Absolute Justice, Kindness and Kinship — Page 116
Violations of Justice 115 warned the believers that just as man has rights on other things, so all other things have rights on man. Market places, roads and highways have their rights on those who use them. Regarding the rights of markets, the Prophet sa reminds us that to stand in public places or roads without purpose and interfering with the free flow of traffic is objectionable. Similarly to make encroachments for the purpose of extending shops etc. is against the spirit of his sa admonition. The Holy Prophet sa said that faith is divided into seventy tiers, the lowest of them being the habit of cleaning pathways of all obstructions. How on earth could this be a constituent of faith, one may wonder? A second glance at the same, however, can easily make one understand the wisdom underlying this statement. True faith in God requires that security and protection which one receives from God, should also be extended to His other creatures. Hence, if someone is remiss in discharging his responsibility of extending security and protection to others, he would have faltered in his faith. It is evident from this that Islam’s sphere of instruction comprises everything that he may require even at the lowest levels. How ironic and tragic indeed it is, that in most Muslim countries today these basic instructions are so commonly violated. The roads and pathways are often in a miserable state of non-repair. Even the government agencies which dig channels on the main highways for the purpose of