Man does something from morning till evening and from evening till morning. All his actions can be divided into three sections:
1- Actions which concern Allah alone are called rights of Allah.
2- Actions which concern his self alone are called his personal right or self rights.
3- Actions which concern himself and other persons are called dealings.
The way these rights are performed is called morals, for example, if a man performs his rights nobly and with warmth of feelings, will and willingness without any murmur it is called virtuous and he is called a virtuous man. But if he performs his rights with a diffidence and rudely and without any sincerity such a behavior is called bad morals and the man is called ill-mannered.
In every nation there is a system to carry out these three-fold rights. The way the majority of its people stick to the system and perform them, the nation lives the life of peace and pleasure and rest and honour to the same extent it is carried out. That is to the extent the system is in keeping with the demands—mental and physical–the nation is powerful and prosperous. The system for the Islamic people is laid down in the Holy Quran which is a revealed book. It is obvious that the nature and habit of man and his demands are known to his creator much better than even man can know himself. Therefore, it may claim that our system is the most perfect system in the world. Those who claim to accept this system, if they can carry it out faithfully, there is no reason that individually or collectively they can be losers, the main reason for our decline is that we do not act upon the system with devotion and energy. In our system, rights of Allah,rights of self and rights of individuals have been laid down. If all our sects strictly follow the system and leave aside superfluous and self-made doctrines and break each other’s head and do not sell themselves to the enemies for paltry sums as is happening today, then there is no reason we cannot regain our lost glory which we had attained in our golden days.
Now we describe the three -fold systems.
RIGHTS OF ALLAH
If you claim to be a Musalman then you must have perfect faith that Allah has created you. He gives you sustenance. What ever he does is for your benefit and well-being. He will kill you and after your death it is up to Him either to forgive you or punish you. If you have perfect faith in it then it is obligatory on you to be constantly full of love, obedience, thankfulness and fear of Allah. Be thankful to Him for His blessings and bliss and turn to Him alone when in distress and difficulties and only pray to Him, that is, carry out whatever has been ordained in the Holy Quran. As this has been dealt in detail in early chapters.
RIGHTS OF SELF
Allah has ordained in Chapter al-Baqarah not to put your soul to destruction, that is, it should be taken care of. And in chapter al-Al-Maidah He said: “O, believers it is obligatory on you to protect your life”. The Holy Prophet(SAW) has said: “Your self has right on you.” This brings forth the truth that man should first protect his self and should try to preserve it. The rights of Allah and rights of others come later on. It is obvious that if the self of man is killed, that is if he dies, he can neither repay the rights of Allah nor the rights of others.
(for detail pls read book)
