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[quote]Oh dear Nida, how could I make you understand that status and legal rights of an individual are not contradictory to kindness (Ehsan) and compassion. In fact Islam orders you to observe justice with kindness (Adl wal Ehsan). Islam ordains you to be kind to the animals even and there are secular laws also about preventing cruelty to animals. But this does not mean that they have any legal rights which can be agitated in a court of law. In fact the concept of human rights has  a a very recent origin which has lead to prohibition of the institution of slavery altogether even in the Islamic Constitution of Pakistan. One can understand the difficulty to reconcile the concepts prevalent in a pre-Islamic slave-owning society of 14 centuries ago for the people with the mind-set of 21st century human rights.

You just read the story of Hazrat Yousaf, a prophet-slave, in the Quran and see what was the status of the slaves in those days. No body questioned Zulekhah having sexual desire for his slave but the latter was incarcerated for no fault of his. Again Hazrat Younas was thrown in the sea only on the suspicion that he was a run-away slave. Afala Tadabiroon.[/quote]

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