1. The Greatest Right of Allah:
The greatest right of Allah against you is that you worship Him without associating anything with Him. When you do that with sincerity (ikhlas), He has made it binding upon Himself to give you sufficiency in the affair of this world and the next.
Fa-amma haqqu Allahi al-akbaru fa-innaka ta'buduhu la tushriku bihi shay'an, fa-itha fa'alta dhalika bi-ikhlasin ja'ala laka 'ala nafsihi an yakfiyaka amra al-dunya wa-al-akhirati wa-yahfaza laka ma tuhibbu minhuma.
حق الله الأكبر
فأَمَّا حَقُّ اللهِ الأَكْبَرُ فَإنَّكَ تَعْبُدُهُ لا تُشْرِكُ بهِ شَيْئاً، فَإذَا فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ بإخلاص جَعَلَ لَكَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَنْ يَكفِيَكَ أَمْرَ الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ وَيَحْفَظَ لَكَ مَا تُحِبُّ مِنْهَما.
2. The Right of yourself:
The right of yourself (nafs) against you is that you employ it in obeying Allah; then you deliver to your tongue its right, to your hearing its right, to your sight its right, to your hand its right, to your leg its right, to your stomach its right, to your private part its right, and you seek help from Allah in all that.
Wa-amma haqqu nafsika 'alayka fa-an tastawfiyaha fi ta'ati Allahi fa-tu'addi ila lisanika haqqahu wa-ila sam'ika haqqahu wa-ila basarika haqqahu wa-ila yadika haqqaha wa-ila rij'lika haqqaha wa-ila batnika haqqahu wa-ila farjika haqqahu wa-tasta'ina bi-Allahi 'ala dhalik.
حق النفس
وَأَمَّا حَقُّ نَفْسِكَ عَلَيْكَ فَأَنْ تَسْتَوْفِيَهَا فِي طَاعَةِ اللهِ فَتُؤَدّي إلَى لِسَانِكَ حَقَّهُ وَإلَى سَمْعِك حَقَّهُ وَإلَى بَصَرِكَ حَقّهُ وَإلَى يَدِكَ حَقَّهَا وَإلَى رِجْلِك حَقَّهَا وَإلَى بَطْنِكَ حَقَّهُ وَإلَى فَرْجِكَ حَقَّهُ وَتَسْتَعِينَ باللهِ عَلَى ذَلِك.
3. The Right of the Tongue
The right of the tongue is that you consider it too noble for obscenity, accustom it to good, refrain from any meddling in which there is nothing to be gained, express kindness to the people, and speak well concerning them.
Wa-amma haqqu al-lisani fa-ikramuhu 'ani al-khana wa-ta'widuhu 'ala al-khayri wa-ham'luhu 'ala al-adabi wa-ijmamuhu illa li-mawdi'i al-hajati wa-al-manfa'ati li-al-dini wa-al-dunya wa-i'fa'uhu 'ani al-fuduli al-shani'ati al-qalilati al-fa'idati allati la yu'manu darruha ma'a qillati 'a'idatiha. Wa-yu'addu shahida al-'aqli wa-al-dalila 'alayhi wa-tazayyinu al-'aqili bi-'aqlihi husnu siratihi fi lisanihi. Wa-la quwwata illa bi-Allahi al-'aliyyi al-'azim.
حق اللسان
وَأَمَّا حَقُّ اللّسَان فَإكْرَامُهُ عَنِ الْخَنَى وتَعْوِيدُهُ عَلَى الْخَيْرِ وَحَمْلُهُ عَلَى الأَدَب وَإجْمَامُهُ إلاّ لِمَوْضِعِ الْحَاجَةِ وَالْمَنْفَعَةِ لِلدِّينِ وَالدُّنْيَا وَإعْفَاؤُهُ عَنِ الْفُضُول اُلشَّنِعَةِ الْقَلِيلَةِ الْفَائِدَةِ الَّتِي لا يُؤْمَنُ ضَرَرُهَا مَعَ قِلَّةِ عَائِدَتِهَا. وَيُعَدُّ شَاهِدَ الْعَقْلِ وَالدَّلِيلَ عَلَيْه وَتَزَيُّنُ الْعَاقِلَ بعَقْلِهِ حُسْنُ سِيرَتِهِ فِي لِسَانِهِ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ.
4. The Right of the Hearing:
The right of hearing is to keep it pure from listening to backbiting (gheebah) and listening to that to which it is unlawful to listen.
Wa-amma haqqu al-sam'i fa-tanzihuhu 'an an taj'alahu tariqan ila qalbika illa li-fuhatan karimatun tuhdithu fi qalbika khayran aw taksibu khuluqan kariman fa-innahu babu al-kalami ila al-qalbi yu'addi ilayhi durubu al-ma'ani 'ala ma fiha min khayrin aw sharr. Wa-la quwwata illa bi-Allah.
حق السمع
وَأَمَّا حَقُّ السَّمْعِ فَتَنْزِيهُهُ عَنْ أَنْ تَجْعَلَهُ طَرِيقًا إلَى قَلْبكَ إلا لِفُوهَة كَرِيمَة تُحْدِثُ فِي قَلبكَ خَيْرًا أَو تَكْسِبُ خُلُقًا كَرِيمًا فَإنَّهُ بَابُ الْكَلامِ إلَى الْقَلْب يُؤَدِّي إلَيْهِ ضُرُوبُ الْمَعَانِي عَلَى مَا فِيهَا مِن خَيْر أَو شَرِّ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
5. The Right of the Sight:
The right of sight is that you lower it before everything which is unlawful to you and that you take heed whenever you look at anything.
Wa-amma haqqu basarika fa-ghadduhu 'amma la yahillu laka wa-tarku ibtidhalihi illa li-mawdi'i 'ibratin tastaqbalu biha basaran aw tastafidu biha 'ilman, fa-inna al-basara babu al-i'tibari.
حق البصر
وَأَمَّا حَقُّ بَصَرِكَ فَغَضُّهُ عَمَّا لا يَحِلُّ لَكَ وتَرْكُ ابْتِذَالِهِ إلاّ لِمَوضِعِ عِبْرَة تَسْتَقْبلُ بهَا بَصَرًا أَو تَسْتَفِيدُ بهَا عِلْمًا، فَإنَّ الْبَصَرَ بَابُ الِاعْتِبَارِ.
6. The Right of the Legs:
The right of your two legs is that you walk not with them toward that which is unlawful to you. You have no escape from standing upon the narrow bridge (as-sirat [over hell]), so you should see to it that your legs do not slip and cause you to fall into the Fire.
Wa-amma haqqu rijlayka fa-an la tamshi bihima ila ma la yahillu laka wa-la taj'alhuma matiyyataka fi al-tariqi al-mustakhiffati bi-ahliha fiha fa-innaha hamilatuka wa-salikatun bika maslaka al-dini wa-al-sabqu laka, wa-la quwwata illa bi-Allah.
حق الرجلين
وَأَمَّا حَقُّ رِجْلَيْكَ فَأَنْ لا تَمْشِي بهِمَا إلَى مَا لا يَحِلُّ لَكَ وَلا تَجْعَلْهُمَا مَطِيَّتَكَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الْمُسْتَخِفَّةِ بأَهْلِهَا فِيهَا فَإنَّهَا حَامِلَتُكَ وَسَالِكَةٌ بكَ مَسْلَكَ الدِّينِ وَالسَّبْقُ لَكَ، وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا بالله.
7. The Right of the Hand:
The right of your hand is that you stretch it not toward that which is unlawful to you.
Wa-amma haqqu yadika fa-an la tabsutaha ila ma la yahillu laka fa-tanala bima tabsutaha ilayhi mina Allahi al-'uqubata fi al-ajili, wa-mina al-nasi bi-lisani al-la'imati fi al-'ajili, wa-la taqbidaha mimma aftarada Allahu 'alayha wa-lakin tuwaqqiriha bi-qabdiha 'an kathirin mimma yahillu laha wa-basṭiha ila kathirin mimma laysa 'alayha, fa-idha hiya qad 'uqilat wa-shurrifat fi al-'ajili wajaba laha husnu al-thawabi fi al-ajil.
حق اليد
وَأَمَّا حَقُّ يَدِكَ فَأَنْ لا تَبْسُطَهَا إلَى مَا لا يَحِلُّ لَكَ فَتَنَالَ بمَا تَبْسُطُهَا إلَيْهِ مِنَ اللهِ الْعُقُوبَةَ فِي الآجِلِ، وَمِنَ النَّاسِ بلِسَانِ اللائِمَةِ فِي الْعَـاجِلِ، وَلا تَقْبضَهَا مِمَّا افْتَرَضَ اللهُ عَلَيْهَا وَلَكِنْ تُوقّرَِهَا بقَبْضِهَا عَنْ كَثِير مِمَّا يَحِلُّ لَهَا وبَسْطِهَا إلَى كَثِير مِمَّا لَيسَ عَلَيْهَا، فَإذَا هِيَ قَدْ عُقِلَتْ وَشُرِّفَتْ فِي الْعَاجِلِ وَجَبَ لَهَا حُسْنُ الثَّوَاب فِي الآجِلِ.
8. The Right of the Stomach
The right of your stomach is that you make it not into a container for that which is unlawful to you and you eat no more than your fill (shib').
Wa-amma haqqu batnika fa-an la taj'alahu wi'a'an li-qalilin mina al-harami wa-la li-kathirin, wa-an taqtasida lahu fi al-halali wa-la tukhrijahu min haddi al-taqwiyati ila haddi al-tahwini wa-dhababi al-muruwati, wa-dabtuhu idha hamma bi-al-ju'i wa-al-zama'i fa-inna al-shab'a al-muntahi bi-sahibihi ila al-tukhmi maksalatun wa-mathbibatun wa-maqta'atun 'an kulli birrin wa-karamin. Wa-inna al-riyya al-muntahi bi-sahibihi ila al-sukri maskhafatun wa-majhalatun wa-madhhabatun li-al-muruwati.
حق البطن
وَأَمَّا حَقُّ بَطْنِكَ فَأَنْ لا تَجْعَلَهُ وِعَاءً لِقَلِيل مِنَ الْحَرَامِ وَلا لِكَثِير، وَأَنْ تَقْتَصِدَ لَهُ فِي الْحَلالِ وَلا تُخرِجَهُ مِنْ حَدِّ التَّقْوِيَةِ إلَى حَدِّ التَّهْوِينِ وَذَهَاب الْمُرُوَّةِ، وَضَبْطُهُ إذَا هَمَّ بالْجُوعِ والظمأ فَإنَّ الشَّبْعَ الْمُنْتَهِي بصَاحِبهِ إلَى التُّخمِ مَكْسَلَةٌ وَمَثْبَطَةٌ وَمَقْطَعَةٌ عَنْ كُلِّ برِّ وَكَرَم. وَإنَّ الري الْمُنْتَهِي بصَاحِبهِ إلَى السُّكْرِ مَسْخَفَةٌ وَمَجْهَلَةٌ وَمَذْهَبَةٌ لِلْمُرُوَّةِ.
9. The Right of the Private part
The right of your private part (farj) is that you protect it from fornication and guard it against being looked upon.
Wa-amma haqqu farjika fa-hifzuhu mimma la yahillu laka wa-al-isti'anatu 'alayhi bi-ghaddi al-basari - fa-innahu min a'wani al-a'wani- wa-kathratu dhikri al-mawti wa-al-tahaddudi li-nafsika bi-Allahi wa-al-takhwifu laha bihi, wa-bi-Allahi al-'ismatu wa-al-ta'yidu wa-la hawla wa-la quwwata illa bihi.
حق الفرج
وَأَمَّا حَـقُّ فَرْجِكَ فَحِفْظُهُ مِمَّا لا يَحِلُّ لَكَ وَالاسْتِعَانَةُ عَلَيْهِ بغَضِّ الْبَصَرِ - فَإنَّهُ مِنْ أَعْوَنِ الأَعْوَانِ- وَكَثْرَةُ ذِكْرِ الْمَوتِ وَالتَّهَدُّدِ لِنَفْسِكَ باللهِ وَالتَّخوِيفِ لَهَا بهِ، وَباللهِ الْعِصْمَةُ وَالتَّأْيِيدُ وَلا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا بهِ.
10. The Right of the Prayer
The right of your ritual prayer (salat) is that you know that it is an arrival before God and that through it you are standing before Him. When you know that, then you will stand in the station of him who is lowly, vile, beseeching, trembling, hopeful, fearful, and abased, and you will magnify Him who is before you through stillness and dignity. You will approach the prayer with your heart and you will perform it according to its bounds and its rights.
Fa-amma haqqu al-salati fa-an ta'lama annaha wifadatun ila Allahi wa-annaka qa'imun biha bayna yadayi Allahi, fa-itha 'alimta dhalika kunta khalikan an taquma fiha maqama al-dhalili al-raghibi al-rahibi al-kha'ifi al-rajiyi al-miskini al-mutadarra'i al-mu'azzimi man qama bayna yadayhi bi-al-sukuni wa-al-itraqi wa-khushu'i al-atrafi wa-lini al-janahi wa-husni al-munajati lahu fi nafsihi wa-al-talabi ilayhi fi fakaki raqabatika allati ahatat bihi khati'atuka wa-stahlakatha dhunubuka. Wa-la quwwata illa bi-Allah.
