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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Reciprocal Rights (risalatu 'l-huquq) Introduction KNOW — may God have mercy on you — that God has [certain] rights over you, which cover you in every movement through which you move, every rest through which you rest, every place where you come down, every limb which you move, and every tool which you use. Some of these rights are greater than others.

The greatest rights of God over you is the right which He — the Blessed, the Sublime has made in-cumbent upon you for Himself, which is the root of all rights, as all of them spring from it. Then He has made [those rights] incumbent upon you in yourself, from your head to your foot, in keeping with the diversity of your organs.

So, He has given your sight a right over you, your hearing a right over you, your tongue a right over you, your hand a right over you, your leg a right over you, your stomach a right over you, and your private part a right over you. These are the seven organs which are the means of all your acts.

Then He, to Whom belong Might and Majesty, gave your acts [certain] rights over you; He gave your ritual prayer (salat) a right over you, your fasting (sawm) a right over you, your alms (sadaqat) a right over you, your offering (sacrifices = hadyy) a right over you, and your acts (af `al) a right over you.

Then emerge [other] rights from you to others, of those who have obligatory rights over you; and the most incumbent of them over you are the rights of your leaders (a'immah), then the rights of your subjects (ra`iyyah), then the rights of your womb relatives (rahim): and from these rights branch out other rights.

The rights of your leaders are of three kinds: The most incumbent upon you is the right of your ruler (sultan), then of your guide (sa'is) in knowledge (`ilm), then the right of your master in property (milk), and every manager [of your affairs] is [your] leader (imam). And the rights of your subjects are of three kinds: The most incumbent upon you is the right of your subjects in authority; then the rights of your subjects in knowledge — for the man of ignorance is the subject.

of the man of knowledge — then the right of your subjects in property, such as wives and what is owned of the possessions. And the rights of your womb relatives are very many, depending on the nearness [or remoteness] of the relationship.