Question: Social System of Islam:

Social system of Islam

Rights of Rights of neighbor

Rights of spouses teachers
Rights of children Rights of minorities

 Right of spouses (zojain kay haqooq):

According to Islam, the family is a small social unit that makes up the society. The happiness of
each member depends on the happiness of the whole family. After marriage, men and women
must consider all the members of the family not only their individual selves.
The Quran expresses this nicely:
“And of His signs is that He has created for you, from yourselves, spouses that you may gain
peace through them and He has set among you love and compassion. Surely in this there are
signs for thoughtful people.”
The statement,
‘He has created for you, from yourselves, spouses’, indicates the intensity of the connection and
relationship.

In another verse regarding husbands and wives it states:

“They (women) are a garment for you (men) and you are a garment for them.”

Portrayal of wives and husbands as one another’s clothing reflects their close connection and
relationship since clothes are the closest of things to one’s body and are greatly needed in order to
protect one from heat and cold, to cover imperfections, and confer tranquility and beauty. Husbands
and wives are also such in respect with each other and must necessarily be so. Islam greatly favors
fortification of the structure of family and decent relations between spouses, and thus it has designated
specific rights and responsibilities for each.

Rights and responsibilities may be summarized within two main categories:

1. Common
2. Exclusive
 Rights of Parents (waldain kay haqooq):
Specifically, parental rights include: right to physical custody, which means reasonable visitation with a
child and regular contact. right to legal custody, meaning the ability to make major decisions about the
child's health, education, and religious upbringing.
 1. Supervision of the Family
2. Rearing and Edifying children
3. Providng Financial Support
4. Honour, Gentleness
5. Relgious and Moral Guidance

Narrated Abu Bakr The Prophet said thrice,

"Should I inform you out the greatest of the great sins?"

They said, "Yes, O Allah's Apostle!"

He said,

"To join others in worship with Allah and to be undutiful to one's parents." The Prophet then sat up after
he had been reclining (on a pillow) and said, "And I warn you against giving a false witness, and he kept
on saying that warning till we thought he would not stop. (See Hadith No. 7, Vol. 8)

In Quran:

“And we have enjoined on man to be good and dutiful to his parents, but if they strive to make you join
with Me (in worship) anything (as a partner) of which you have no knowledge, then obey them not.
Unto Me is your return, and I shall tell you what you used to do.”

 Rights of children (aulaad kay haqooq):

Allah has given children rights over their parents just as the parents have rights over their children.

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said:

“Allah has called them abraar (righteous) because they honoured (barru) their fathers and children. Just
as your father has rights over you, so too your child has rights over you.”

Al-Adab al-Mufrad, 94.

“The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, according to a hadeeth
(prophetic narration) narrated by ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar, “… and your child has rights over you.”

The child’s rights over their children include some that come even before the child is born, for example:

1 – Choosing a righteous wife to be a righteous mother

. It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:

“A woman may be married for four reasons:

“her wealth, her lineage, her beauty and her religious commitment. Marry the one who is religiously
committed, may your hands be rubbed with dust (i.e., may you prosper).” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari,
4802; Muslim, 1466).

It is Sunnah (recommended) to do tahneek for the child when he is born.

 1. The child should be given a good name.
2. It is Sunnah to shave the child’s head on the seventh day and to give the weight of the hair in
silver in charity.
3. It is mustahabb for the father to do the ‘aqeeqah, as stated in the hadeeth quoted above, “Every
child is in pledge for his ‘aqeeqah.”
4. Circumcision

It was narrated that Abu Hurayrah said:

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The fitrah (natural state)is
five things, or five things are part of the fitrah: circumcision, shaving the pubic hairs, plucking the armpit
hairs, clipping the nails and trimming the moustache.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5550; Muslim, 257

 Rights of teacher:
The responsibilities of a student towards their teachers in Islam

1. Responsibilities towards themselves

2. Duties towards teachers and parents
3. Responsibilities towards community and country
4. Duties towards religion

Islam teaches its believers to respect their teachers. There is a list of guidelines that should be followed
while respecting and treating your teacher. The most important person in your life that is responsible for
making everyone able to survive and make him/her capable of living the rest of his/ her life in a better
manner.