حق الصلاة
فَأَمَّا حَقُّ الصَّلاةِ فَأَنْ تَعْلَمَ أنّهَا وِفَادَةٌ إلَى اللهِ وَأَنَّكَ قَائِمٌ بهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللهِ، فَإذَا عَلِمْتَ ذَلِكَ كُنْتَ خَلِيقًا أَنْ تَقُومَ فِيهَا مَقَامَ الذَّلِيلِ الرَّاغِب الرَّاهِب الْخَائِفِ الرَّاجِي الْمِسْكِينِ الْمُتَضَرِّعِ الْمُعَظِّمِ مَنْ قَامَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ بالسُّكُونِ وَالإطْرَاقِ وَخُشُوعِ الأَطْرَافِ وَلِينِ الْجَنَاحَ وَحُسْنِ الْمُنَاجَاةِ لَهُ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَالطَّلَب إلَيْهِ فِي فَكَاكِ رَقَبَتِكَ الَّتِي أَحَاطَتْ بهِ خَطِيئَتُكَ وَاسْتَهلَكَتْهَا ذُنُوبُكَ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
11. The Right of the Fast
The right of fasting is that you know it is a veil which God has set up over your tongue, your hearing, your sight, your stomach, and your private part to protect you from the Fire. If you abandon the fast, you will have torn God's protective covering away from yourself.
Wa-amma haqqu al-sawmi fa-an ta'lama annahu hijabun darabahu Allahu 'ala lisanika wa-sam'ika wa-basarika wa-farjika wa-batnika li-yasturaka bihi mina al-nari wa-hakadha ja'a fi al-hadithi "al-sawmu junnatun mina al-nari" fa-in sakanat atrafuka fi hijabatiha rajawta an takuna mahjuban. Wa-in anta taraktaha tadtaribu fi hijabiha wa-tarfa'u janabati al-hijabi fa-tutli'u ila ma laysa laha bi-al-nazrati al-da'iyati li-al-shahwati wa-al-quwwati al-kharijati 'an haddi al-taqiyati li-Allahi lam ta'man an takhriqa al-hijaba wa-takhruja minhu. Wa-la quwwata illa bi-Allah.
حق الصوم
وَأَمَّا حَقُّ الصَّوْمِ فَأَنْ تَعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ حِجَابٌ ضَرَبَهُ اللهُ عَلَى لِسَانِكَ وَسَمْعِكَ وبَصَرِكَ وَفَرْجِكَ وبَطْنِكَ لِيَسْتر'َكَ بهِ مِن النَّارِ وَهَكَذَا جَاءَ فِي الْحَديثِ "الصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ مِنَ النَّارِ" فَإنْ سَكَنَتْ أَطْرَافُـكَ فِي حَجَبَتِهَا رَجَوْتَ أَنْ تَكُونَ مَحْجُوبًا. وَإنْ أَنْتَ تَرَكْتَهَا تَضْطَرِبُ فِي حِجَابهَا وتَرْفَعُ جَنَبَاتِ الْحِجَاب فَتُطْلِعُ إلَى مَا لَيْسَ لَهَا بالنَّظْرَةِ الدَّاعِيـَةِ لِلشَّهْوَةِ وَالقُوَّةِ الْخَارِجَةِ عَنْ حَدِّ التَّقِيَّةِ للهِ لَمْ تَأمَنْ أَنْ تَخرِقَ الْحِجَابَ وَتَخرُجَ مِنْهُ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
12. The Right of the Hajj
The right of the hajj is that you know it is an arrival before your Lord and a flight to Him from your sins; through it your repentance is accepted and you perform an obligation made incumbent upon you by God.
Wa-amma haqqu al-hajji an ta'lama annahu wifadatun ila rabbika, wa firarun ilayhi min dhunubika wa-fihi qubulu tawbatika wa-qada'u al-faradi alladhi awjabahu Allahu 'alayk.
حق الحج
وَأَمَّا حَقُّ الحَجّ أَنْ تَعْلَمَ أَنّه وِفادةٌ إلى رَبّكَ، و فِرارٌ إليه من ذُنوبكَ وفيهِ قبولُ تَوبتِكَ وقَضاءُ الفَرضِ الَّذي أوجَبَه الله عَليك.
13. The Right of Charity
The right of charity (sadaqa) is that you know it is a storing away with your Lord and a deposit for which you will have no need for witnesses. If you deposit it in secret, you will be more confident of it than if you deposit it in public.You should know that it repels afflictions and illnesses from you in this world and it will repel the Fire from you in the next world.
Wa-amma haqqu al-sadaqati fa-an ta'lama annaha dhukhruka 'inda rabbika wa-wadi'atuka allati la tahtaju ila al-ishhadi, fa-itha 'alimta dhalika kunta bima istawda'tahu sirran awthaqa mimma istawda'tahu 'alaniyatan, wa-kunta jadiran an takuna asrarta ilayhi amran a'lantahu, wa-kana al-amru baynaka wa-baynahu fiha sirran 'ala kulli halin wa-lam tastazhir 'alayhi fima istawda'tahu minha bi-ishhadi al-asma'i wa-al-absari 'alayha biha ka-annaha awthaqu fi nafsika la ka-annaka la tathiqu bihi fi ta'diyati wadi'atika ilayka, thumma lam tamtann biha 'ala ahadin li-annaha laka fa-idha amtanta biha lam ta'man an takuna biha mithla tahjini halika minha ila man mananta biha 'alayhi li-anna fi dhalika dalilan 'ala annaka lam turid nafsaka biha, wa-law aradta nafsaka biha lam tamtann biha 'ala ahad. Wa-la quwwata illa bi-Allah.
حق الصدقة
وَأَمَّا حَقُّ الصَّدَقَةِ فَأَنْ تَعْلَمَ أنَّها ذُخرُكَ عِنْدَ رَبكَ وَوَديعَتُكَ الَّتِي لا تَحْتَاجُ إلَى الإشْهَادِ، فَإذا عَلِمْتَ ذَلِك كُنْتَ بمَا اسْتَودَعْتَهُ سِرًّا أَوْثقَ بمَا اسْتَوْدَعْتَهُ عَلانِيَةً، وَكُنْتَ جَدِيرًا أَنْ تَكونَ أَسْرَرْتَ إلَيْهِ أَمْرًا أَعْلَنْتَهُ، وَكَانَ الأَمْرُ بَيْنَكَ وبَيْنَهُ فِيهَا سِرًّا عَلَى كُلِّ حَال وَلَمْ تَسْتَظْهِرْ عَلَيْهِ فِيمَا اسْتَوْدَعْتَهُ مِنْهَا بإشْهَادِ الأَسْمَاعِ وَالأَبْصَارِ عَلَيْهِ بهَا كَأنَّهَا أَوْثقُ فِي نَفْسِكَ لا كَأنَّكَ لا تثِقُ بهِ فِي تَأْديَةِ وَديعَتِكَ إلَيْكَ، ثُمَّ لَمْ تَمْتَنَّ بهَا عَلَى أَحَد لأَنّهَا لَكَ فَإذا امْتَنَنْتَ بهَا لَمْ تَأْمَنْ أَنْ تَكُونَ بهَا مِثْلَ تَهْـجِينِ حَالِكَ مِنْهَا إلَى مَنْ مَنَنْتَ بهَا عَلَيْهِ لأَنَّ فِي ذلِكَ دَلِيلاً عَلَى أَنّكَ لَمْ تُرِدْ نفْسَكَ بهَـا، وَلَوْ أَرَدْتَ نفْسَكَ بهَا لَمْ تَمْتَنَّ بهَا عَلَى أَحَد. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
14. The Right of the Offering
The right of the offering (hady) is that through it you desire God and you not desire His creation; through it you desire only the exposure of your soul to God's mercy and the deliverance of your spirit on the day you encounter Him.
Wa-amma haqqu al-hadyi fa-an tukhlisha biha al-iradata ila rabbika wa-al-ta'arruḍa li-rahmatihi wa-qubulihi wa-la turida 'uyuna al-nazirina dunahu, fa-idha kunta kadhālika lam takun mutakallifan wa-la mutasanni'an wa-kunta innama taqsidu ila Allah. Wa-i'lam anna Allah yuradu bi-al-yasiri wa-la yuradu bi-al-'asiri kama arada bi-khalqihi al-taysira wa-lam yurid bihimu al-ta'sira, wa-kadhalika al-tadhallula awla bika min al-tadhaquni li-anna al-kulfata wa-al-ma'unata fi al-mutadhaqinina. Fa-amma al-tadhallulu wa-al-tamaskunu fa-la kulfata fihima wa-la ma'unata 'alayhima li-annahuma al-khilqata wahuma mawjudani fi al-tabi'ati. Wa-la quwwata illa bi-Allah.
حق الهدي
وَأمَّا حَقُّ الهَدْيِ فَأَنْ تُخلِصَ بهَا الإرَادَةَ إلَى رَبكَ وَالتَّعَرُّضَ لِرَحْمَتِهِ وَقَبُولِهِ ولا تُرِيدَ عُيُونَ النَّاظِرِينَ دُونهُ، فـَإذَا كُنْتَ كَذَلِكَ لَمْ تَكُنْ مُتَكَلِّفًا ولا مُتَصَنِّعًا وَكُنْتَ إنَّمَا تَقْصِدُ إلَى الله. وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ الله يُرَادُ بالْيَسِيرِ وَلا يُرَادُ بالْعَسِيرِ كَمَا أَرَادَ بخَلْقِهِ التَّيْسِيرَ وَلَمْ يُرِدْ بهِمُ التَّعْسِيرَ، وَكَذَلِكَ التَّذَلُّلَ أَوْلَى بكَ مِن التَّدَهْقُنِ لأَنَّ الْكُلْفَةَ وَالْمَئونَةَ فِي الْمُتَدَهْقِنِينَ. فَأمَّا التَّذَلُّلُ وَالتَّمَسْكُنُ فَلا كُلْفَةَ فِيهِمَا وَلا مَئونةَ عَلَيْهِمَا لأَنَّهُمَا الْخِلْقَةَ وهُمَا مَوجُودَانِ فِي الطَّبيعَةِ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
15. The Right of the Possessor of authority
The right of the possessor of authority (sultan) is that you know that God has made you a trial (fitna) for him. God is testing him through the authority He has given him over you. You should not expose yourself to his displeasure, for thereby you cast yourself by your own hands into destruction and become his partner in his sin when he brings evil down upon you.
Fa-amma haqqu sa'isika bi-al-sultani fa-an ta'lama annaka ju'ilta lahu fitnatan wa-annahu mubtalun fika bima ja'alahu Allahu lahu 'alayka mina al-sultani wa-an tukhlisha lahu fi al-nasihati wa-la tumahikahu wa-qad busitat yaduhu 'alayka fa-takunu sababa halaki nafsika wa-halakihi. Wa-tadhallal wa-talattaf li-i'ta'ihi mina al-rida ma yakuffuhu 'anka wa-la yadurru bi-dinika wa-tasta'in 'alayhi fi dhalika bi-Allahi. Wa-la tu'azzahu wa-la tu'anidhu fa-innaka in fa'alta dhalika 'aqaqtahu wa-'aqaqta nafsaka fa-'araḍtaha li-makruhihi wa-'araḍtahu li-al-halakati fika wa-kunta khalikan an takuna mu'inan lahu 'ala nafsika wa-sharikan lahu fima ata ilayka. Wa-la quwwata illa bi-Allah.
حق سائسك بالسلطان
فأَمَّا حَقُّ سَائِسِكَ بالسُّلْطَانِ فَأَنْ تَعْلَمَ أنّكَ جُعِلْتَ لَهُ فِتنَة وأنَّهُ مُبْتَلىً فِيكَ بمَا جَعَلَهُ اللهُ لَهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ وَأَنْ تُخلِصَ لَهُ فِي النَّصِيحَةِ وَأَنْ لا تُمَاحِكَهُ وَقَدْ بُسِطَتْ يَدُهُ عَلَيْكَ فَتَكُونَ سَبَبَ هَلاكِ نفْسِكَ وَهلاكِهِ. وتَذَلَّلْ وتَلَطَّفْ لإِعْطَائِهِ مِنَ الرِّضَا مَا يَكُفُّهُ عَنْكَ وَلا يَضُرُّ بدينِكَ وتَسْتَعِينُ عَلَيْهِ فِي ذَلِكَ باللهِ. ولا تُعَازَّهُ ولا تُعَانِدَهُ فَإنَّكَ إنْ فَعَلْتَ ذلِكَ عَقَقْتَهُ وَعَقَقْتَ نَفْسَكَ فَعَرَضْتَهَا لِمَكرُوهِهِ وَعَرَضْتَهُ لِلْهَلَكَةِ فِيكَ وَكُنْتَ خَلِيقًا أَنْ تَكُونَ مُعِينًا لَهُ عَلَى نفْسِكَ وَشَرِيكًا لَهُ فِيمَا أَتى إلَيْكَ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
16. The Right of One who Trains through Knowledge
The right of the one who trains you through knowledge is magnifying him, respecting his sessions, listening well to him, and attending to him with devotion. You should not raise your voice toward him. You should never answer anyone who asks him about something, in order that he may be the one who answers. You should not speak to anyone in his session nor speak ill of anyone with him. If anyone ever speaks ill of him in your presence, you should defend him. You should conceal his faults and make manifest his virtues. You should not sit with him in enmity or show hostility toward him in friendship. If you do all of this, God's angels will give witness for you that you went straight to him and learned his knowledge for God's sake, not for the sake of the people.
Wa-amma haqqu sa'isika bi-al-'ilmi fa-al-ta'zimu lahu wa-al-tawqiru li-majlisihi wa-husnu al-istima'i ilayhi wa-al-iqbalu 'alayhi wa-al-ma'unatu lahu 'ala nafsika fima la ghina bika 'anhu mina al-'ilmi bi-an tufarriqa lahu 'aqlaka wa-tuhḍirahu fahmaka wa-tuzakki lahu qalbaka wa-tujalli lahu basaraka bi-tarki al-ladhdhati wa-nuqs al-shahawati, wa-an ta'lama annaka fima alqa ilayka rasuluhu ila man laqiyaka min ahli al-jahli fa-lazimaka husnu al-ta'diyati 'anhu ilayhim, wa-la takhunhu fi ta'diyati risalatihi wa-al-qiyami biha 'anhu idha taqalladtaha. Wa-la hawla wa-la quwwata illa bi-Allah.
