Human Rights and Justice in Islam

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Human Rights and Justice in Islam


Description: A glimpse at the foundations of human rights laid by Islam.
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Islam provides many human rights for the individual. The following are some of these human rights that Islam protects.

The life and property of all citizens in an Islamic state are considered sacred, whether a person is Muslim or not. Islam also protects honor. So, in Islam, insulting others or making fun of them is not allowed. The Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, said: "Truly your blood, your property, and your honor are inviolable."[1]

Racism is not allowed in Islam, for the Quran speaks of human equality in the following terms:

"O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female and have made you into nations and tribes for you to know one another. Truly, the noblest of you with God is the most pious.[2] Truly, God is All-Knowing, All-Aware." (Quran 49:13)

Islam rejects certain individuals or nations being favored because of their wealth, power, or race. God created human beings as equals who are to be distinguished from each other only on the basis of their faith and piety. The Prophet Muhammad said: "O people! Your God is one and your forefather (Adam) is one. An Arab is not better than a non-Arab and a non-Arab is not better than an Arab, and a red (i.e. white tinged with red) person is not better than a black person and a black person is not better than a red person,[3] except in piety."[4]

One of the major problems facing mankind today is racism. The developed world can send a man to the moon but cannot stop man from hating and fighting his fellow man. Ever since the days of the Prophet Muhammad, Islam has provided a vivid example of how racism can be ended. The annual pilgrimage (Hajj) to Makkah shows the real Islamic brotherhood of all races and nations, when about two million Muslims from all over the world come to Makkah to perform the pilgrimage.

Islam is a religion of justice. God has said:

"Truly God commands you to give back trusts to those to whom they are due, and when you judge between people, to judge with justice...." (Quran 4:58)

And He has said:

"...And act justly. Truly, God loves those who are just." (Quran 49:9)

We should even be just with those who we hate, as God has said:

"...And let not the hatred of others make you avoid justice. Be just: that is nearer to piety...." (Quran 5:8)

The Prophet Muhammad said: "People, beware of injustice,[5] for injustice shall be darkness on the Day of Judgment."[6]

And those who have not gotten their rights (i.e. what they have a just claim to) in this life will receive them on the Day of Judgment, as the Prophet said: "On the Day of Judgment, rights will be given to those to whom they are due (and wrongs will be redressed)..."[7]


Footnotes:
[1] Narrated in Saheeh Al-Bukhari, #1739, and Mosnad Ahmad, #2037.
[2] A pious person is a believer who abstains from all kinds of sins, performs all good deeds that God commands us to do, and fears and loves God.
[3] The colors mentioned in this Prophetic saying are examples. The meaning is that in Islam no one is better than another because of his color, whether it is white, black, red, or any other color.
[4] Narrated in Mosnad Ahmad, #22978.
[5] i.e. oppressing others, acting unjustly, or doing wrong to others.
[6] Narrated in Mosnad Ahmad, #5798, and Saheeh Al-Bukhari, #2447.
[7] Narrated in Saheeh Muslim, #2582, and Mosnad Ahmad, #7163.

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Human Rights and Justice in Islam

HADITH Sahih Bukhari [4:52:177] Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established until you fight
with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say,
"O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him."

HADITH Sahih Muslim [41:6985] Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying:
The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the
Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide
themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say:
Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill
him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews.

Muslims are encouraged by Islam to fight until the whole world is
conquered, which will mark the end of the world. When this time arrives,
all true Muslims will ascend to heaven. Those who refuse to participate
in Jihad will face punishment from Allah, and will be replaced by others
who are more obliging.

From the Koran: 9:5 When the sacred months [by ancient Arab custom
there were four months during which there was to be no violence] are
passed, kill the Kaffirs wherever you find them. Take them as captives,
besiege them, and lie in wait for them with every kind of ambush. If
they submit to Islam, observe prayer, and pay the poor tax, then let
them go their way. Allah is gracious and merciful.

9:38 Oh, believers, what possessed you that when it was said, “March
forth in Allah’s cause [jihad],” you cling heavily to the earth? Do you
prefer the life of this world to the next? Little is the comfort of this
life compared to the one that is to come. Unless you march forth, He
will punish you with a grievous penalty, and He will put another in your
place. You will not harm Him at all, for Allah has power over everything.

3:12 say to the Kaffirs, “Soon you will be defeated and thrown into
hell, a wretched home!” Truly, there has been a sign for you in the two
armies which met in battle. One army fought for Allah’s cause, and the
other Army was a group of Kaffirs, and the Kaffirs saw with their own
eyes that their enemy was twice its actual size. Allah gives help to
whom he pleases. Certainly there is a lesson to be learned in this for
those who recognize it.

5:57O, you who believe, do not take those who have received the
Scriptures [Jews and Christians] before you, who have scoffed and jested
at your religion, or who are Kaffirs for your friends. Fear Allah if you
are true believers. When you call to prayer, they make it a mockery and
a joke. This is because they are a people who do not understand

From The Sira:
I681 One of the Ghatafans approached Mohammed saying he was a Muslim but
no one else knew it. Mohammed told him, “Go and sow distrust among our
enemies. War is deceit.”

And from Bukhari’s Hadith:
B4,52,268 Mohammed said, “War is deceit.”

Mohammed was a master of psychology, and regularly used deceit to gain
advantage over his enemies. He also urged his followers to do the same.