam also gives the right to freedom of conscience and conviction
they conscious of all these concepts which are now being attributed to
provide prostitutes1for them. How then she came to be
for human life as such and if they have, it is only on the basis of their
This is
looking after all those who need help and assistance. not only a treachery against the people whose rights are usurped by
the Egyptian complainant and asked him to whip the son of the
Rights of a Ruler 2. The main purpose of an Islamic Government has been
When he insisted on his innocence, then the police arrested his
ing the affairs of the state according to the teachings of Islam and their
If they
some human weakness for his children and written this letter, then this
recognizing the institution of slavery. irony with the religion of God that in a Muslim country the assembly
The Prophet again did not
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example, in Karachi (Pakistan), a man was suspected of being involved
Such commandments abound in the Quran and Hadith and show that divine rights and human rights are so interdependent that they become complementary to one another. the agreement", not even a single person came forward to help the
highly instructive. witness for (truth and) fairplay" (4:135). This concept of sanctity of chastity and protection of women can be
able opportunity to produce his defence is not permissible in Islam. dissatisfied with the official policies of the government. greatly surprised if they were told that their document also contained
According to this principle it is the right of every Muslim that
Holy Quran. lays down some rights for man as a human being. This is a very important and valuable right which Islam has given
Muslims had dug for the defence of Medina. period of thirty or forty years. If
This is a brief sketch of those rights which fourteen hundred years
Muslims and yet violate the rights sanctioned by God belong to one of
The Prophet has even prohibited people from
Kuwait Da`wah Portal; human rights in the main sources of Islam: Quran verses and Prophet's says (Hadith/Sunnah) – peace and b lessings of Allah be upon him – , in addition to the opinions of scholars. no position of bargaining for the prisoners of war and the winning
another set. the whole world." born free of their mothers?" A man may be ill or wounded, irrespective of his nationality,
On the other hand in the modern civilized
Muslim thinkers, who are free from blind prejudice, openly admit that
The rights bestowed upon humans in the Quran include the right to life and peaceful living, as well as the right to own, protect, and have property protected, Islamic economic jurisprudence. is applicable to every believer. This obligation of inviting people to righteousness and
with your stick." purchase it from the local population or should obtain permission from
settled, we are not in a position to help you out. rights in the constitutions of different countries. will be given due respect and nothing will be said or done which may
hundred and fifty years, traffic in slave trade continued. Rights of Almighty Allah 2. Nor does a white man have any
The
Our Lord said: “And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed] except by [legal] right.” (Al-Anam 6:151). which I am repeating here, but I have full information about this case
no other religion or way of life has solved this problem with the same
Islam proclaims all people are equal in terms of human values, and all individuals are equal before the Islamic code of law. verge of ruin." Speaking about the economic rights the Holy Quran enjoins upon
Islam believes in personal
solution of this problem which has been proposed in the present age is
question of human rights. laid down this principle clearly: "No bearer of burdens shall be made to
Therefore it is incumbent on every
It has been laid down in the Holy Quran: "If you apprehend
The correct method recommended by the Holy
it was said that every limb of the man who manumits a slave will be
Even
against whom I shall myself be a plaintiff on the Day of Judgement. Some people ask: will we be sinning if we don’t fulfil the five rights in the above hadith? prisoners of war of the vanquished army are kept in conditions which
ports, came to be known as the Slave Coast. If in a
He
United Nations. Islam has prescribed a general principle of paramount importance
ment, or the administrator, or the head of department orders an
responsibility is not entrusted to any individual or family or a particular
to me." During the caliphate of 'Umar, Muhammad the son of 'Amr
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