The greatest right of God 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…
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Risālat al-Ḥuqūq · Volume 1 · Section 2 · 9 narrations
The right of your self (nafs) against you is that you employ it in obeying God; then you deliver [i.e. fulfill] to your tongue its right, to your hearing its right, to your sight its right, to your hand its right, to…
Read the full narration →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…
Read the full narration →The right of hearing is to keep it pure from listening to backbiting (ghiba) and listening to that to which it is unlawful to listen.
Read the full narration →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. [1]
Read the full narration →The right of your hand is that you stretch it not toward that which is unlawful to you.
Read the full narration →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 (al-sirat), so you should see to it that your legs do not slip and…
Read the full narration →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 after you become full.
Read the full narration →The right of your private part is that you protect it from fornication and guard it against being looked upon.
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