In this regard The Quran Said: “We are nearer to him than his life-vein.

In this regard The Quran Said: “We are nearer to him than his life-vein.” And in part of this verse, Almighty Allah assures man, saying: “And know that Allah intervenes between man and his heart.” The All-Merciful Allah is fully aware of the needs of His creatures. In view of this fact, He has defined to us the paths leading to perfection as well as the pitfalls that plunge us into the abyss of doom and self-destruction.

It is rather unfortunate that in many cases, human beings ignore Allah and the wisdom of religious teachings by hopelessly resigning themselves to the fluctuations of life on the presumption of fate and fortune. However, this immersion in worldly fails to satisfy the spirit of man or his own efforts since this sort of attitude to life is actually against innate human nature.

The state of affairs of the modern world, with all its scientific and technological progress and the comforts and amenities of life, is testimony to the fact that the soul of the man remains restless and without attaining his quest for tranquility. Decades of Allahless capitalism, as well as socialism, communism, and secularism, have failed to salvage human societies.

These facts are making the modern man realize that in order to stop his further straying from the truth, he has to turn to morals, religious teachings, and most important of all, the words of Divine Revelation, as preached by Prophets and saints, especially the Last and Greatest of all Divine Messengers, Prophet Mohammad (PBUH&HP).

In this regard, we find in the Risalat al-Huquq or the Treatise on Human rights, how beautifully the Prophet’s 4th Infallible Successor turns the attention of man to the rights of Allah upon human beings, which also includes the rights of our own bodily parts upon ourselves. For instance, the head, the eyes, the ears, the limbs, and all other organs, have their own respective rights upon ourselves, which we are duty bound to observe.

In other words, if we ignore or violate the rights of our own bodily parts, we cannot claim to have observed the rights of others, or the rights of Allah, since by misusing these organs, we are not just harming others, but destroying our own self.

Imam Zain al-Abideen (PBUH) also lists the rights that a person is obliged to observe in regards to his parents, family members, neighbours, relatives, leaders, and the other people of the society, in order to attain tranquility of heart and salvation of the self.