THE RIGHT OF SUBJECTS
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THE RIGHT OF SUBJECTS |
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The right of your subjects through authority is that you should know that they have been made subject through your strength upon them.
Certainly, it was their weakness and lowness which made them your subjects. Hence, how good is someone to become your subject because of his weakness and lowness and be under your influence! He does not abstain you, neither due to high standing nor power. He does not seek aid from you in what he finds above your capacity but from Allah through mercy, protection and tolerance. And what is better for you than thanking Allah after perceiving what He granted to you through honour and power which qualified you to be their master! Whoever thanks Allah, is blessed in what Allah gave him. There is no strength save in Allah.
The right of your subject through knowledge is that you should know that Allah made you a caretaker over them only through the knowledge and wisdom He has given you. Therefore, if you perceive and do well, with that knowledge and wisdom which Allah donated to you and you act like a pitiful, ware houseman, a subject advisor among his subjects, patient and believes in the day of Judgement, who helps the needy with his wealth, you will be right guided and through that, you will be hopeful and believer. But if not, you will be a traitorous, oppressive against Allah’s creatures and opposing Allah’s glory.
The right of your wife is that you know that Allah has made her a repose, comfort, sociability and protector for you. Thus, each of you should praise Allah upon the other and know that both of you are boons to each other from Allah. Consequently, it is necessary to associate with that grace of Allah, respect her, and show lenience toward her although your rights upon her are heavier, your obedience toward her is more necessary in what you like or dislike as long as it is not a sin. She also has the right of kindness and companionship upon you and her position of comfort to you is to accomplish desire which is also inevitable. And of course, it is vital! There is no strength save in Allah.
The right of your slave is that you should know that he is a creature of your Lord, he is your flesh, - his flesh is like that of yours, he is your blood – his blood is the same as yours, you own him but you did not make him, you did not create his hearing nor his seeing, nor provide him with his sustenance. Yet Allah gives you sufficiency for all of that. Then He has made him subservient to you, entrusted you to him, and deposited you with him so that you guard him, do not differentiate between him and you – feed him with the same type of food you eat and so, the same clothes. Do not ask him to do something above his capacity. If you get tired of him resort to Allah and replace him and do not torment a creature of Allah. There is no strength save in Allah.
