by Maktabah as-Saduq, Tehran; and (ii) al Amali, 59th majlis, pp.

by Maktabah as-Saduq, Tehran; and (ii) al Amali, 59th majlis, pp.368–75, pub. by Maktabah Islamiyyah, Tehran; Faqih man la yahduruhu 'l-faqih, vol.2, sect. hajj, ch. al-huquq, pp.376–81, an-Najaf al-Ashraf (Iraq) ed. Ibn Shu'bah, Tuhafu 'l-'uqul, pp.255–72, pub. by Jami`ah al-Mudarrisin, Qum (Iran); al-Hasan ibn al-Fadl at-Tabrisi, Makarimu 'l-akhlaq, pp.219–24, pub. by al-A`lami, Beirut. Biharu 'l-anwar, vol.74, Kitabu 'l-'ishrah, ch. Jawami'u 'l-huquq, pp.2–9, pub.

by Maktabah Islamiyyah, Tehran. ibid. pp.10–21. al-Imam Zaynu 'l-Abidin, 'alayhi 's-salam, pp.1 18–32, an-Najaf al-Ashraf ed. TRANSLATOR'S NOTE THIS is the translation of the booklet of our al-Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn Zaynu 'l-Abidin, peace be upon him, known as Risalatu 'l-Huquq (The Book of Rights). In this Risalah, the Imam has explained in clear terms all the obligations [fifty in all] which a man is expected to fulfill in his life.

The original is reported in Tuhafu 'l-'uqul `an ali 'r-rasul of ash-Shaykh Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn, Ibn Shu'bah al-Harrani who was a contemporary of ash-Shaykh as-Saduq [4th c. AH ] , and one of the accepted authorities of the Shiite sect. His book has been treated with reverence in every age. My translation is very imperfect, because I cannot hope to find words to convey the shades of the con-notations implied in the original phrases.

that this translation will provide a window through which readers will be able to catch a glimpse of the sublime ethics of Islam. The original hadith (tradition) has no paragraphing or subheadings, nor are there any punctuation marks or numbers. These have been added in the translation to make it more comprehensible to readers who are used to such aids in reading. This translation had appeared in instalments in the bi-monthly, "The Light" [Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania].

The Peermahomed Ebrahim Trust [Karachi, Pakistan] then published this most comprehensible and concise charter of human rights as a booklet named "Reciprocal Rights". Now the World Organization for Islamic Services [ W O F I S ] is reprinting it for wider circulation. I have revised the translation for this edition. Saeed Akhtar Rizvi 5th Sha`ban 1409 13th March 1989…