حق سائسك بالعلم
وأَمَّا حَقُّ سَائِسِكَ بالعِلْــــــــمِ فالتَّعْظِيمُ لَهُ والتَّوْقِيرُ لِمَجْلِسِهِ وَحُسْــــنُ الاسْـــــــــــــتِمَاعِ إليهِ وَالإقْبَــــــالُ عَلَيْه وَالْمَعُونةُ لَهُ عَلَى نفْسِكَ فِيمَــــا لا غِنَى بكَ عَنْهُ مِنْ الْعِلْمِ بأَنْ تُفَرِّغَ لَهُ عَقلَكَ وَتُحْضِرَهُ فَهْمَــــــــــــــَكَ وتُزَكِّي لَهُ قَلْبَكَ وتُجَلِّى لَهُ بَصَرَكَ بتَرْكِ اللّذَّاتِ وَنقْص الشّهَوَاتِ، وَأَنْ تَعْلَــــــــــمَ أَنَّكَ فِيمَا أَلقَى إلَيْكَ رَسُولُهُ إلَى مَنْ لَقِيَكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَهْلِ فَلَزِمَكَ حُسْنُ التَّأْدِيَةِ عَنْهُ إلَيْهِمْ، ولا تَخُنْهُ فِي تَأْدِيَةِ رِسَـــــــــــــــالَتِهِ وَالْقِيَامِ بهَا عَنْهُ إذا تَقَلَّدْتَهَا. وَلا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
17. The Right of One who trains through Property
The right of him who trains you through property is that you should obey him and not disobey him, unless obeying him would displease God, for there can be no obedience to a creature when it is disobedience to God.
Wa-amma haqqu sa'isika bi-al-milki fa-nahwun min sa'isika bi-al-sultani illa anna hadha yamliku ma la yamlikuhu dhalaka, talzimuka ta'atuhu fima daqqa wa-jalla minka illa an tukhrijaka min wujubi haqqi Allah, wa-yahula baynaka wa-bayna haqqihi wa-huquqi al-khalqi, fa-idha qadaytahu raja'ta ila haqqihi fa-tashaghalta bihi. Wa-la quwwata illa bi-Allah.
حق السائس بالملك
وأمَّا حَقُّ سَائِسِكَ بالمِلْكِ فَنَحْوٌ مِنْ سَائِسِكَ بالسُّلْطَانِ إلاّ أَنَّ هذَا يَمْلِكُ مَـــــــــــــــا لا يَمْلِكُهُ ذاكَ، تَلْزِمُكَ طَاعَتُهُ فِيمَــــــــــا دَقَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْكَ إلاّ أَنْ تُخرِجَكَ مِنْ وُجُـــــــــوب حَقِّ الله، ويَحُولَ بَينَكَ وبَيْنَ حَقِّهِ وَحُقُوقِ الخَلْقِ، فَــــــإذَا قَضَيْتَهُ رَجَــــــــــــــــــعْتَ إلَى حَقِّهِ فَتَشَاغَلْتَ بهِ. ولا قُوَّةَ إلاّ باللهِ.
18. The Rights of Subjects through Authority
The right of your subjects through authority is that you should know that they have been made subjects through their weakness and your strength. Hence it is incumbent upon you to act with justice toward them and to be like a compassionate father toward them. You should forgive them their ignorance and not hurry them to punishment and you should thank God for the power over them which He has given to you.
Fa-amma huququ ra'iyyatika bi-al-sultani fa-an ta'lama annaka innama ista'raytahum bi-fadli quwwatika 'alayhim fa-innahu innama ahallahum mahalla al-ra'iyyati laka da'fuhum wa-dhulluhum, fa-ma awla man kafaka da'fuhu wa-dhulluhu hatta sayyarahu laka ra'iyyatan wa-sayyara hukmaka 'alayhi nafidhan, la yamta'iu minka bi-'izzatin wa-la quwwatin wa-la yastansiru fima ta'athamahu minka illa bi-al-rahmati wa-al-hiyatati wa-al-anati, wa-ma awlaka idha 'arafta ma a'taka Allahu min fadli hadhihi al-'izzati wa-al-quwwati allati qaharta biha an takuna li-Allahi shakiran, wa-man shakara Allah a'tahu fima an'ama 'alayhi. Wa-la quwwata illa bi-Allah.
حق الرعية بالسلطان
فأَمَّا حُقُوقُ رَعِيَّتِكَ بالسُّلْطَانِ فَأَنْ تَعْلَمَ أَنَّكَ إنَّمَا اسْتَرْعَيْتَهُمْ بفَضْلِ قُوَّتِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَإنَّهُ إنَّمَا أَحَلَّهُـــــــــــمْ مَحَلَّ الرَّعِيَّةِ لَكَ ضَعْفُهُمْ وَذُلُّهُمْ، فَمَــــا أَوْلَى مَنْ كَفَاكَهُ ضَعْفُهُ وَذُلُّهُ حَتَّى صَيَّرَهُ لَكَ رَعِيَّةً وَصَيَّرَ حُكْمَكَ عَلَيْهِ نَافِذاً، لا يَمْتَنِعُ مِنْـــــــــــــــــكَ بعِزَّة وَلا قُوَّة وَلا يَسْتَنْصِرُ فِيمَا تَعَاظَمَــــــهُ مِنْكَ إلا (باللهِ) بالرَّحْمَةِ وَالْحِيَاطَةِ وَالأَناةِ، وَمَـــــــــا أَولاكَ إذَا عَرَفْتَ مَا أَعْطَــــــــــاكَ الله مِنْ فَضْلِ هذِهِ الْعِزَّةِ وَالقُوَّةِ الَّتِي قَهَرْتَ بهَـــــــــــا أَنْ تَكُونَ لِلّهِ شَاكِراً، وَمَـــــنْ شَكَرَ الله أَعْطَاهُ فِيمَا أَنعَمَ عَلَيْهِ. ولا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
19. The Rights of Subjects through Knowledge
The right of your subjects through knowledge is that you should know that God made you a caretaker over them only through the knowledge He has given you and His storehouses of wisdom which He has entrusted to you. So, if you do well in what God has entrusted to you of that, and you stand for them in it in the position of the compassionate keeper who gives counsel to his Master regarding His servants, the patient, reckoning one, who, when he sees one in need, gives him from the wealth in his hands, you shall be rightly guided, and you shall be hopeful and certain of that. Otherwise, you shall be a betrayer to Him, an oppressor to His creation, and expose yourself to the removal of His bounty and glory.
wa amma haqqu ra'iyyatika bil'ilmi fa an ta'lama anna Allaha qad ja'alaka lahum feema ataka min al-'ilmi wa wallaka min khazanat al-hikmati fa in ahsanta feema wallaka Allahu min dhalika wa qumta bihi lahum maqam al-khazin ash-shafeeq an-nasih li mawlahu fee 'abeedihi as-sabir al-muhtasib alladhi idha ra'a dha hajah akhraja lahu min al-amwal allati fee yadayihi kunta rashidan wa kunta li dhalika amilan mu'taqidan wa illa kunta lahu kha'inan wa li khalqihi zhaliman wa li salbihi wa 'izzihi muta'arridan.
حق الرعية بالعلم
وَأمَّا حَقُّ رَعِيَّتِكَ بالعِلْمِ فَأَنْ تَعْلَــمَ أَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ جَعَلَكَ لَهُمْ فِيمَـــــــا آتاكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ وَولاّكَ مِنْ خَزَانةِ الْحِكْمَةِ، فَــــــــــإنْ أَحْسَنْتَ فِيمَــــــا ولاّكَ اللهُ مِنْ ذلِكَ وَقُمْتَ بهِ لَهُمْ مَقَامَ الخَـــــازِنِ الشَّفِيقِ النَّـــــــاصِحِ لِمَـــولاهُ فِي عَبيدِهِ، الصَّــــــابرِ الْمُحْتَسِب الَّذِي إذَا رأَى ذا حَـــــاجَة أَخرَجَ لَهُ مِنَ الأَمْوَالِ الَّتِي فِي يَدَيهِ كُنْتَ رَاشِدًا، وَكُنْتَ لـــــــــــــِذَلِكَ آمِلاً مُعْتَقِدًا وَإلاّ كُنْتَ لَهُ خَائِنًا وَلِخَلْقِهِ ظَالِمًا وَلِسَلْبِهِ وَعِزِّهِ مُتَعَرِّضًا.
20. The Right of the Wife
As for the right of your subjects through the possession of marriage, it is that you know that God has made her a repose, a comfort, a familiarity, and a protection. Likewise, each one of you must praise God for his companion and know that this is a favour from Him to him. It is incumbent that he treat well the favour of God, honour her, and be gentle with her. Even if your right over her is more incumbent, and her obedience to you is more obligatory in what you love and hate, as long as it is not an act of disobedience (to God), she still has the right of compassion and familiarity, and she is the place of repose for you to satisfy the pleasure which must be satisfied, and that is a great matter. And there is no strength save in God.
wa amma haqqu ra'iyyatika bi milki an-nikahi fa an ta'lama anna Allaha ja'alaha sakanan wa mustarahan wa unsan wa waqiyah, wa kadhalika kullu wahid minkuma yajibu an yahmad Allaha 'ala sahibihi wa ya'lama anna dhalika ni'matun minhu 'alayh. wa wajaba an yuhsina suhbata ni'mati Allahi wa yukrimaha wa yarfaqa biha wa in kana haqquka 'alayha aghlaz wa ta'atuka biha alzam feema ahbabta wa karihta ma lam takun ma'siyah, fa inna laha haqq ar-rahmah wal-mu'anasah wa mawdi' as-sukoon ilayha qada' al-ladhdhah allati la budda min qada'iha wa dhalika 'azheem. wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق الزوجة
وَأمَّــــــــــــــا حَقُّ رَعِيَّتِكَ بمِلْكِ النّكَاحِ فَأَنْ تَعْلَمَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ جَـعَـلَـهَـا سَكَنًا وَمُسْتَرَاحًا وَأُنْسًـــــــــا وَوَاقِيةً، وَكَذَلِكَ كُلُّ وَاحِد مِنْكُمَا يَجِبُ أَنْ يَحْمَدَ اللَّهَ عَلَى صَاحِبهِ، ويَعْلَـــــــــــــمَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ نِعْمَةٌ مِنْهُ عَلَيْهِ. وَوَجَبَ أَنْ يُحْسِــــــــــنَ صُحْبَةَ نِعْمَةِ اللَّهِ وَيُكْرِمَهَا ويَرْفَقَ بهَا وَإنْ كَانَ حَقُّكَ عَلَيْهَا أَغْلَظَ وَطَاعَتِكَ بهَا أَلْزَمَ فِيمَا أَحْببْتَ وَكَرِهْتَ مَا لَمْ تَكنْ مَعْصِيةً، فإنَّ لَهَا حَقُّ الرَّحــــــــْمَةُ وَالْمُؤَانَسَةِ، وَمَوْضِعُ السُّكُونِ إلَيهَا قَضَاءَ اللَّذَّةِ الَّتِي لا بُدَّ مِنْ قَضَائِهَــــــــا وَذَلِكَ عَظِيـــــمٌ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
21. The Right of the Slave
As for the right of your subjects through possession by the right hand, it is that you know that he is the creature of your Master, your flesh and your blood, and that you own him, but you did not make him, independently of God, nor did you create for him hearing or sight, nor did you provide him with his sustenance. But God gave you the sufficiency for that. Then He subjugated him to you, entrusted him to you, and deposited him with you so that you may safeguard him therein and treat him well therein, so you feed him from what you eat and clothe him from what you wear, and you do not obligate him to what he cannot bear. If you dislike him, you may exit to God from him and replace him, but you must not torment a creature of God. And there is no strength save in God.
wa amma haqqu ra'iyyatika bi milki al-yameen fa an ta'lama annahu khalqu rabbik, wa lahmuka wa damuk, wa annaka tamlikuhu la anta sana'tahu doona Allahi wa la khalaqta lahu sam'an wa la basaran wa la ajrayta lahu rizqan wa lakinna Allaha kafaka dhalik. thumma sakhkharahu laka wa i'tamanaka 'alayhi wa istowda'aka iyyahu li tahfazahu feehi wa taseera feehi bi seeratihi fa tut'imahu mimma ta'kul wa tulbisahu mimma talbas wa la tukallifahu ma la yuteeq. fa in karihta[hu] kharajta ila Allahi minhu wa istabdalta bihi wa lam tu'adhdhib khalq Allahi wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق الرعية بملك اليمين
وَأمَّا حَقُّ رَعِيَّتِكَ بمِلْكِ اليَمِينِ فَأَنْ تَعْلَمَ أنَهُ خَلْقُ رَبكَ، وَلَحْمُــــكَ وَدَمُــــكَ وَأَنَّـــــــــــكَ تَمْلِكُهُ لا أنْتَ صَنَعْتَهُ دُونَ اللَّهِ وَلا خَلَقْتَ لَهُ سَمْعًـــــا وَلا بَصَرًا وَلا أَجْرَيتَ لَهُ رِزْقًا وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ كَفَاكَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ سَخَّرَهُ لَكَ وَائْتَمَنَكَ عَلَيْهِ وَاسْتَوْدَعَكَ إيَّـــــاهُ لِتَحْفَظَهُ فِيهِ وتَسِيرَ فِيهِ بسِيرَتِهِ فَتُطْعِمَهُ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُ وَتُلْبسَهُ مِمَّا تَلْبَسُ وَلا تُكَلِّفَهُ مَـــــــــا لا يُطِيقُ، فَإنْ كَرِهْتَ(هُ) خَرَجْتَ إلَى اللَّهِ مِنْهُ وَاسْتَبْدَلْتَ بهِ وَلَـمْ تُعَذِّبْ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
22. The Right of the Mother
The right of your mother is that you know that she carried you where no one carries anyone, and she fed you from the fruit of her heart what no one feeds anyone. And that she protected you with her hearing, her sight, her hand, her foot, her hair, her skin, and all her limbs, being joyful with that, happy, eagerly accepting, bearing what was repulsive to her, her pain, her heaviness, and her grief, until the Hand of Power pushed her from you and brought you out to the earth. She was satisfied that you should be full while she was hungry, that she should clothe you while she was naked, that she should give you drink while she was thirsty, that she should shade you while she was exposed to the sun, that she should grant you comfort through her misery, and that she should give you pleasure in sleep through her wakefulness. Her belly was a container for you, her lap a sanctuary for you, her breast a drink for you, and her soul a protection for you. She faced the heat of the world and its cold for you and before you. So, you should thank her according to that measure, and you are not able to do this except with the help and guidance of God.
