Today's world is the world of rights. Everyone is demanding for his or her rights, and is protesting, raising slogans, doing boycotts or in some other way asserting their rights. Unions have been formed to protect rights of groups of people. But in today's world there is not a single union or association that has been formed to make sure that its members fulfil their duties properly. People are not as worried if they are carrying out their duties properly, as they are about getting their rights. A mill owner insists on getting his full rights, while a labourer insists on getting his full rights. Neither of them have the same degree of care or worry when it comes to making sure they are carrying out their duties properly. Similarly husbands insist on getting their full rights, while wives insists on getting their rights. There is a rights war going on between the two, but neither stops for a moment to think whether they are fulfilling their obligations properly.
In contrast Allah SWT and the Holy Prophet SAW have emphasised that every human being should concentrate on fulfilling their obligations properly. One person's rights are some other person's obligations. If everyone starts carrying out their duties and obligations fully, then every human being would get their full rights. If a labourer starts carrying out his duties properly then the rights of the mill owner would be fulfilled. If the mill owner starts discharging his obligations towards his employees fully then labourers would get their full rights. This is what Sharia has emphasised that instead of just focusing on our rights we start focusing on carrying out our obligations. If all of us start carrying out our obligations fully then everybody would automatically start getting ether rights.
Abstract from the talk "Rights of husband" by Mufti Taqi Usmani RA.
In contrast Allah SWT and the Holy Prophet SAW have emphasised that every human being should concentrate on fulfilling their obligations properly. One person's rights are some other person's obligations. If everyone starts carrying out their duties and obligations fully, then every human being would get their full rights. If a labourer starts carrying out his duties properly then the rights of the mill owner would be fulfilled. If the mill owner starts discharging his obligations towards his employees fully then labourers would get their full rights. This is what Sharia has emphasised that instead of just focusing on our rights we start focusing on carrying out our obligations. If all of us start carrying out our obligations fully then everybody would automatically start getting ether rights.
Abstract from the talk "Rights of husband" by Mufti Taqi Usmani RA.
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