Islam for Beginners: {HONOR AND RESPECT IN ISLAM} Male or female, both are guaranteed freedom and personal dignity in Islam, which spells out their respective rights in society. Allah, the Exalted, says: And indeed We have honored the children of Adam, and We carry them in the land and the sea and we have provided them with sustenance of good things, and We have exalted them over most of those whom We have created, by high degrees of exaltation. {Holy Quran 17:70} O you people! Verily We have created you of a male and a female, and made you nations and tribes, that you may recognize each other; verily the most honored of you with Allah is the one of you who guards {Himself} the most {Against evils}... {Holy Quran 49:13} Islam endeavors to set up a cooperative and close-knitted society in which people enjoy equal rights, and their duties are tied to each other by the bonds of love, respect and cooperation. ...and cooperate(with each other) in righteousness and piety; and cooperate not in sin and enmity... {Holy Quran 5:2} Special attention is paid to the neighbors, the elders and kinsmen. Even a stranger has his own rights in Islam. The Messenger of Allah is quoted to have said: Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should be kind to his neighbor; whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should honor his guest and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak good, or else keep silent. The faithful are, in their mutual love, mercy and sentiment, like the body, of which if any organ aches the whole body becomes restless and sick.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 06:11:07 +0000
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