Charter of Islamic Society

 

Charter of Islamic Society

وَاعۡبُدُوا اللّٰهَ وَلَا تُشۡرِكُوۡا بِهٖ شَيۡـئًـا‌ ؕ وَّبِالۡوَالِدَيۡنِ اِحۡسَانًا وَّبِذِى الۡقُرۡبٰى وَالۡيَتٰمٰى وَ الۡمَسٰكِيۡنِ وَالۡجَـارِ ذِى الۡقُرۡبٰى وَالۡجَـارِ الۡجُـنُبِ وَالصَّاحِبِ بِالۡجَـنۡۢبِ وَابۡنِ السَّبِيۡلِ ۙ وَمَا مَلَـكَتۡ اَيۡمَانُكُمۡ‌ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُحِبُّ مَنۡ كَانَ مُخۡتَالًا فَخُوۡرَا ۞

اور تم سب اللہ کی بندگی کرو، اُس کے ساتھ کسی کو شریک نہ بناؤ، ماں باپ کے ساتھ نیک برتاؤ کرو، قرابت داروں اور یتیموں اور مسکینوں کے ساتھ حسن سلوک سے پیش آؤ، اور پڑوسی رشتہ دار سے، اجنبی ہمسایہ سے، پہلو کے ساتھی اور مسافر سے، اور اُن لونڈی غلاموں سے جو تمہارے قبضہ میں ہوں، احسان کا معاملہ رکھو، یقین جانو اللہ کسی ایسے شخص کو پسند نہیں کرتا جو اپنے پندار میں مغرور ہو اور اپنی بڑائی پر فخر کر ے

Serve Allah and ascribe no partner to Him. Do good to your parents, to near of kin, to orphans, and to the needy, and to the neighbour who is of kin and to the neighbour who is a stranger, and to the companion by your side, and to the wayfarer, and to those whom your right hands possess. Allah does not love the arrogant and the boastful,

The things that are mentioned are the foundations of Shariat or religion.

1.      Rights of Allah

The first right is of Allah that you worship Him and do not associate anyone with Him.

There are many wisdoms in mentioning worship and monotheism before the statement of others rights, one of which is that a person who does not have the fear of Allah and his rights, then he will not have the rights of others in this world. The community finds thousands of ways to avoid the fear of the society or the law of the government. This fear and piety can only be achieved through monotheism, so it was appropriate to remember the monotheism and worship of Allah Ta'ala before detailing the rights of the various relationships and relatives.

2.      Rights of Parents

There are four such places in the Holy Quran where the right of parents is mentioned immediately after the right of Allah. It is also a very important basis for our family system that parents should be treated well, with politeness and respect.

Among all the relatives and related people, the rights of parents  are first described, and by explaining the rights of parents in relation to his worship and his rights, Allah also indicated that in terms of reality and origin, all favors and Rewards are from Allah Ta'ala, but in terms of external causes, after Allah Ta'ala, the greatest favors on a person are from his parents, because they are the cause of his existence. In all the difficult stages until youth, apparently the parents are the guarantors of his existence and then its survival and evolution.

In the case of parents, it was just not said in these two verses that you should pay their rights or serve them, but the word Ihsan in its general meaning is to spend one's wealth for their upkeep according to need, and to perform physical services according to the need, and it is not permissible to speak harshly or loudly in conversation with them. Don't say any words that are rude to them, don't say any words that break their hearts, don't treat their friends and relatives in a way that hurts their parents, but to comfort them and keep them happy. Do whatever you have to do, even if the parents have neglected the rights of the child, there is no opportunity for the child to abuse.

3.      The rights of the orphans

In the third place, he said, "The rights of the orphans and the destitute should also be given." Treat it as important as you do for your relatives. Several Hadiths emphasise the importance of treating them fairly.

4.      Neighbour’s right.

  In the fourth number, Allah said, Wal jar Dhi al-Qurba, and in the fifth number, Wal jar Al-Junb Jar means neighbor. In this verse, two types of it have been described, one Jar Dhi Al-Qurba and the other Jar Junb. There are different interpretation of these two types.

