Human rights in the philosophy of the Imam, (PBUH) (Ep.1)
A person reaches the top of his humanity, when he reaches the summit of his greatness and he do that when he reaches the summit of submission to the fact that in order for a person to be among the servants of Allah and his beloved ones, he must be a good man and the first thing to reach goodness is to practice justice with his self and with people, to be mercy, and to serve others without regard to his color and nationality .
This is the first lesson that Imam Ali, peace be upon him, taught to those whom the lights of faith reached with guidance from his words. For example in the era of Amir al-Muminin (PBUH) he said to Malik al-Ashtar, "Let your heart to feel with mercy for the parishioners, love for them, and kindness for them, and do not be against them a beaten lion to seize their food, for they are two types, either your brother in religion or your equivalent in creation."
The explanation for that, "The ruler in particular, and the ordinary person in general, must deal with his fellow with mercy first of all, even if he is not one of the relatives and even if there is no interest. The greatest interest of a person is to obtain the pleasure of Allah."
Moreover from the explanation of that also that the ruler should be kind, and not deal with people as if he was a violent wild lion that see what is in the hands of people, so he treats them with greed, brutality and arrogance, and what works with the ruler in his dealings with people is also suitable for dealing with a person with an absolute human.
Among the most beautiful of what Imam Ali, peace be upon him, described the human in his speech to all of us, not to the Malik al-Ashtar only, he said that man is of two kinds, as for our brothers because they are of our race, religion, country and belonging, and they are also our brothers as our brothers by blood, religion and geography, but they are also our brothers because they are like us since we are equal and they are of the creation of Allah Almighty.
So would we be surprised that the words of the Imam, peace be upon him, dazzled the General Assembly of the United Nations, which considered the Imam the fairest ruler in history in 2004 because of this message to al-Ashtar and others from his speech on human rights?
In addition among the greatness of the Imam (PBUH) is what was reported about him about the person who cursed him in his presence, the ruler of a country whose lands reach an area equal to two empires, and whose armies reach what they defeated the Persian and Byzantine empires So how did Amir al-Muminin deal with those who insulted him in his presence, and if he wanted, he would declare himself emperor? But he did not call himself any of the emperors titles, he did not live their lives, and he only accepted asceticism as a way to live.
For example, in Kufa, while Imam Ali (peace be upon him) was preaching to the people, when one of the Kharijites interrupted him insulting:
“May Allah fight him, he is an infidel, what did he know?!”
So the imam’s companions were incensed, wanting to kill the man, so the imam disobeyed them - unlike the kings ’habit, saying:“ It is only a curse for cursing, or an amnesty for a sin. ”
The source (Nahj al-Balagha Part Four, pp. 98-99).
And the greatest of all of the above is what appeared from the humanity of Imam Ali the peace he made with his murderer Ibn Maljem, as all opponents of the Imam and his warriors were fighting him in the field, and they opposed him with words and deeds, propaganda, confusion and distortion. But he did not arrest any of them and did not persecute anyone and did not prevent anyone from entering any city owes him loyalty, even they used to enter his mosque and plot against him while he knew them and forbade his supporters to attack them.
However Ibn Maljam was known to be from the Kharijites, and he was among those who fought the Imam, and among those who combated him, but when he came to Kufa and entered its mosque and the Imam saw him, he did not order to arrest him as long as he did not raise a sword and did not attack anyone.
Also according to the doctrine of the Messenger of Allah, PBUH, who knew from Gabriel that a Jewess woman would try to kill him, and he did nothing for her or for the conspirators with her, except after she threw him intending to kill him in a container of dirt from a roof where the Messenger of Allah lay with the intention of assassinating him. When he survived, he punished her for her actions and not for her intentions. Likewise, Amir al-Muminin, peace be upon him, left Ibn Maljim without punishment for his opinion and opposing stance, even if he assassinated him, he ordered his sons to punish him only with the same blow that he had hit the Imam by a long time. But rather ordered them to leave him for the Imam if he survived and did not die, and not to hit him more than one blow and not to torture him. He ordered them to feed him from what they eat, although he is their prisoner.
That was said by the Imam while he was on his deathbed, wounded by a poisoned sword that betrayed him from behind as he knelt in his niche.
So what ethics does the stepson of Allahs Messenger teach us, and how much do we bear in ourselves of his morals?
