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Hadees about Human Rights

Cat : knowledge of islam > al hadith

Islam emphasizes a lot on human rights. Islam has defined three types of rights that are obligatory to follow by every Muslim.
è Allah’s Rights
è Human Rights
è Self-Rights

Out of all the rights, Allah has emphasized a lot on human rights and said that even if someone doesn’t respect the rights of Allah, he might forgive that person at the Day of Judgment but the person who neglected the human rights will not be forgiven until the person whom he deceived forgives him himself. On the order of Allah almighty, the last prophet (PBUH) also taught us to never neglect the human rights. Here are some hadith references from where we can know about the importance of human rights.
* Muaaz Ibn Jabal, RAA, narrated:

I was riding behind the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him [PBUH]) and there was nothing between him and me but the part of the saddle, when he said: Mu’ádh Ibn Jabal, to which I replied: At your beck and call, and at your pleasure, Messenger of God. He moved along for a few minutes, when again he said: Mu’ádh Ibn Jabal, to which I replied: At your beck and call, and at your pleasure, Messenger of God. He then again moved along for a few minutes and said: Mu’ádh Ibn Jabal, to which I replied: At your beck and call, and at your pleasure, Messenger of God. He (the Prophet) asked: Do you know what right has God upon His servants? I said: God and His Messenger know best. He (the Prophet) said: Verily the right of God over His servants is that they should worship Him, not associating anything with Him. He (the Prophet), with Mu’ádh behind him, moved along for a few minutes and said: Mu`ádh Ibn Jabal, to which I replied: At your beck and call, and at your pleasure, Messenger of God. He (the Prophet) asked: Do you know the servants' rights upon God in case they do it (i.e. they worship God without associating anything with Him)? I (Mu’ádh Ibn Jabal) replied: God and His Messenger know best. (Upon this) he (the Prophet) remarked: That He would not torment them (with the Fire of Hell).

 [Sahih Muslim (SM): 43]
* Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, RAA, reported:

God's Messenger (PBUH) said: Avoid sitting on the paths. They (his Companions) said: God's Messenger, there is no other help to it (but to sit here as we) hold our meetings and discuss matters there. Thereupon God's Messenger (PBUH) said: If you have to sit at all, then fulfill the rights of the path. They said: What are these right?  Thereupon he said: Keeping the eye downward, refraining from doing some harm to the other and exchanging mutual greetings (saying al-salamu 'alaykum to one another) and commanding the good and forbidding the evil.
[SM: 3960]