What is the philosophy behind the importance of “Rights of people” in Islam?

There are two kinds of right in Islam, one is related to the Lord and is called the right of Allah, and the second is the right of people or “حق الناس” .

If we do not perform our daily prayers, we transgress the right of Allah and we owe to Him only, but if we usurp the land of someone, beside the sin that we commit which is the transgression of the right of Allah, we did not observe the right of people.

There are some differences between these two kinds of right.

But in short according to the Islamic sources, the right of people is so much dangerous, because it is possible that Allah due to His forgiveness and generosity, will forgive His own right, but the right of people cannot be forgiven except through satisfying them, and if we do not satisfy them in this world, it will lead to a very hard compensation on the day of judgment.

The holy Prophet of Allah said:

“The blood, property and reputation of every believer is Haram and respectable on other believer.”

The holy Prophet said:

“The property of a believer is respected just like his/her blood is respected.”

When we refer to the Narrations, we realize that if we do not satisfy those whose rights are transgressed by us, beside the hard difficulties on the day of judgment, the consequences of transgression of the rights of others, cause some problems for us even in this world.

For example if we use from properties of others without their satisfaction it leads to rejection of our worships and not being accepted, the corruption of us and our children etc.

Imam Sadiq peace be upon him said:

A believer is more respected than Kaba(the house of Allah in Mecca).

Who dares to destroy the house of Allah? So why we destroy something which its honor is more than Kaba so easily through backbiting, accusation, insulting, etc.?

Imam Baqir peace be upon him said:

There are three kinds of cruelty, the cruelty which Allah forgives it, the cruelty which Allah does not forgive it and the cruelty that Allah does not leave it. The cruelty that Allah does not forgive it, is Shirk (believing in others beside Allah as God), and the cruelty that Allah forgives it, is the cruelty and sin that a human commits and it is a matter between him/her and Allah, and the cruelty that Allah does not leave it, is the debt that is among servants (people).

It is interesting that the longest verse in the holy Quran which is in chapter Bagharah, talks about the rights of others by mentioning the ways that theses right will not get transgressed.

Another important point about the rights of others is that there is no any difference between a children and an adult, for example even if an adult usurps the property of a child, he/she is responsible toward that property and even it might has more punishment, because the child cannot defend from him/herself.

From the other side, for example if a child eats from the fruit of a garden of someone, that child is responsible and must satisfy the owner of that fruit and if the child did not do it, must do it when he/she reach to the age of maturity.

One of the consequences of the transgressions of the rights of others is that the blessings get away from the life of the committer.

Another consequence of such great sins is that the enjoyment form worshiping is taken from the committer.

And another effect of not observing the rights of others is that their Doa and wishes do not get fulfilled.

Imam Sadiq peace be upon him said:

The one who wants his Doa to be fulfilled quickly, he must purify his job (by observing the rules of religion and the rights of others).

And as the last point let me mention very shocking Narration from the Prophet of Islam, he said:

The most wretched person is the one that enters in the desert of doom(on the day of judgment) with good deeds like prayer and Hajj but when he/she wants to enter the paradise, a group of people prevent him/her, when that person asks the reason, they reply that our rights were transgressed by you, and they ask the angels for help, and the angels say: satisfy them, give from your good deeds to them in order to get satisfied with you, and when that person , does so, he/she realizes that there is not any good deeds remained, so his/her books of deeds is given to his/her left hand that is a symbol of being among the inhabitants of Hell.

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Sources:

Tebyan.net

Islamicccc.blogfa.com

Akhlagh.porsemani.ir