1. The teacher is a profound father.

2. The teacher is an inheritor of the Prophets ‘alaihim us salaam
3. It is mandatory to obey him.
4. Respect and venerate him.
5. Stand up in respect on his entry in class.
6. Welcome him with salaam first.
7. Shake hands with both hands when meeting him.
8. Never raise or spread your legs towards him.
9. Never raise or spread your legs towards him
10. Hear him out painstakingly when he is talking.
11. Be calm when he is talking.
12. Continuously attempt to obey him.
13. Address him quite tenderly.
14. Do not turn your back towards him.
15. Do not contend with him.
16. Do not make him furious.
17. Do not sit on his seat

The Imam (As) used to say,

“I will be the servant of one who teaches me one statement until the finish of my existence.”
  Rights of minorities (aqlioton kay haqooq):
Difference is the norm of this life. It happens to everything in the creation and shapes the general
picture of our existence in this universe which is replete with dissimilarity in everything. Almighty Allah
has highlighted this in the Qur’an and made it a proof for His Power and Omnipotence. ALLAH says,

“And He it is who causes gardens to grow, [both] trellised and untrellised, and palm trees and crops of
different [kinds of] food and olives and pomegranates, similar and dissimilar. Eat of [each of] its fruit
when it yields and give its due [zakah] on the day of its harvest. And be not excessive. Indeed, He does
not like those who commit excess. (Al-An`am 6:141)

This rule is also true for the issue of faith as Islam recognizes the existence of different creeds and builds
its relationship with them on a basis of coexistence and respect. Almighty Allah says,

“And had your Lord willed, those on earth would have believed – all of them entirely. Then, [O
Muhammad], would you compel the people in order that they become believers?” (Yunus 10:99)

Regardless of the soundness of these religions, Islam gives specific rights for the followers of these
religions that protect their identity and dignity. The following are some of these rights:

The Right to inviting non-Muslims to Islam

Allah says in the Qur’an referring to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him):

Say, “This is my way; I invite to Allah with insight, I and those who follow me. And exalted is Allah ; and I
am not of those who associate others with Him.” (Yusuf 12:108)

This obligation and right is encompassing and is not limited to a specific time, place, gender or age
among Muslims

. The Muslim is obligated to show the true teachings of Islam, in word and action and with wisdom and
kindness, to those who do not believe in it. Almighty Allah says,

“Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is
best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of
who is [rightly] guided. (An-Nahl 16:125)

 Rights of neighbours (parosion kay haqooq):

“And be good to the neighbour who Is your relative and to the neighbour who is not a relative . . .
(Qur'an, 4:36)

Islam has great respect for the mutual rights and duties of neighbours. The Holy Prophet said:

“Jibra'1 always used to advise me to be generous with neighbours, till I thought that Allah was going to
include the neighbours among the heirs of a Muslim.”

Neighbours are of three kinds:

1. That one who has got one right upon you
 2. That one who has got two rights upon you
3. That one who has got three rights upon you

The Holy Prophet said:

“That man is not from me who sleeps contentedly while his neighbour sleeps hungry.”

Nine rights of neighbours:

A person once asked Rasulullah (sallallahu‐alayhi‐wa‐sallam), “What are the rights of a neighbour?”

The reply was:

1. He should be granted a loan upon request

2. His invitation should be accepted.
3. He should be visited when ill.
4. He should be assisted upon request.
5. He should be consoled when he suffers any loss.
6. He should be congratulated upon a happy occasion.
7. His funeral should be attended.
8. His home and family should be cared for in his absence.
9. A high building should not be constructed without his permission.