The common commentators said that "Jar Zabi al-Qurba" means the neighbor who lives next to your house and "Jar Janb" means the neighbor who lives at some distance from your house.

Hazrat Abdullah Bin Abbas (RA) said that "Jar Dhi al-Qurba" means a person who is both a neighbor and a relative, thus two rights have been gathered in him, and "Jar Janb" means a person who is only a neighbor and not a relative.

Some of the commentators said that Jar Dhi al-Qurba is a neighbor who is a Muslim within the Islamic community, and Jar janb means a non-Muslim neighbor.

The words of the Qur'an have all these meanings, everyone agrees that the neighbor, whether he is near or far relative or Muslim or non-Muslim, still has the right to be helped as much as possible.

The Holy Prophet ﷺ says that Jibraeel Amin always urged me to give concessions and help to my neighbor, until I began to think that perhaps the neighbor would also be included in the inheritance like relatives. (Bukhari and Muslim)

In a tradition of Tirmidhi and Musnad Ahmad, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said that among the people of a neighborhood, the best and the best in the eyes of Allah is the one who is good to his neighbors.

In a hadith of Musnad Ahmad, it is stated that it is not permissible for a neighbor to be full, while his neighbor is hungry.

5.      Right of Companion.

  Allah said, "Wal-Sahib next to you" literally means "the second companion", which also includes a traveling companion who sits next to you in a train, a plane, a bus, a car, and also includes a person who is in a general assembly. sitting next to you

Just as the Shariat of Islam made the rights of permanent neighbors near and far obligatory, in the same way, the right of companionship was also made mandatory for this person. He who sits with you for a while in a meeting or a journey, in which Muslims and non-Muslims, relatives and non-relatives are all equal, is instructed to behave well with him, whose lowest rank is that of yours. Don't hurt him with any words or actions, don't talk to him in a way that hurts his heart, don't do anything that hurts him, for example, don't smoke a cigarette and let the smoke in his mouth. Don't eat paan and put the pack towards him, don't sit in a way that narrows his space.

If people start following this instruction of the Holy Qur'an, then all the quarrels of railway passengers will end. Everyone should consider that I have the right to the space of only one person, not the right to occupy more than that space, if someone else sits nearby. If so, he has as much right in this rail as I have.

Some of the commentators said that Sahib Bal janab includes every person who is your partner in any work or profession, in industry, in work, in office, in travel, in the city. (Rooh ul Maani)

6.      Right of wayfarer.

  Ibn al-Sabil, that is, the wayfarer, it means the person who comes to you during the journey or becomes your guest. By discounting the relationship, his right has also been imposed on you to treat him well as far as possible.

7.      The right of slaves and servants.

Servants and slaves also have the right to deal with them in a good manner, do not neglect to feed and clothe them according to their means, and do not neglect their strength and put more work on them.

Although the words of the verse clearly refer to mamluks and slaves, but due to sharing and the sayings of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), these rules also apply to servants and employees that they also have the same right to fixed salary and food etc. And do not delay their dues and do not overwork them beyond their strength.

Rights are neglected by those who have pride in their hearts.

  In the last verse, he said, "Allah does not like a person who is arrogant and who shows his pride to others."

This last sentence of the verse is the completion of all the previous sayings that those who neglect the rights of the people whose rights have been emphasized in the previous eight numbers are those who have arrogance and pride in their hearts. May Allah reward all Muslims with this. Keep it safe.

Many hadiths have also been mentioned in the promise of arrogance and ignorant boasting.

It was narrated from Hazrat Abdullah Masoud that a person will not go to hell (forever) whose heart has faith equal to a mustard seed, and no one will enter heaven whose heart has the amount of arrogance of a mustard seed. "

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Masoud that the Prophet ﷺ said that a person who has an atom of arrogance in his heart will not enter Paradise. One person asked the prophet that people like to have good clothes and shoes (so is this also included in arrogance?) He said that Allah himself is beautiful and He also likes beauty.