Right of fellow Muslim
Bi ismi he ta’ala
Right of fellow Muslim
الحمد لله وكفى وسلام على عباده الذين اصطفى
اما بعد
Respectable elders – brothers and friends.
Allah Ta’ala sent us to this World, but He did not send us alone, rather He sent us into families, surrounding with people.
Each one in the family has responsibilities. Each one in the Family has rights.
We will Insha Allah discuss regarding the fulfilment of Rights and the importance of fulfilling of Rights.
Firstly, we have the rights of Allah Ta’ala (Hoqooq ul llah). This holds the highest priority and is the most important. This is to fulfil the commends of Allah Ta’ala, such as performance of Salaah – giving of Zakaah – Fasting in the Month of Ramadhan – Hajj – Qurbaani – Etc.
Together with Hoqaaq ul llah we have Hoqooq ul Ibaad.
Hoqooq ul ibaad is the rights of Fellow creation. Rights of people and animals around us. The most important rule in Hoqooq ul Ibaad is, as we learn from the Hadith of our
beloved Nabi Hadhrat Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam:
“A Muslim is that person from whom other Muslims are safe from his tongue and hands”.
This is the most important, that I will not hurt the next person by my tongue or by my hands. If each person can have this statement in front of him all the time, this person will be the beloved of all people, everyone will love him.
The 1st group of people that deserve the greatest amount of rights to be fulfil are our parents.
As we are told in the Quraan regarding parents,
“Do not say oof to them, when you speak to them speak kind words”.
It is the child’s responsibility to look after his parents. Our beloved Nabi Hadhrat Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam said:
“may that person be disgraced or destroyed
(Nabi sallallahu alaihi wasallam says this 3 times) The Sahaabah asked “Who, O Nabi of Allah”
Our beloved Nabi sallallahu alaihi wasallam replied,
“the one who finds his parents in old ages and does not enter into Jannah”
From this Hadith we come to learn that the one who is at the service of his parents will Insha Allah enter Jannat.
The 2nd group of people that need our attention and deserve that we fulfil their rights are our Spouse.
We learn from a Hadith, Muawiyah ibn Haydah narrates:
I asked: “O Messenger of Allah, “What right does a wife have over the husband?”
Our beloved Nabi Hadhrat Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam replied:
“That you feed her when you yourself eat.
You clothe her when you clothe yourself.
That you do not strike her on her face.
That you do not be abusive to her.
That you do not sever relations with her family”.
The 3rd group of people that need our attention and deserve that we fulfil their rights are our children.
We learn from the Hadith that the most important right of the parents to their children is that they help and guide their children on good and towards good character and inculcate good manners in them.
We can understand from the Hadith, Our beloved Nabi Hadhrat Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam said:
“the right of a child is that a father should give a good name to the child,
get the child married when he reaches the age of maturity,
and that the father should encourage good manners in the child”.
The 4th group of people that need our attention and deserve that we fulfil their rights are our neighbours and our relatives.
Allah says in the Quraan:
“worship Allah and ascribe none as partners with him and be kind to parents, relatives, orphans, the poor, near neighbours, distant neighbours,”
Neighbours can refer to various types of people: we can have Muslims, Non-Muslims, pious, open sinners, enemies, strangers, and family members. Each of these groups has a different rank and status, therefore, they should be dealt with accordingly.
Our beloved Nabi Hadhrat Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam says in a Hadith:
“Jibra’il continually advised me about a neighbour until I thought that he would make him my heir”.
Nabi sallallahu alaihi wasallam says in a Hadith:
“by Allah, he is not a believer, by Allah, he is not a believer, by Allah, he is not a believer,
Nabi sallallahu alaihi wasallam was asked
“who O messenger of Allah?
He sallallahu alaihi wasallam replied:
“one whose neighbour is not safe from his evil”.
Regrading relatives Our beloved Nabi Hadhrat Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam says,
“one who believes in Allah and the last day should maintain family ties.”
And Nabi sallallahu alaihi wasallam says:
“one who desires an expansion in his sustenance and an extension in his life should maintain his ties of kinship.”
The 5th group of people that need our attention and deserve that we fulfil their rights are All the Muslims.
Our beloved Nabi Hadhrat Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam said
“None of you can be a believer till he loves for his brother what he loves for himself”.
Our beloved Nabi Hadhrat Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam said
“A Muslim has 5 rights over another Muslim:
1. Replying to his greeting,
2. Visiting the sick,
3. Attending a funeral,
4. Accepting an invitation,
5. Saying yarhamukallah to the person who sneezes. Nabi sallallahu alaihi wasallam says,
“A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim”.
May Allah Ta’ala give us all the understanding and ability to fulfil all the rights of all people.
Ameen.
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