fa haqqu ummik, fa an ta'lama annaha hamalatka haythu la yahmilu ahadun ahadan wa at'amatka min thamarat qalbiha ma la yut'imu ahadun ahadan. wa annaha waqatka bi sam'iha wa basariha wa yadiha wa rijliha wa sha'riha wa bashariha wa jamee'i jawarihiha mustabshiratan bi dhalik, farihatan muwabilah, muhtamilatan lima feehi makroohuha wa alamuh wa thiqluha wa ghammuha hatta dafa'atha 'anka yad al-qudrah wa akhrajatka ila al-ard. fa radiyat an tashba' wa tajoo' hiya wa ta'ra, wa turweeka wa tazma', wa tuzhilluka wa tadhha, wa tun'imaka bi bu'siha wa tuladhdhidhuka bin-nawmi bi araqiha wa kana batnuha laka wi'a'an wa hijruha laka hiwa'an wa thadyuha laka siqa'an wa nafsuha laka wiqa'an. tubashiru harr ad-dunya wa bardaha laka wa doonak. fa tashkuraha 'ala qadr dhalik wa la taqdiru 'alayhi illa bi 'awni Allahi wa tawfeeqih.
حق الأم
فَحَقُّ أُمِّكَ، فَـــــــــأَنْ تَعْلَمَ أَنَّهَا حَمَلَتكَ حَيْثُ لا يَحْمِلُ أَحَدٌ أَحَدًا وَأَطْعَمَتكَ مِنْ ثَمَرَةِ قَلْبها مَا لا يُطْعِمُ أَحَدٌ أَحَدًا، وَأَنَّهَا وَقَتكَ بسَمْعِهَـــــــا وبَصَرِهَــــــا ويَدِهَــــا وَرِجْلهـــــا وَشَعْرِهَا وبَشَرِهَا وَجَمِيعِ جَوَارِحِهَـــــا مُسْتَبشِرَةً بذَلِكَ، فَرِحَـــــــــــةً مُوَابلَةً، مُحْتَمِلَةً لِمَـــــــــا فِيهِ مَكْرُوهُهــا وأَلَمُهـــا وثِقْلُهـــا وَغَمُّهَا حَتَّى دَفَعَتهَا عَنْكَ يَدُ الـــــــــــــقُدْرَةِ وَأَخرَجَتكَ إلَى الأَرضِ فَرَضِيَتْ أَنْ تَشْبَــــــعَ وتجــــــــــــُوعُ هِيَ، وَتَكْسُوكَ وَتعْرَى، وَتُرْوِيكَ وَتَظْمَــــــــأُ، وَتُظِلُكَ وتَضْحَى، وَتُنَعِّمَـــــــكَ ببُؤْسِهَـــــــــــــــا، وَتُلَذِّذُكَ بالنَّوْمِ بأَرَقِهَا، وَكَانَ بَطْنُهَــــــا لَكَ وِعَاءً، وَحِجْرُهَـــا لَكَ حِوَاءً، وثَدْيُهَا لَكَ سِقَاءً، ونَفْسُهَـــا لَكَ وِقَــــــــــــاءً، تُبَاشِرُ حَرَّ الدُّنيَا وبَرْدِهَـــــــــــــــــــا لَكَ وَدُونَكَ، فَتَشْكُرَهَا عَلَى قَدْرِ ذَلِكَ وَلا تَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ إلاّ بعَونِ اللَّهِ وَتَوفِيقِهِ.
23. The Right of the Father
As for the right of your father, it is that you know that he is your origin and that you are his branch, and that without him you would not exist. So, whatever you see in yourself that pleases you, know that your father is the origin of the favour upon you in it. Praise God and thank Him according to that measure. And there is no strength save in God.
wa amma haqqu abeeka fa ta'lama annahu asluk, wa annaka far'uh, wa annaka lawlahu lam takun. fa mahma ra'ayta fee nafsika mimma yu'jibuk fa'lam anna abaka asl an-ni'mati 'alayka feeh. wa ahmad Allaha wa ashkurhu 'ala qadr dhalik. wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق الأب
وَأمَّا حَقُّ أَبيكَ فَتَعْلَــــــــــمَ أنَّهُ أَصْلُكَ، وَأنَّكَ فَرْعُــــــهُ، وَأَنَّكَ لَوْلاهُ لَمْ تَكُنْ. فَمَهْمَــــــــــا رَأيْتَ فِي نفْسِكَ مِمَّا يُعْجِبُكَ فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ أَبَاكَ أَصْلُ النِّعْمَةِ عَلَيْكَ فِيهِ وَاحْمَــــــــــــــــــدِ اللَّهَ وَاشْكُرْهُ عَلَى قَدْرِ ذَلِكَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إلاّ باللهِ.
24. The Right of the Son
As for the right of your son, it is that you know that he is from you and is related to you in the immediate world, with his good and his evil. And that you are responsible for what you are made caretaker over regarding good manners, guidance to his Master, and aiding him in His obedience to you and to himself. For this you shall be rewarded and punished. So, act in his matter with the action of one who beautifies himself by the good effect on him in the immediate world, who offers an excuse to his Master regarding what is between you and Him through the good maintenance of him and the acceptance of him from Him. And there is no strength save in God.
wa amma haqqu waladika fa ta'lama annahu mink wa mudhafun ilayka fee 'ajil ad-dunya bi khayrihi wa sharrih. wa annaka mas'oolun 'amma wullitahu min husn al-adab wa ad-dalalah 'ala rabbih wa al-ma'oonah lahu 'ala ta'atihi feeka wa fee nafsih. fa muthabun 'ala dhalik wa mu'aqab. fa'mal fee amrihi 'amal al-mutazayyin bi husn atharihi 'alayhi fee 'ajil ad-dunya al-mu'dhir ila rabbihi feema baynaka wa baynahu bi husn al-qiyam 'alayhi wa al-akhdhu lahu minh. wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق الولد
وَأمَّا حَقُّ وَلَدِكَ فَتَعْلَمَ أنَّهُ مِنْكَ وَمُضَافٌ إلَيكَ فِي عَاجِلِ الدُنْيَـــــــــا بخَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ، وَأَنَّكَ مَسْئولٌ عَمَّــــــا ولِّيتَهُ مِنْ حُسْنِ الأَدَب وَالدّلالَةِ عَلَى رَبـــــــــهِ وَالْمَعُونةِ لَهُ عَلَى طَاعَتِهِ فِيكَ وَفِي نفْسِهِ، فَمُثابٌ عَلَى ذلِكَ وَمُعَاقَبٌ، فَـــــــــاعْمَلْ فِي أَمْرِهِ عَمَلَ الْمُتَزَيِّنِ بحُسْنِ أَثرِهِ عَلَيْهِ فِي عَاجِلِ الدُّنْيَا، الْمُعْذِرِ إلَى رَبهِ فِيمَـــــــا بَيْنَكَ وبَيْنَهُ بحُسْنِ الْقِيَامِ عَلَيْهِ وَالأَخذُ لَهُ مِنْهُ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
25. The Right of the Brother
As for the right of your brother, it is that you know that he is your hand which you extend, your back to which you take refuge, your glory upon which you rely, and your strength by which you attack. So, do not take him as a weapon for the disobedience of God, nor as preparation for oppression against the right of God. And do not cease supporting him against himself, aiding him against his enemy, preventing him and his devils, performing counsel to him, and turning toward him for the sake of God. If he yields to his Master and responds well to Him, it is well. Otherwise, let God be more preferred to you and more honoured upon you than him.
wa amma haqqu akheeka fa ta'lama annahu yaduka allati tabsutuha, wa zhahruk alladhi taltaji'u ilayh, wa 'izzuk alladhi ta'tamidu 'alayh, wa quwwatuk allati tasoolu biha. fa la tattakhidhhu silahan 'ala ma'siyat Allah wa la 'uddatan liz-zhulmi bi haqq Allah. wa la tada' nusratuhu 'ala nafsih wa ma'oonatuhu 'ala 'aduwwih wa al-hawl baynahu wa bayna shayatinih wa ta'diyat an-naseehati ilayhi wa al-iqbal 'alayhi fee Allah. fa in inqada li rabbihi wa ahsan al-ijabah lahu wa illa fa li yakun Allahu athara 'indaka wa akram 'alayka minh.
حق الأخ
وَأَمّا حَقُّ أَخِيكَ فَتَعْلَمَ أَنّهُ يَدُكَ الَّتِي تَبسُطُهَــــــا، وَظَهْرُكَ الَّذِي تَلْتَجِئُ إلَيـــــــــــهِ، وَعِزُّكَ الَّذِي تَعْتَمِدُ عَلَيهِ، وَقُوَّتُكَ الَّتِي تَصُولُ بهَـــا، فَلا تَتَّخِذْهُ سِلاحًا عـــَلَى مَــعــْصــِيـةِ اللَّهِ ولا عُدَّةً لِلظُّلْمِ بحَــــــــــقِّ اللَّهِ، ولا تَدَعْ نُصْرتَهُ عَلَى نفْسِــــــــهِ وَمَعُونتِهِ عَلَى عَدُوِّهِ وَالْحَوْلَ بَيْنَهُ وبَيْنَ شَيَاطينهِ وتَأْديَةِ النَّصِيحَةِ إلَيهِ والإقبَالِ عَلَيْهِ فِي اللَّهِ فَــــــــــإنْ انقَادَ لِرَبهِ وَأَحْسَنَ الإجَابَةَ لَهُ وَإلاّ فَلْيَكُنِ اللهُ آثرَ عِنْدَكَ وَأَكْرَمَ عَلَيْكَ مِنْهُ.
26. The Right of the Master on his Slave
The right of your master (mawla) who has favored you [by freeing you from slavery] is that you know that he has spent his property for you and brought you out of the abasement and estrangement of bondage to the exaltation and comfort of freedom. He has freed you from the captivity of possession and loosened the bonds of slave hood from you. He has brought you out of prison, given you ownership of yourself, and given you leisure to worship your Lord. You should know that he is the closest of God's creatures to you in your life and your death and that aiding him with your life and what he needs from you is incumbent upon you. And there is no strength save in God.
wa amma haqqu al-mun'imi 'alayka bi al-wala' fa an ta'lama annahu anfaqa feeka malah, wa akhrajaka min dhull ar-riqq wa wahshatihi ila 'izz al-hurriyyah wa unsiha, wa atlaqaka min asr al-milkah, wa fakka 'anka halaq al-'uboodiyyah, wa awjadaka ra'ihat al-'izz, wa akhrajaka min sijn al-qahr, wa dafa'a 'anka al-'usr, wa basata laka lisan al-insaf, wa abahaka ad-dunya kullaha fa mallakaka nafsak, wa halla asrak, wa farraghaka li 'ibadat rabbik, wa ihtamala bi dhalika at-taqseer fee malih, fa ta'lama annahu awla al-khalqi bik ba'da oolee rahimika fee hayatik wa mawtik, wa ahaqq al-khalqi bi nasrik wa ma'oonatik wa mukanafatika fee dhat Allah, fa la tu'thir 'alayhi nafsaka ma ihtaja ilayk.
حق المنعم على مولاه
وَأَمّــــــــــــا حَقُّ الْمُنْعِمِ عَلَيْكَ بِالْولاءِ فَــأَنْ تَعْلَمَ أَنّهُ أَنفَقَ فِيكَ مَالَـــهُ، وَأَخرَجَكَ مِن ذُلِّ الرِّقِ وَوَحْشَــــــــــــــتِهِ إلَى عِزِّ الحُرِّيةِ وأُنسِهـــــا، وَأَطْلَقَكَ مِنْ أَسْرِ الْمِلْكَةِ، وَفَـــــكَّ عَنْكَ حـــــِلَقَ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ، وَأَوْجَدَكَ رَائِحَة الْعِزِّ، وَأَخرَجَكَ مِنْ سِجْنِ القَهْرِ، وَدَفَـــــــــــعَ عَنْكَ الْعُسْرَ، وبَسَطَ لَكَ لِسَـــــــــــانَ الإنْصَافِ، وَأَبَاحَكَ الدُنْيَــــــــا كُلَّهَا فَمَلَّكَكَ نفْسَــــــكَ، وَحَلَّ أَسْرَكَ، وَفَرَّغَكَ لِعِبَادَةِ رَبكَ، وَاحْتَمَلَ بذَلِكَ التَّقْصِيرَ فِي مَالِهِ، فَتَعْلَـــــــــــمَ أَنّهُ أَوْلَى الخَلْقِ بكَ بَعْـــــدَ أُولي رَحِمِكَ فِي حَيَاتِكَ وَمَوْتِكَ، وَأَحَقَّ الخَــــــــــــــلْقِ بنَصْرِكَ وَمَعُونَتِكَ وَمُكَانفَتِكَ فِي ذَات اللَّهِ، فَلا تُؤثِرْ عَلَيْهِ نفْسَكَ مَا احْتَاجَ إلَيْكَ.
