RIGHT TO PROTECTION IN ISLAM In order to be truly Islamic - a society (or state) must be so constituted that every individual, man and woman, may enjoy that minimum of material well-being and security without which there can be no human dignity, no real freedom and, in the last resort, no spiritual progress: for, there can be no real happiness and strength in a society that permits some of its members to suffer undeserved want while others have more than they need. The social legislation of Islam aims at a state of affairs in which every man, woman and child has (a) enough to eat and wear, (b) and adequate home, (c) equal opportunities and facilities for education, (d) free medical care in health and in sickness. A corollary of these rights is the right to productive and remunerative work while of working age and in good health, and a provision (by the community or the state) of adequate nourishment, shelter, etc. in cases of disability resulting from illness, widowhood, enforced unemployment, old age, or under-age. The legislation of the Quran corresponds to the true requirements of mans nature, and as such is but a continuation of the ethical guidance offered by God to man ever since the beginning of human history. - Muhammad Asad (Leopold Weiss)
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:52:22 +0000
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