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Principles of Human Rights in Islam 3 - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Principles of Human Rights in Islam 3 2021-06-21 573 Views Rights , Human Rights , Islam and Human Rights In this part of the article titled “The principles of human rights in Islam”, we shall focus on the right to freedom, and the different perspectives on freedom.

Contents Freedom All Prophets Were Freedom-Bringers The Difference Between Islamic Stance on Freedom and That of Other Schools of Thought Freedom All Prophets Were Freedom-Bringers To understand the message of the prophets, it is enough to present the message by one or some of them. The reason is that the achievements of the prophet were the same in many cases.

In this regard, the holy Qur’an uses shari’ah or Minhaj: “To every one of you, We have appointed a right way (shari’ah) and an open road (Minhaj).” (1) However, where there is talk of the main principles of religion, the holy Qur’an states that all prophets transmitted the same message.

For instance, the al-Hijr “Cried lies to the Envoys;” (2) “The men of the Thicket cried lies to the envoys when Shu’ayb said to them, will you not be God-fearing?” (3) We all know that the people in both places had then one prophet. That the Holy Qur’an condemns the people’s rejection of the Envoys shows that all the prophets had one single message. Another sign of this truth is that every prophet confirms the words of the preceding prophets.

This was one of the characteristics of the prophets which shows that the main axis of the prophets’ messages was the same: “And We have sent down to thee the book with the truth, confirming the Book that was before it, assuring it.” (4)”(5) Now we shall consider one of these messages by Moses. After bidding the people to worship the one God, that great prophet cried for freedom to them. This message was not for the freedom of the land and the economic resources of Egypt.

The purpose was to free the Egyptians from the bondage of falsity. Of course, if people are freed, economic resources will surely be freed. This was the message of Prophet Moses: “O false Gods, deliver to me God’s servants.” (6) Pharaoh’s followers answered that they would not surrender to those who were their own servants. It is clear that he did not mean that he was the Lord of others. Pharaoh said, “I am your superior Lord.” (7) However, he did not mean that he was the master of other affairs.

Pharaoh and his followers were idolaters.