27. The Right of the Freed Slave
The right of the slave (mawla) whom you have favored [by freeing him] is that you know that God has made your freeing him a means of access to Him and a veil against the Fire. Your immediate reward is to inherit from him- if he does not have any maternal relatives- as a compensation for the property you have spent for him, and your ultimate reward is the Garden.
wa amma haqqu mawlaka al-jariyah 'alayhi ni'matuka fa an ta'lama anna Allaha ja'alaka hamiyah 'alayh, wa waqiyah wa nasiran wa ma'qilan, wa ja'alahu laka waseelatan wa sababan baynaka wa baynahu fa bi al-haree an yahjubaka 'an an-nar fa yakuna fee dhalika thawabun minhu fee al-ajil, wa yahkumu laka bi meerathihi fee al-'ajil idha lam yakun lahu rahimun, mukafa'atan li ma anfaqatahu min malika 'alayhi wa qumta bihi min haqqihi ba'da infaq malika, fa in lam taqum bi haqqihi kheefa 'alayka an la yateeb laka meerathuh. wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق المولى الجارية عليه نعمتك
وَأَمَّـــــــــــــــــا حَقُّ مَوْلاكَ الْجَارِيَةِ عَلَيْهِ نِعْمَتُكَ فَأَنْ تَعْلَمَ أَنَّ اللهَ جَعَلَكَ حَــامِيَةً عَلَيْهِ، وَوَاقِيَــــــــــــةً وناصِرًا وَمَعْقِلاً، وَجَعَلَهُ لَكَ وَسِيلَةً وَسَبَباً بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ فَبالْحَرِيِّ أَنْ يَحْجُبَكَ عَنِ النَّــــــــــــــارِ فَيَكُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ ثَوَابٌ مِنْهُ فِي الآجِلِ، ويَحْكُمُ لَكَ بمِيرَاثِهِ فِي الْعَاجِلِ إذَا لم يَكُنْ لَهُ رَحِــــــــــــــــــمٌ، مُكَافَأَةً لِمَـــــــــــا أَنفَقْتَهُ مِنْ مَالِكَ عَلَيْــــــــــهِ وَقُمْتَ بهِ مِنْ حَقِّـــــهِ بَعْدَ إنفَاقِ مَالِكَ، فَإنْ لَمْ تَقُمْ بحَقِّهِ خِيفَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ لا يَطِيبَ لَكَ مِيرَاثُهُ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
28. The Right of One who does a Kindly Act
The right of him who does a kindly act (dhu l-ma'ruf) toward you is that you thank him and mention his kindness; you reward him with beautiful words, and you supplicate for him sincerely in that which is between you and God. If you do that, you have thanked him secretly and openly. Then, if you are able to repay him one day, you repay him.
wa amma haqqu dhi al-ma'roofi 'alayka fa an tashkurahu wa tadhkur ma'roofahu wa tan-shur lahu al-maqalah al-hasanah, wa tukhliṣ lahu ad-du'aa fee ma baynaka wa bayna Allahi subhanahu, fa innaka idha fa'alta dhalika kunta qad shakartahu sirran wa 'alaniyah. thumma in amkana mukafa'atahu bi al-fi'li kaf'atuhu wa illa kunta murṣidan lahu muwaṭṭinan nafsaka 'alayha.
حق ذي المعروف
وَأمّا حَقُّ ذِي المَعْرُوفِ عَلَيكَ فَـــــــأَنْ تَشْكُرَهُ وتَذْكُرَ مَعْرُوفَهُ وتَنْشُرَ لَهُ الْمَقَــــــــــالَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ، وَتُخلِصَ لَهُ الدُّعَـــــاءَ فِيمَــــا بَينَكَ وبَيْنَ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ، فَإنّكَ إذَا فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ كُنْتَ قَدْ شَكَرْتَهُ سِرًّا وَعَلانِيَـةً. ثُمَّ إنْ أَمْكَنَ مُكَافَأَتَهُ بالْفِعْلِ كَافَأتَهُ وإلاّ كُنْتَ مُرْصِدًا لَهُ مُوطِّنًا نَفْسَكَ عَلَيْهَا.
29. The Right of the Mu’adhdhin
The right of the mu’adhdhin is that you know that he is reminding you of your Lord, calling you to your good fortune, and helping you to accomplish what God has made obligatory upon you. So, thank him for that just as you thank one who does good to you.
wa amma haqqu al-mu'adhdhini fa an ta'lama annahu mudhakkiruka bi rabbika wa da'eeka ila hazzika wa afdal a'wanika 'ala qada' al-fareedah allati iftaraḍaha Allahu 'alayka fa tashkurahu 'ala dhalika shukrak li al-muhsini ilayk. wa in kunta fee baytika muhtamman li dhalika lam takun li Allahi fee amrihi muttahiman wa 'alimta annahu ni'matun min Allahi 'alayka, la shakka feeha, fa ahsin suhbata ni'mat Allahi bi hamd Allahi 'alayha 'ala kulli hal. wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق المؤذن
وَأمّا حَقُّ الْمُؤَذِّنِ فَأَنْ تَعْلَمَ أنّهُ مُذَكِّرُكَ برَبكَ وَدَاعِـــــيكَ إلَى حَظِّكَ وَأَفْضَلُ أَعْوَانِكَ عَلَى قَضَـــــــــــاءِ الْفَرِيضَةِ الَّتِي افتَرَضَهَا اللهُ عَلَيْكَ فَتَشْكُرَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ شُكْرَكَ لِلْمُحْسِنِ إلَيكَ. وَإنْ كُنْتَ فِي بَيْتِكَ مُهْتَمًّا لِذَلِكَ لَمْ تَكُنْ للهِ فِي أَمْرِهِ مُتَّهِمــــــاً وَعَلِمْتَ أنَّهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِن اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ، لا شَكَّ فِيهَــــا، فَــــــــــــأَحْسِنْ صُحْبَةَ نِعْمَةِ اللَّهِ بحَمْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَــــــا عَلَى كُلِّ حَال. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
30. The Right of the Imam in the Ritual Prayer
The right of your imam in your ritual prayer is that you know that he has taken on the role of mediator between you and your Lord. He speaks for you, but you do not speak for him; he supplicates for you, but you do not supplicate for him. He has spared you the terror of standing before God. If he performs the prayer imperfectly, that belongs to him and not to you; but if he performs it perfectly, you are his partner, and he has no excellence over you. So, protect yourself through him, protect your prayer through his prayer, and thank him in that measure.
wa amma haqqu imamika fee ṣalatika fa an ta'lama annahu qad taqallada as-sifarah fee ma baynaka wa bayna Allahi wa al-wifadah ila rabbik, wa takallama 'anka wa lam tatakallam 'anhu, wa da'a laka wa lam tad'u lah, wa talaba feeka wa lam tatlub feeh, wa kafaka hamm al-maqam bayna yaday Allahi wa al-musaa'alah lahu feek wa lam takfihi dhalik, fa in kana fee shay'in min dhalika taqṣeerun kana bihi doonak, wa in kana athiman lam takun shareekahu feeh wa lam yakun lahu 'alayka faḍlun, fa waqa nafsaka bi nafsihi, wa waqa ṣalataka bi ṣalatih, fa tashkur lahu 'ala dhalik. wa la ḥawla wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق الإمام في الصلاة
وَأمّا حَقُّ إمَامِكَ فِي صَلاتِكَ فَــــــــــــــــــأَنْ تَعلَمَ أنّهُ قَدْ تَقَلَّدَ السِّفَارَةَ فِيمَــــا بَيْنَكَ وبَيْنَ اللَّهِ وَالْوِفَادَةَ إلَى رَبكَ، وتَكَلَّمَ عَنْكَ وَلَمْ تَتَكَلَّـــــمْ عَنْهُ، وَدعَا لَكَ وَلَمْ تَدْعُ لَهُ، وَطَلَبَ فِيكَ وَلَـــــــــــــــــمْ تَطْلُبْ فِيهِ، وَكَفَاكَ هَمَّ الْمَقَــــــــامِ بَينَ يدي اللهِ وَالمُسَـــــــــاءَلَةَ لَهُ فِيكَ وَلَمْ تَكْفِهِ ذَلِكَ، فَــــــــــــإنْ كَانَ فِي شَيْء مِنْ ذَلِكَ تَقْصِيرٌ كَانَ بهِ دُونَكَ، وَإنْ كَانَ آثِمـــــــــــــاً لَمْ تَكُنْ شَرِيكَهُ فِيهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ عَلَيكَ فَضلٌ، فَوقَى نَفْسَكَ بنَفْســـــــــــــــِهِ، وَوَقَى صـَلاتَكَ بصَلاتِهِ، فَتَشْكُرَ لَهُ عَلَى ذلِكَ. ولا حَوْلَ ولا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
31. The Right of the Sitting Companion
The right of your sitting companion (jalis) is that you treat him mildly, show fairness toward him while vying with him in discourse, and do not stand up from sitting with him without his permission. But it is permissible for him who sits with you to leave without asking your permission. You should forget his slips and remember his good qualities, and you should tell nothing about him but good.
wa amma haqqu al-jalees fa an tuleena lahu kanafak, wa tuṭeeba lahu janibak, wa tunṣifahu fee mujaraat al-lafẓ wa la tughriq fee naz' al-laḥẓ idha laḥaẓta wa taqṣud fee al-lafẓ ila ifhamihi idha lfaẓta. wa in kunta al-jalees ilayhi kunta fee al-qiyam 'anhu bi al-khiyar wa in kana al-jalis ilayka kana bi al-khiyar. wa la taqumu illa bi idhnih. wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق الجليس
وَأمّــــا حَقُّ الجَلِيسِ فَأَنْ تُلِينَ لَهُ كَنَفَكَ، وَتُطِيبَ لَهُ جَانِبَكَ، وَتُنْصِفَهُ فِي مُجَارَاةِ اللَّفْظِ ولا تُغْرِق فِي نَزْعِ اللَّحْــظِ إذَا لَحَظْتَ وتَقْصُدَ فِي اللَّفْظِ إلَى إفْهَــــــــامِهِ إذَا لَفَظْتَ. وَإنْ كُنْتَ الْجَلِيــــــــــــــــــسَ إلَيْهِ كُنْتَ فِي الْقِيَـــــــــــــــامِ عَنْهُ بالْخِيَارِ وَإنْ كَانَ الجَالِسَ إلَيكَ كَانَ بالخِيَـــــــــارِ. ولا تَقُومُ إلا بــإذْنِهِ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
32. The Right of the Neighbor
The right of your neighbor (jar) is that you guard him when he is absent, honor him when he is present, and aid him when he is wronged. You do not pursue anything of his that is shameful; if you know of any evil from him, you conceal it. If you know that he will accept your counsel, you counsel him in that which is between him and you. You do not forsake him in difficulty, you release him from his stumble, you forgive his sin, and you associate with him generously. And there is no strength save in God.
wa amma haqqu al-jari fa ḥifẓuhu gha'iban wa karamatuhu shahidan wa nuṣratuhu wa ma'oonatuhu fee al-halayn jamee'an. la tattabi' lahu 'awratan wa la tabḥath lahu 'an saw'ah li ta'rifaha, fa in 'araftaha minhu 'an ghayr iradah minka wa la takalluf kunta li ma 'alimta ḥiṣnan ḥaṣeenan wa sitran sateeran, law baḥathat al-asinnah 'anhu ḍameeran lam tattaṣil ilayh liinṭiwa'ihi 'alayh. la tastami' 'alayhi min ḥaythu la ya'lam. la tusallimhu 'inda shadeedah, wa la taḥsudhu 'inda ni'mah. tuqeel 'athratahu wa taghfir zallatah. wa la taddakhir ḥilmaka 'anhu idha jahila 'alayk, wa la takhruj an takuna sullaman lah. tarudd 'anhu lisan ash-shateemah, wa tubṭil feehi kayd ḥamil an-naṣeeḥah, wa tu'ashiruhu mu'asharatan kareemah. wa la ḥawla wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق الجار
وَأمّــا حَقُّ الجَارِ فَحِفْظُهُ غَائِبًا وَكَرَامَتُهُ شَاهِدًا ونُصْرَتُهُ وَمَعُونتُهُ فِي الحَـالَينِ جَمِيعــاً. لا تَتَّبعْ لَهُ عَوْرَةً ولا تَبحَثْ لَهُ عَنْ سَوْءَ(ة) لِتَعْرِفَهَــــــــــا، فَإنْ عَرَفْتَهَــــــا مِنْهُ عَنْ غَيْرِ إرَادَة مِنْكَ وَلا تَكَلُّف كُنْتَ لِمَــــا عَلِمْتَ حِصْنـــاً حَصِينـــاً وَسِتْرًا سَــــــــــــتِيرًا، لَوْ بَحَثتِ الأَسِنَّةُ عَنْهُ ضَمِيرًا لَمْ تَتَّصِلْ إلَيْه لانطِوَائِهِ عَلَيهِ. لا تَسْــتَمِعْ عَلَيهِ مِنْ حَيْثُ لا يَعْلَـــمُ. لا تُسَلِّمْهُ عِنْدَ شَـــــــــــديدَة، ولا تَحْسُدْهُ عِنْـــــــــــدَ نِعْمَة. تُقِيلُ عَثْرَتهُ وتَغْفِرْ زَلَّتَـــــــــهُ. ولا تَدَّخِرْ حِلْمَكَ عَنْهُ إذَا جَهِلَ عَلَيْــــــــــــــــــكَ، ولا تَخرُجْ أَنْ تَكُونَ سُلَّمًا لَهُ. تَرُدُّ عَنهُ لِسَانَ الشَّتِيمَةِ، وَتُبْطِلُ فِيهِ كَيْدَ حَـــــــــــامِلِ النَّصِيحَةِ، وَتُعَــــــاشِرَهُ مُعَاشَرَةً كَرِيمَةً. وَلا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
33. The Right of the Companion
The right of the companion (sahib) is that you act as his companion with bounty and in fairness. You honor him as he honors you and you do not let him be the first to act with generosity. If he is the first, you repay him. You wish for him as he wishes for you, and you restrain him from any act of disobedience he might attempt. Be a mercy for him, not a chastisement. And there is no strength save in God.
