The rights of the human soul in the Prophetic Sunnah

Abstract

Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and may blessings and peace be upon His Noble Messenger, and upon all his family and companions. Now then:

Anyone who considers the Sunnah of the Prophet fairly will notice that it is a unique and comprehensive model for legislating human rights, protecting them, preserving them, and recognizing their importance. Indeed, the Holy Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, himself was a unique role model in this regard. As all the sublime meanings of humanity were embodied in him in all aspects of his blessed life His words did not belie his actions, he never neglected people’s rights, and he did not assault the freedoms of others. Muslims, non-Muslims, covenants, and others, and far from it, for he is the owner of great morals and upright religion. Indeed, human history - across long generations and centuries - has not known a prophet, nor a reformer, more perfect than our Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, in terms of his application of human principles and rights. Likewise, history has not known until today, and until the Hour of Judgment. A nation that cared for human rights and cared for them as much as the nation of Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, and the talk here is about the most important aspects of “preserving human rights” in the Sunnah of the Prophet: the right to life, the right to freedom, the rights to equality, the right to self-defense, the right of the individual to a fair trial, and blocking the pretexts that lead to murder and retribution. In murder, the prohibition of suicide, the right to security, and the right to social freedom