Can you explain the value attached by Islam to human rights?
In the religion of Islam, just like human life, the belief, integrity, independence, property, and honor of human beings are also under protection. This is because the peace and bliss of the human being in this world and the Hereafter are based on them.
It is a great sin in the presence of Allah not to comply with the material or spiritual rights of humans and it is left outside of Divine forgiving. In other words, those who infringe on a persons rights can only be forgiven by that person. As long as the person does not get his/her right or as long as he does not renounce his/her right, Allah does not forgive that sin. In Islam, everybody is responsible for respecting one others rights.
The human being is a creature who leads a social life. Therefore, among people there are innumerable social relations. They must be founded on rights and justice. Otherwise, there emerge violations of human rights and oppression.
The Quran protects the spiritual rights of the human being to such an extent that it forbids Believers from su-i zan (interpreting the behaviors of Believers as bad), from tajassus (inquiring about others mistakes) and from backbiting.
O you who believe! Avoid much suspicion, for some suspicion is a grave sin, and do not spy (on one another), nor backbite (against one another). Would any of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother? (The Quran, Hujurat Surah, 12)
- Will you give information about the value Islam gives to the rights of a person?
- Will you give information about the value Islam gives to the rights of a person?
- What is the penalty for oppressing with the tongue?
- What are the types of backbiting? Why and to what extent is backbiting bad?
- Could you give some information on nationalism and racism? Is it religiously permissible if I love my nation better than other nations?
- Is it a sin to have suspicions and negative thoughts about others? Is it still a sin if it remains only in the heart and if it is not uttered? Is having negative thoughts different from backbiting? What should we do to avoid having negative thoughts?
- Conclusion: It is about backbiting. It explains the six words of the following verse one by one: “Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother?” (al-Hujurat, 12).
- Is it necessary to ask for forgiveness if the person we have backbitten has not heard of it?
- Will you give information about major and minor sins?
- What is the decree on ghiybah (backbiting)? Is it appropriate to continue backbiting thinking that one asks for forgiving from others? How will one be forgiven by others in the hereafter?