wa amma haqqu aṣ-ṣaḥib fa an taṣḥabahu bi al-faḍl ma wajadta ilayhi sabeela wa illa fa la aqalla min al-inṣaf, wa an tukrimahu kama yukrimuk, wa taḥfaẓahu kama yaḥfaẓuk, wa la yasbiqak fee ma baynaka wa baynahu ila makrumah, fa in sabaqaka kaf'atuh. wa la tuqaṣṣir bihi 'amma yastaḥiqqu min al-mawaddah. tulzim nafsaka naṣeeḥatahu wa ḥiyaṭatahu wa mu'aḍadatuhu 'ala ṭa'at rabbihi wa ma'oonatahu 'ala nafsihi fee ma la yahummu bihi min ma'ṣiyat rabbihi, thumma takunu ('alayhi) raḥmatan wa la takunu 'alayhi 'adhaban. wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق الصاحب
وَأمـــــــــــــّا حَقُّ الصَّاحِب فَأَنْ تَصْحَبَهُ بالفَضلِ مَـــــــا وَجَدْتَ إلَيهِ سَبيلاً وإلا فَلا أَقَلَّ مِنَ الإنصَــــــــافِ، وَأَنْ تُكْرِمَهُ كَمَا يـُكْرِمُكَ، وَتـحْفَظَـــــــــــــــــهُ كَمَا يـَحْفَظُكَ، ولا يَسْبقَكَ فِيمَــا بَينَكَ وبَينَهُ إلَى مـَكْرَمَة، فَـــــــــــــإنْ سَبَقَكَ كَافَـــأتَهُ. ولا تُقَصِّرَ بهِ عَمَّا يَسْتَحِقُّ مِنَ الْمَوَدَّةِ. تُلْزِمُ نفْسَكَ نصِيحَتَهُ وَحِيَ
34. The Right of the Partner
The right of the partner (sharik) is that if he should be absent, you suffice him in his affairs, and if he should be present, you show regard for him. You make no decision without his decision, and you do nothing on the basis of your own opinion, but you exchange views with him. You guard his property for him, and you do not betray him in that of his affair which is difficult or of little importance, for God's hand is above the hands of two partners as long as they do not betray each other. And there is no strength save in God.
wa amma haqqu ash-shareek, fa in ghab kafaytahu, wa in haḍara sawaytahu, wa la ta'zim 'ala ḥukmika doona ḥukmih, wa la ta'mal bi ra'yika doona munaẓaratih, wa taḥfaẓ 'alayhi malah wa tanfee 'anhu khiyanatahu fee ma 'azza aw han fa innahu balaghana anna "yad Allahi 'ala ash-shareekayn ma lam yatakhawana". wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق الشريك
وَأمّــا حَقُّ الشَّرِيكِ، فَإنْ غَابَ كَفَيْتَـــــــــــــــــهُ، وَإنْ حَضَرَ سَــــــــــــاويْتَهُ، ولا تَعْزِمْ عَلَى حُكْمِكَ دُونَ حُكْمِـــــهِ، وَلا تَعمَــــــــــــــــــلْ برَأْيكَ دُونَ مُنــــاظَرَتهِ، وتَحْفَظُ عَلَيْهِ مَالَهُ وَتنْفِي عَنْهُ خِيَانتَهُ فِيمَـا عَزَّ أَو هَانَ فَإنَّهُ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ "يَدَ اللهِ عَلَى الشَّرِيـكَيْنِ مَــــــــــــــــــا لَمْ يَتَخاوَنا". وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
35. The Right of Property
The right of your property (mal) is that you take it only from what is lawful, and you spend it only in what is proper. Through it you should not prefer above yourself those who will not praise you. You should act with it in obedience to your Lord and not be miserly with it, lest you fall back into regret and remorse while suffering the ill consequence. And there is no strength save in God.
wa amma haqqu al-mal, fa an la ta'khudhahu illa min ḥillih, wa la tunfiqahu illa fee ḥillih, wa la tuḥarrifhu 'an mawaḍi'ih, wa la taṣrifhu 'an ḥaqa'iqihi, wa la taj'alhu idha kana min Allahi illa ilayhi wa sababan ila Allah. wa la tu'thir bihi 'ala nafsika man la'allahu la yaḥmaduk, wa bi al-ḥaree an la yuḥsin khilafatahu fee tarikatik wa la ya'mal feehi bi ṭa'at rabbik fa takuna mu'eenan lahu 'ala dhalika aw bi ma aḥdatha fee malika aḥsan naẓaran li nafsihi, fa ya'mal bi ṭa'at rabbihi fa yadhhab bi al-ghaneemah wa taboo' bi al-ithm wa al-ḥasrah wa an-nadamah ma' at-taba'ah. wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق المال
وَأمّا حَقُّ المَالِ، فَأَنْ لا تَأْخُذَهُ إلاّ مِنْ حِلِّهِ، ولا تُنْفِقَهُ إلاّ فِي حِلِّهِ، وَلا تُحَرِّفْــــــــــــــــــهُ عَنْ مَـــــــــوَاضِعِهِ، ولا تَصْرِفَهُ عَنْ حَقَـــــــــــــــائِقِهِ، ولا تَجْعَلْهُ إذا كَانَ مِنَ اللَّهِ إلاّ إلَيهِ وَسَبَباً إلَى اللَّهِ. ولا تُـــــــــؤثِرَ بهِ عَلَى نفْسِـــــــكَ مَنْ لَعَلَّهُ لا يَحْمَدُكَ، وَبالْحَرِيِّ أَنْ لا يُحْســـــــــــــــِنَ خِلافَتَــــــــهُ فِي تَرِكَتِكَ ولا يَعْمَلُ فِيهِ بطَـــــــــاعَةِ ربكَ فَتَكُونَ مُعِينًا لَهُ عَلَى ذلِكَ أَو بمَـــــــا أَحْدَثَ فِي مَالِكَ أَحْسَنَ نَظَرًا لِنَفْسِهِ، فَيَعْمَلَ بطَاعَةِ رَبهِ فَيَذْهَبَ بالْغَنِيمَةِ وتَبُوءَ بالإثمِ وَالْحَسْرَةِ وَالنَّدَامَةِ مَعَ التَّبعَةِ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
36. The Right of the Creditor
The right of him to whom you owe a debt (al-gharim alladhi yutalibuka) is that, if you have the means, you pay him back, and if you are in straitened circumstances, you satisfy him with good words and you send him away with gentleness.
wa amma haqqu al-gharim aṭ-ṭalib lak, fa in kunta moosiran awfaytahu wa kafaytahu wa aghnaytahu wa lam tardudhu wa tamṭulhu fa inna rasool Allahi ṣalla Allahu 'alayhi wa alihi - qala - "maṭl al-ghaniyy zhulm". wa in kunta mu'siran arḍaytahu bi ḥusn al-qawli wa ṭalabta ilayhi ṭalaban jameelan wa radadtahu 'an nafsika raddan laṭeefan, wa lam tajma' 'alayhi dhahab malih wa soo' mu'amalatih fa inna dhalika lu'm. wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق الغريم الطالب
وَأمّا حَقُّ الغَرِيمِ الطَّالِب لَكَ، فَإنْ كُنْتَ مُوسِرًا أَوفَيتَهُ وَكَفَيتَهُ وَأَغْنَيتَهُ وَلَـــــــــــمْ ترْدُدْهُ وتَمْطُلْهُ فَإنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ - قَالَ - "مَـطَلُ الغَنِيَّ ظُلْـــــــــــــــمٌ". وَإنْ كُنْتَ مُعْسِرًا أَرْضَيتَــــــــــــــهُ بحُسْنِ القَوْلِ وَطَلَبتَ إلَيهِ طَلَباً جَـــمِيلاً وَرَدَدتَهُ عَنْ نفْسِكَ ردًّا لَطِيفًا، وَلَمْ تَجْمَعَ عَلَيْهِ ذهَابَ مَالِهِ وَسُوءَ مُعَامَلَتِهِ فَإنَّ ذلِكَ لؤمٌ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلاّ باللهِ.
37. The Right of the Associate
The right of the associate (khalit) is that you neither mislead him, nor act dishonestly toward him, nor deceive him, and you fear God in his affair.
wa amma haqqu al-khaleeṭ fa an la taghurrahu wa la taghushshahu wa la tukadhdhibahu wa la tughaffilahu wa la takhda'ahu wa la ta'mal fee antiqaḍihi 'amal al-'aduww alladhi la yubqee 'ala ṣaḥibihi wa in iṭma'anna ilayka istaqṣayta lahu 'ala nafsik wa 'alimta anna ghabn al-mustarsil riban. wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق الخليط
وَأمّــــــا حَقُّ الخَلِيطِ فَأَنْ لا تَغُرَّهُ ولا تَغُشَّـهُ ولا تُكَذِبَهُ ولا تُغَفِّلَهُ ولا تَخــــــــدَعَهُ ولا تَعمَلْ فِي انتِقَـــاضِهِ عَمَلَ الْعَدُوِّ الَّذِي لا يُبقِي عَلَى صَـــــــاحِبهِ وَإنِ اطْمَأَنَّ إلَيكَ اسْتَقْصَيتَ لَهُ عَلَى نفْسِـكَ وَعَلِمْتَ أَنَّ غَبْنَ الْمُسْتَرْسِلِ رِِبًا. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
38. The Right of the Adversary who has a claim against you
The right of the adversary (khasm) who has a claim against you is that, if what he claims against you is true, you give witness to it against yourself. You do not wrong him and you give him his full due. If what he claims against you is false, you act with kindness toward him and you show nothing in his affair other than kindness; you do not displease your Lord in his affair. And there is no strength save in God.
wa amma haqqu al-khaṣm al-mudda'ee 'alayk, fa in kana ma yadda'ee 'alayka ḥaqqan lam tanfasikh fee ḥujjatihi wa lam ta'mal fee ibṭal da'watihi wa kunta khaṣm nafsika lah wa al-ḥakim 'alayha wa ash-shahid lahu bi ḥaqqihi doona shahadat ash-shuhood, fa inna dhalika ḥaqq Allahi 'alayk, wa in kana ma yadda'eehi baṭilan rafaqta bihi wa rawwa'tahu wa nashadtahu bi deenih wa kasarta ḥiddatahu 'anka bi dhikr Allahi wa alqayta ḥashw al-kalam wa laghaṭahu alladhi la yarudd 'anka 'adiyat 'aduwwik bal taboo' bi ithmihi wa bihi yashḥadh 'alayka sayf 'adawatihi li anna lafẓat as-soo' tab'ath ash-sharr. wa al-khayr muqmi'ah li ash-sharr. wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق الخصم المدعي عليك
وَأمّــــــــا حَقُّ الخَصْمِ المُدَّعِي عَلَيْكَ، فَإنْ كَانَ مَا يَدَّعِي عَلَيكَ حَقّــــــــاً لَمْ تنفَسِخ فِي حُجَّتِهِ وَلَمْ تَعمَلْ فِي إبطَـــــالِ دَعْوَتِهِ وَكُنْتَ خَصْــــــــــمَ نفْسِكَ لَهُ والحَـــاكِمَ عَلَيْهَا والشَّـــاهِدَ لَهُ بحَقِّهِ دُونَ شَهَادَةِ الشُّهُودِ، فَـــــــــإنَّ ذلِكَ حَقُّ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ، وَإنْ كَانَ مَـــا يَدَّعِيهِ بَـــــــــاطِلاً رَفَقْتَ بهِ وَرَوَّعْتَهُ ونـــــاشَدتهُ بدِينِه وَكَسَرْتَ حِدَّتهُ عَنكَ بذِكْرِ اللهِ وَأَلْقَيْتَ حَشْوَ الْكَلامِ وَلَغَطَـــــــهُ الَّذِي لا يَرُدُّ عَنْكَ عَـــــــــــاديَةَ عَدُوِّكَ بَلْ تبُوءُ بإثمِهِ وَبهِ يَشْحَذُ عَلَيْكَ سَيفَ عَدَاوَتِهِ لأَنَّ لَفْظَةَ السُّوءِ تَبعَثُ الشَّرَّ. وَالخَيْرُ مُقْمِعَةٌ لِلشَّرِّ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
39. The Right of the Adversary against whom you have a claim
The right of the adversary against whom you have a claim is that, if your claim against him is true, you maintain polite moderation in speaking to him and you do not deny his right. If your claim is false, you fear God, repent to Him, and abandon your claim.
