- DEDICATION
- TRANSLATORS’ FORWARD
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- the first part of Imam Ali ibn al-Hussein's treatise on rights
- RIGHTS OF GOD
- RIGHTS OF DEEDS
- RIGHTS OF LEADERS
- RIGHTS OF SUBJECTS
- RIGHTS OF RELATIONS OF KIN
- RIGHTS OF OTHERS
- 26- THE RIGHT OF MASTER ON THE FREED SLAVE
- 27- THE RIGHT OF THE FREED SLAVE ON HIS MASTER
- 28- THE RIGHT OF HIM WHO TREATS YOU KINDLY
- 29- THE RIGHT OF THE CALLER TO PRAYER
- 30- THE RIGHT OF THE RITUAL PRAYER LEADER
- 31- THE RIGHT OF YOUR SITTING COMPANION
- 32- THE RIGHT OF THE NEIGHBOR
- 33- THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANION
- 34- THE RIGHT OF THE PARTNER
- 35- THE RIGHT OF PROPERTY
- 36- THE RIGHT OF THE CREDITOR
- 37- THE RIGHT OF THE ASSOCIATE
- 38- THE RIGHT OF THE ADVERSARY
- 39- THE RIGHT OF HIM WHO SEEKS YOUR ADVICE
- 40- THE RIGHT OF HIM WHOSE ADVICE YOU SEEK
- 41- THE RIGHT OF HIM WHO SEEKS YOUR COUNSEL
- 42- THE RIGHT OF THE COUNSELOR
- 43- THE RIGHT OF THE OLDER ONE
- 44- THE RIGHT OF THE YOUNGER ONE
- 45- THE RIGHT OF HIM WHO BEGS FROM YOU
- 46- THE RIGHT OF HIM FROM WHOM YOU BEG
- 47- THE RIGHT OF HIM THROUGH WHOM GOD MAKES YOU HAPPY
- 48- THE RIGHT OF HIM WHO WRONGS YOU
- 49- THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE OF YOUR CREED
- 50- THE RIGHT OF THOSE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF ISLAM
- ENDNOTES
- endnote
THE COMPLETE EDITION OF THE TREATISE ON RIGHTS
DEDICATION
We dedicate this work to both of our parents to whom we are greatly indebted- our fathers : the Late Mr . Mohammad Mehdi Peiravi, and Mr . Charles Henry Morgan, and our mothers who are alive and whom we and our children love and are still under their spiritual protection and loving support : Mrs . Talat Shaykh Peiravi and Mrs . Betty June Morgan .
Dr . Ali Peiravi
Ms . Lisa Zaynab Morgan
TRANSLATORS’ FORWARD
We thank God the Almighty for the opportunity granted to us to undertake the preparation of THE COMPLETE EDITION OF THE TREATISE ON RIGHTS by the fourth religious leader in the line of the Prophet of God, Ali ibn al-Hussein known as Imam Sajjad (a)[1] for his extended prostrations to God . THE TREATISE ON RIGHTS has already been translated by William C . Chittick and published . Mr . Chittick has provided a good translation . However, he has not translated the complete version of the Treatise . As he has stated in his introduction, there exist two transmitted versions . One is in Al-Khisal and Al-Amali, both compiled by Shaykh As-Saduq, and the other one is in Tuhaf al-Uqoul compiled by Ibn Shu’ba . Both versions are provided in Bihar al-Anwar . Mr . Chittick has provided a translation of the earlier edition that is shorter . In this COMPLETE EDITION OF THE TREATISE ON RIGHTS, we have attempted to provide the translation of the second version . However, we have also included what is stated in the other