wa amma haqqu al-khaṣm al-mudda'a 'alayhi fa in kana ma tadda'eehi ḥaqqan ajmalta fee muqawalatih bi makhraj ad-da'wa, fa inna li ad-da'wa ghilẓatan fee sam' al-mudda'a 'alayh. wa qaṣadta qaṣd ḥujjatika bi ar-rifq wa amhal al-muhlah wa abyān al-bayan wa alṭaf al-luṭf wa lam tatashaghal 'an ḥujjatika bi munaza'atihi bi al-qeel wa al-qal fa tadhhab 'anka ḥujjatuka wa la yakunu laka fee dhalika darkun. wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق الخصم المدعى عليه
وَأمّــــــا حَقُّ الخَصْمِ الْمُدَّعَى عَلَيهِ فَإنْ كَانَ مَــــــــا تدَّعِيهِ حَقًّا أَجْمَلْتَ فِي مُقَـــــاوَلَتِهِ بمَخرَجِ الدَّعْوَى، فَإنَّ لِلدَّعْوَى غِلْظَةً فِي سَـــــــــــــمْعِ الْمُدَّعَى عَلَيهِ. وَقَصَــــــــــــــــدْتَ قَصْدَ حُجَّتِكَ بالرِّفْقِ وَأَمْهَلِ الْمُهْلَةِ وَأبْينِ الْبَيَـــــــانِ وَألطَفِ اللُّطْفِ ولَمْ تَتشَـــــــاغَلْ عَنْ حُجَّتِكَ بمُنازَعَتِهِ بالقِيلِ وَالقَــــــــــــــــالِ فَتَذهَبْ عَنْكَ حُجَّتُكَ ولا يَكُونَ لَكَ فِي ذَلِكَ دَرْكٌ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
40. The Right of one who seeks advice
The right of him who asks you for advice (mustashir) is that, if you consider that he has a correct opinion, you advise him to follow it, and if you do not consider it so, you direct him to someone who does consider it so.
wa amma haqqu al-mustasheer, fa in ḥaḍaraka lahu wajhu ra'y jahadta lahu fee an-naṣeeḥah, wa asharta 'alayhi bi ma ta'lam annaka law kunta makanahu 'amilta bih, wa dhalika li yakun minka fee raḥmah wa leen, fa inna al-leen yu'nis al-waḥshah wa inna al-ghilẓ yoohish mawḍi' al-uns. wa in lam yaḥḍurka lahu ra'yun wa 'arafta lahu man tathiq bi ra'yihi wa tarḍa bihi li nafsika dalaltahu 'alayhi wa arshadtahu ilayh, fa kunta lam ta'luhu khayran wa lam taddakhirhu nuṣḥan. wa la ḥawla wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق المستشير
وَأمّــــــــــــا حَقُّ المُسْتَشِيرِ، فَإنْ حَضَرَكَ لَهُ وَجْهُ رَأْى جَهَدْتَ لَهُ فِي النَّصِيحَـــــــــةِ، وَأَشَرْتَ عَلَيهِ بمَا تَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ لَوْ كُنْتَ مَكَانهُ عَمِلْتَ بهِ، وَذَلِكَ لِيَكُنْ مِنْكَ فِي رَحْمَة وَلِين، فَإنَّ اللِّينَ يُؤْنِسُ الْوَحْشَةَ وَإنَّ الْغِلْظَ يُوحِشُ مَوضِعَ الأنْسِ. وَإنْ لَمْ يَحْضُرْكَ لَهُ رَأيٌ وَعَرَفْتَ لَهُ مَنْ تثِقُ برَأيِهِ وَترْضَى بهِ لِنَفْسِكَ دَلَلْتَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَرْشَدتَهُ إلَيْهِ، فَكُنْتَ لَمْ تَـــــــــــــألُهُ خَيرًا وَلَمْ تَدَّخِرْهُ نُصْحاً. وَلا حَوْلَ ولا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
41. The Right of one whose Advice you seek
The right of him whom you ask for advice (mushir) is that you do not make accusations against him for an opinion which does not conform to your own opinion. If it conforms to it, you praise God.
wa amma haqqu al-musheer 'alayka fa la tattahimhu fee ma la yuwafiquka 'alayhi min ra'yihi idha ashara 'alayka fa innama hiya al-ara'u wa taṣarruf an-nas feeha wa ikhtilafuhum. fa kun 'alayhi fee ra'yihi bi al-khiyar idha ittahamta ra'yah, fa amma tuhmatuhu fa la tajooz laka idha kana 'indaka mimman yastaḥiqqu al-mushawarah. wa la tada' shukrahu 'ala ma bada laka min ishkhāṣ ra'yihi wa ḥusn wajh mashooratih, fa idha wafaqaka ḥamidta Allaha wa qabalta dhalika min akhika bi ash-shukr wa al-irṣad bi al-mukafa'ah fee mithliha in faza'a ilayk. wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق المشير
وَأمّـــــــــا حَقُّ المُشِيرِ عَلَيْكَ فَلا تتَّهِمْهُ فِيمَا لا يُوافِقُكَ عَلَيهِ مِنْ رَأْيِهِ إذا أَشَــــــارَ عَلَيْكَ فَإنَّمَا هِيَ الآرَاءُ وَتصَرُّفُ النَّــــاسِ فِيهَــــــا وَاختِلافُهُمْ. فَكُنْ عَلَيهِ فِي رَأيِهِ بالخِيَارِ إذا اتَّهمْتَ رَأْيَهُ، فَأَمّا تُهْمتُهُ فَلا تَجُوزُ لَكَ إذَا كَانَ عِنْدكَ مِمَّنْ يَسْتَحِقُّ الْمُشَاوَرَةَ. وَلا تَدَعْ شُكْرَهُ عَلَى مَـا بَدَا لَكَ مِن إشْــــــــخاصِ رَأْيِهِ وَحُسْنِ وَجْهِ مَشُورَتِهِ، فَإذا وَافَقَكَ حَمِدْتَ اللَّهَ وَقَبلْتَ ذلِكَ مِن أَخِيكَ بالشُّــــــــــــــــــــــــكْرِ والإرْصَادِ بالْمُكَافَأَةِ فِي مِثلِهَـــــا إنْ فَزِعَ إلَيْكَ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
42. The Right of one who asks your Counsel
The right of him who asks your counsel (mustansih) is that you give him your counsel, but you conduct yourself toward him with compassion and kindness.
wa amma haqqu al-mustansih fa inna ḥaqqahu an tu'addiya ilayhi an-naṣeeḥah 'ala al-ḥaqq alladhi tara lahu annahu yaḥmil wa takhruja al-makhraj alladhi yaleen 'ala masami'ih, wa tukallimahu min al-kalam bi ma yuṭeequhu 'aqluh, fa inna li kulli 'aql ṭabaqatan min al-kalam ya'rifuhu wa yajtanibuh, wa li yakun madhhabuka ar-raḥmah. wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق المستنصح
وَأمّــا حَقُّ المُسْتَنصِحِ فَإنَّ حَقَّهُ أَنْ تُؤَدِّيَ إلَيهِ النَّصِيحَةَ عَلَى الحَقِّ الَّذِي تَرَى لَهُ أنّهُ يحْمِلُ وَتخرُجَ المَخرَجَ الَّذِي يَلينُ عَلَى مَسَـــــــــــــامِعِهِ، وتُكَلِّمَهُ مِنَ الْكَلامِ بمَا يُطِيقُهُ عَقلُهُ، فَإنَّ لِكُلِّ عَقْل طَبقَــــــــــــــــــةً مِنَ الْكَلامِ يَعْرِفُهُ ويَجْتَنِبُهُ، وَلْيَكُنْ مَذهَبَكَ الرَّحْمَـــةَ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
43. The Right of the Counselor
The right of your counselor (nasih) is that you act gently toward him and give ear to him. If he presents you with the right course, you praise God, but if he does not agree with you, you show compassion toward him and make no accusations against him; you consider him to have made a mistake, and you do not take him to task for that, unless he should be deserving of accusation. Then attach no more importance to his affair. And there is no strength save in God.
wa amma haqqu an-naṣiḥ fa an tuleena lahu janahaka thumma tushra'ib lahu qalbaka wa taftaḥ lahu sam'aka ḥatta tafham 'anhu naṣeeḥatah, thumma tanẓur feeha, fa in kana wuffiqa feeha li aṣ-ṣawab ḥamidta Allaha 'ala dhalika wa qabilta minhu wa 'arafta lahu naṣeeḥatah, wa in lam yakun wuffiqa laha feeha raḥimtahu wa lam tattahimhu wa 'alimta annahu lam ya'luka nuṣḥan illa annahu akhṭa'a illa an yakuna 'indaka mustaḥiqqan li at-tuhmah fa la ta'ba' bi shay'in min amrihi 'ala kulli ḥal. wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق الناصح
وَأمّــــــا حَقُّ النَّاصِحِ فَأَنْ تُلِينَ لَهُ جَنَاحَكَ ثُمَّ تشرأب لَهُ قَلبَكَ وَتفْتَحَ لَهُ سَـــــــــمْعَكَ حتَّى تَفْهَمَ عَنهُ نصِيحَتَهُ، ثُمَّ تنْظُرَ فِيهَـــــا، فَإنْ كَانَ وُفّقَِ فِيهَا لِلصَّوَاب حَمِدْتَ اللَّهَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَقَبلْتَ مِنْـــــــــــــــــــهُ وَعَرَفْتَ لَهُ نَصِيحَتَهُ، وَإنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ وُفّقَِ لَهَا فِيهَا رَحِمْتَهُ وَلَمْ تتَّهِمَهُ وَعَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَألُكَ نُصْحًا إلا أَنَّهُ أَخطَـــــأَ إلا أَنْ يَكُونَ عِنْدَكَ مُسْتَحِقًّا لِلتُّهْمَةِ فلا تَعْبَـــــأْ بشيء مِنْ أَمْرِهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَال. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
44. The Right of the one Older than you
The right of him who is older than you (kabir) is that you show reverence toward him because of his age, and you honor him because he entered Islam before you. You leave off confronting him in a dispute, you do not precede him in a path, you do not go ahead of him, and you do not consider him foolish. If he should act foolishly toward you, you put up with him and you honor him because of the right of Islam and the respect due to it.
wa amma haqqu al-kabeer fa inna ḥaqqahu tawqeer sinnih wa ijlal islamih idha kana min ahl al-faḍl fee al-islam bi taqdeemih feeh wa tark muqabalatih 'inda al-khiṣam wa la tasbiqhu ila ṭareeq, wa la ta'ummuhu fee ṭareeq wa la tastajhilh. wa in jahila 'alayka taḥammalta wa akramtahu bi ḥaqq islamih ma'a sinnih fa innama ḥaqq as-sinn bi qadr al-islam. wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق الكبير
وَأمّا حَقُّ الكبيرِ فَإنَّ حَقَّهُ تَوقِيرُ سِنِّهِ وَإجْلالِ إسْلامِهِ إذَا كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْفَضلِ فِي الإسْلامِ بتَقْدِيمِهِ فِيهِ وتَرْكِ مُقَابَلَتِهِ عِنْدَ الْخِصَــــــــــامِ ولا تَسْبقْهُ إلَى طَرِيق، ولا تَؤُمَّهُ فِي طـرِيق ولا تَسْـــــــتَجْهِلْهُ. وَإنْ جَهِلَ عَلَيْكَ تحَمَّلْتَ وَأَكْرَمتَهُ بحَقِّ إسْلامِهِ مَعَ سِنِّهِ فَإنّمَـــــــا حَقُّ السِّنِّ بقَدْرِ الإسْلامِ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
45. The Right of the one Younger than you
The right of him who is younger (saghir) is that you show compassion toward him through teaching him, pardoning him, covering his faults, kindness toward him, and helping him.
wa amma haqqu aṣ-ṣagheer fa raḥmatuhu wa tathqeefuhu wa ta'leemuhu wa al-'afw 'anhu wa as-sitr 'alayhi wa ar-rifq bihi wa al-ma'oonah lah wa as-sitr 'ala jara'ir ḥadathatih fa innahu sabab li at-tawbah wa al-mudaraah lah wa tark mumāḥakatihi, fa inna dhalika adna li rushdih.
حق الصغير
وَأمّـــــــــا حَقُّ الصَّغِيرِ فَرَحْمتُهُ وتَثقِيفُهُ وتَعْلِيمُهُ وَالعَفْوُ عَنْهُ وَالسِّترُ عَلَـــــــــــــــيهِ وَالرِّفْقُ بهِ وَالمَعُونَةُ لــــــــــــــــَهُ وَالسِّترُ عَلَى جَرَائِرِ حَدَاثتِهِ فَإنّهُ سَبَبٌ لِلتَّوبَةِ وَالْمُدَارَاةُ لَـــــــــــهُ وتَرْكُ مُمَاحَكَتِهِ، فَإنَّ ذَلِكَ أَدنى لِرُشْدِهِ.
46. The Right of the one who asks
The right of him who asks (sa'il) from you is that you give to him in the measure of his need.
wa amma haqqu as-sa'il fa i'ṭa'uhu idha tayaqqanta ṣidqahu wa qadarta 'ala sadd ḥajatih, wa ad-du'aa lahu fee ma nazala bih, wa al-mu'awwanah lahu 'ala ṭalabatih, wa in shakakta fee ṣidqihi wa sabaqt ilayhi at-tuhmah lah wa lam ta'zim 'ala dhalika lam ta'man an yakuna min kayd ash-shayṭan arada an yaṣuddaka 'ani ḥaẓẓik wa yaḥoola baynaka wa bayna at-taqarrub ila rabbik fa taraktahu bi sitrihi wa radadtahu raddan jameela. wa in ghalabta nafsaka fee amrihi wa a'ṭaytahu 'ala ma 'araḍa fee nafsika minhu, fa inna dhalika min 'azm al-umoor.
حق السائل
وَأمّا حَقُّ السَّائِلِ فَإعْطَاؤُهُ إذا تَيَقَّنتَ صِدْقَهُ وَقَدَرْتَ عَلَى سَدِّ حَاجَتِهِ، وَالدُّعَاءُ لَهُ فِيمَـا نزَلَ بهِ، وَالْمُعَاوَنةُ لَهُ عَلَى طَلِبَتِهِ، وَإن شَكَكْتَ فِي صِدْقِهِ وَسَبَقْتَ إلَيهِ التُّهْمَةُ لَهُ وَلَمْ تَعْزِمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ لَمْ تَأْمَنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنْ كَيْدِ الشَّيْطَانِ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَصُدَّكَ عَنِ حَظِّكَ ويَحُولَ بَيْنَكَ وبَينَ التَّقَرُّب إلَى رَبكَ فَتَرَكْتَـــــــــــــهُ بسِترِهِ وَرَدَدتَهُ رَدًّا جَـــــــمِيلاً. وَإنْ غَلَبتَ نفْسَــــــــــــــــكَ فِي أَمْرِهِ وَأَعْطَيتَهُ عَلَى مَـــــا عَرَضَ فِي نفْسِكَ مِنْهُ، فإنَّ ذلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الأُمُورِ.
47. The Right of the one who is asked
The right of him from whom you ask is that you accept from him with gratitude and recognition of his bounty if he gives, and you accept his excuse if he withholds.
wa amma haqqu al-mas'ool fa ḥaqquhu in a'ṭa qubila minhu ma a'ṭa bi ash-shukr lah wa al-ma'rifah li faḍlih wa ṭalaba wajh al-'udhr fee man'ih, wa aḥsan bihi aẓ-ẓann. wa i'lam annahu in mana'a fa malah mana'a wa anna laysa at-tathreeb fee malih, wa in kana ẓaliman fa inna al-insana laẓaloomun kaffar.
حق المسؤول
وَأمّــــــــا حَقُّ المَسئولِ فَحَقُّهُ إنْ أَعْطَى قُبلَ مِنْهُ مَـــــــــــــا أَعْطَى بالشُّكْرِ لَهُ وَالمَعْرِفَةِ لِفَضْلِهِ وَطَلَبَ وَجْهِ الْعُذْرِ فِي مَنعِهِ، وَأَحْسَنَ بهِ الظَّنَّ. وَاعْلَمْ أنَّهُ إنْ مَنِعَ (فَ)مَالَهُ مَنَعَ وَأَنْ لَيْسَ التَّثرِيبُ فِي مَــــــــــالِه، وَإنْ كَانَ ظَالِمًا فَإنَّ الإنسَانَ لَظلُومٌ كَفَّارٌ.
48. The Right of one through whom God makes you happy
The right of him through whom God makes you happy (surur) is that you first praise God, then you thank the person.
wa amma haqqu man sarraka Allahu bihi wa 'ala yadayh, fa in kana ta'ammadaha lak ḥamidta Allaha awwalan thumma shakartahu 'ala dhalika bi qadrihi fee mawḍi' al-jaza' wa kaf'atuhu 'ala faḍl al-ibtid' wa arṣadta lahu al-mukafa'ah, wa in lam yakun ta'ammadaha ḥamidta Allaha wa shakartahu wa 'alimta annahu minhu, tawaḥḥadaka biha wa aḥbabta hadha idh kana sababan min asbab ni'am Allahi 'alayka wa tarjoo lahu ba'da dhalika khayran, fa inna asbab an-ni'am barakatun ḥaythu ma kanat wa in kana lam yata'ammad. wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق من سرك الله به وعلى يديه
وَأمّا حَقُّ مَنْ سَرَّكَ اللهُ بهِ وَعلَى يَدَيهِ، فَـــــــــــــإنْ كَانَ تَعَمَّدَهَا لَكَ حَمِدْتَ اللهَ أَوّلاً ثُــــــــمَّ شَكَرْتَهُ عَلَى ذلِكَ بقَدْرِهِ فِي مَوْضِـــــــــــعِ الجَزَاءِ وَكَافَأتَهُ عَلَى فَضْــــــــــــــــلِ الابْتِدَاءِ وَأَرْصَــــــــــــــدْتَ لَهُ الْمُكَافَأَةَ، وَإنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ تَعَمَّدَهَا حَمِدْتَ اللهَ وَشَكَرْتَهُ وعَلِمْتَ أنَّهُ مِنْهُ، تَوَحَّدَكَ بهَا وأَحْبَبتَ هذا إذ كَانَ سَبَباً مِنْ أَسْبَاب نِعَـــــــمِ اللهِ عَلَيْكَ وَترْجُو لَهُ بَعْدَ ذلِكَ خَيرًا، فإنَّ أَسْبَابَ النِّعَمِ بَرَكَةٌ حَيثُ مَا كَانتْ وَإنْ كَانَ لَمْ يَتَعَمَّدَ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
49. The Right of one who does evil to you
The right of him who does evil to you is that you pardon him. But if you know that your pardon will harm him, you defend yourself. God says, whosoever defends himself after he has been wronged - against them there is no way (42:41).
wa amma haqqu man sa'aka al-qaḍa'u 'ala yadayhi bi qawl aw fi'l fa in kana ta'ammadaha kana al-'afw awla bik li ma feehi lahu min al-qam' wa ḥusn al-adab ma'a katheer amthalihi min al-khalq, fa inna Allaha yaqool: (wa la man intaṣara ba'da ẓulmihi fa ula'ika ma 'alayhim min sabeel. innama as-sabeel 'ala alladheena yaẓlimoon an-nas wa yabghoona fee al-arḍ bi ghayr al-ḥaqq, ula'ika lahum 'adhabun aleem. wa la man ṣabara wa ghafara inna dhalika la min 'azm al-umoor) wa qala 'azza wa jalla: (wa in 'aqabtum fa 'aqiboo bi mithli ma 'ooqibtum bihi wa la in ṣabartum la huwa khayrun li aṣ-ṣabireen) hadha fee al-'amd fa in lam yakun 'amdan lam taẓlimhu bi ta'ammud al-intiṣar minhu fa takuna qad kaf'atuhu fee ta'ammud 'ala khaṭa'. wa rafiqta bihi wa radadtahu bi alṭaf ma taqdir 'alayh. wa la quwwata illa billah.
حق من ساءك القضاء على يديه بقول أو فعل
وَأمّــــــا حَقُّ مَنْ سَاءَكَ القَضَاءُ عَلَى يَدَيهِ بقَوْل أَوْ فِعْل فَإنْ كَانَ تَعَمَّدَهَا كَانَ العَفْوُ أَوْلَى بكَ لِمَا فِيهِ لَهُ مِن القَمْعِ وَحُسْنِ الأَدَب مَعَ كَثِيرِ أَمْثالِهِ مِنَ الخَلْقِ، فإنَّ اللهَ يَقُولُ: ﴿وَلَمَنِ انتَصَرَ بَعْــــــــــــدَ ظُلْمِهِ فَأُولئِكَ مَا عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ سَبيلٍ. إنمَّا السّبيلُ عَلى الَّذين يظْلِمونَ النَّاسَ ويَبغونَ في الأرْضَ بغَيرِ الحَقِّ، أُولئِكَ لهُم عَذابٌ أليِمٌ. وَلمَنْ صَبَرَ وَغَفَرَ إنَّ ذلِكَ لََمِنْ عَزْمِ الأُمُور﴾ وَقَــــــــــــــــــالَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: ﴿وَإنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا بمِثلِ مَــــــــــــــا عُوقِبتُمْ به وَلَئِنْ صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِلصَّابرِين﴾ هَـــــــــذا فِي الْعَمْدِ فَإنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَمْدًا لَمْ تَظْلِمْهُ بتَعَمُّدِ الانتِصَارِ مِنْهُ فَتَكُونَ قَدْ كَافَأتَهُ فِي تَعَمُّد عَلَى خَطَأ. وَرَفِقْتَ بهِ وَرَدَدتَهُ بأَلْطَفِ مَا تقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ. وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.
50. The Right of the People of your Creed
The right of the people of your creed (milla) is harboring safety for them, compassion toward them, kindness toward their evildoer, treating them with friendliness, seeking their well-being, thanking their good-doer, and keeping harm away from them. You should love for them what you love for yourself and dislike for them what you dislike for yourself. Their old men stand in the place of your father, their youths in the place of your brothers, their old women in the place of your mother, and their young ones in the place of your children.
wa amma haqqu ahl millatika 'ammah fa iḍmar as-salamah wa nashr janah ar-raḥmah wa ar-rifq bi musee'ihim wa ta'allufuhum wa istiṣlaḥuhum wa shukr muḥsinihim ila nafsihi wa ilayk, fa inna iḥsanahu ila nafsihi iḥsanuhu ilayka idha kaffa 'anka adhah wa kafaka ma'oonatah wa ḥabasa 'anka nafsahu fa 'ammihim jamee'an bi da'watik wa unṣurhum jamee'an bi nuṣratik wa anzaltahum jamee'an minka manazilahum, kabeerahum bi manzilat al-walid wa ṣagheerahum bi manzilat al-walad wa awsaṭahum bi manzilat al-akh. fa man atak ta'ahadtahu bi luṭf wa raḥmah. wa ṣil akhaka bi ma yajib li al-akh 'ala akhih.
حق أهل ملتك عامة
وَأمّــــــــــا حَقُّ أَهْلِ مِلَّتِكَ عَامَّةً فَإضْـــــــــــمَارُ السَّلامَةِ وَنشْرِ جَنَــــــــــــــــاحِ الرَّحْمَةِ وَالرِّفْقِ بمُسِيئِهــــــــــــــــــــِمْ وَتأَلُّفُهُمْ وَاسْتِصْلاحُهُمْ وَشُكْرُ مُحْسِنِهِمْ إلَى نفْسِهِ وَإلَيْكَ، فَإنَّ إحْسَانهُ إلَى نفْسِهِ إحْسَانهُ إلَيكَ إذا كَفَّ عَنْكَ أَذاهُ وَكَفَاكَ مَئونتَهُ وَحَبَسَ عَنكَ نفْسَهُ فَعَمِّهِمْ جَمِيعًا بدَعْوَتِكَ وَانصُرْهُمْ جَمِيعـاً بنُصْرَتِكَ وَأَنزَلتَهُمْ جَمِيعـــــــــــــــاً مِنْكَ مَنَـــــــــــازِلَهُمْ، كَبِيرَهُمْ بمَنْزِلَةِ الْوَالِـــــــــــدِ وَصَغِيرَهُمْ بمَنْزِلَةِ الْوَلَدِ وَأَوْسَـــــــــــــطَهُمْ بمَنْزِلَةِ الأَخِ. فَمَـنْ أَتـــــــــــــــاكَ تَعَاهَدْتَـــــــــــــــهُ بلُطْف وَرَحْمَة. وَصِلْ أَخَاكَ بمَا يَجِبُ لِلأَخِ عَلَى أَخِيهِ.
51. The Right of People under the protection of Islam
The right of the people under the protection [of Islam] (dhimma) is that you accept from them what God has accepted from them and you do no wrong to them as long as they fulfil God's covenant.
wa amma haqqu ahl adh-dhimmah fa al-ḥukmu feehim an taqbal minhum ma qabila Allahu, wa tafee bi ma ja'ala Allahu lahum min dhimmatihi wa 'ahdihi wa takiluhum ilayhi fee ma ṭalaboo min anfusihim wa ujbiru 'alayhi wa taḥkum feehim bi ma ḥakama Allahu bihi 'ala nafsika fee ma jara baynaka (wa baynahum) min mu'amalah wa li yakun baynaka wa bayna ẓulmihim min ri'ayat dhimmat Allahi wa al-wafa' bi 'ahdihi wa 'ahd rasool Allahi - ṣalla Allahu 'alayhi wa alihi - ḥa'il fa innahu balaghana annahu qala "man ẓalama mu'ahidan kuntu khaṣmahu" fa ittaqi Allaha. wa la ḥawla wa la quwwata illa billah. fa hadhihi khamsoona ḥaqqan muḥeeṭan bik la takhruj minha fee ḥal min al-aḥwal, yajib 'alayka ri'ayatuha wa al-'amal fee ta'diyatiha wa al-isti'anah bi Allahi jalla thana'uhu 'ala dhalik. wa la ḥawla wa la quwwata illa billahi wa al-ḥamdu li Allahi rabb al-'alameen.
حق أهل الذمة
وَأمّــــــــــــــــــــــا حَقُّ أَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ فَالحُكْمُ فِيهِـــــمْ أَنْ تَقبَلَ مِنْهُمْ مَا قَبِلَ اللهُ، وَتَفِي بمَا جَعَلَ اللهُ لَهُمْ مِنْ ذِمَّتِهِ وَعَهْدِهِ وَتكِلُهُمْ إلَيهِ فِيمَا طَلبُوا مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِــــــــــــــمْ وَأُجْبرُِوا عَلَيْهِ وَتحْكُمَ فِيهِمْ بمَـــــــــــــــــا حَكَمَ اللهُ بهِ عَلَى نفْسِكَ فِيمَا جَرَى بَيْنَكَ (وَبيْنَهمْ) مِنْ مُعَامَلَة وَلْيَكُنْ بَينَكَ وَبيْنَ ظُلْمِهِمْ مِنْ رِعَايَةِ ذِمَّةِ اللَّهِ وَالْوَفَاءِ بعَهْــــــــــــــدِهِ وَعَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ - حَائِلٌ فَإنَّهُ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّهُ قَالَ "مَنْ ظَلَمَ مُعَاهِـــدًا كُنْتُ خَصْمَهُ" فَاتَّقِ اللَّهَ. وَلا حَوْلَ ولا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ.