Introduction Social Responsibilities
Every society grants responsibilities to its residents so that due to mutual relations, unpleasant situation could be avoided and human relations remain maintained. The negative activities produced in society could be confronted in this manner and mutual relations remain strong. Islam is a complete code of life. It has prescribed some principles for a society too. By acting on them, not only human relations remain stable but there are feelings of affection produced later. If these are not followed, then a society doesn't maintain its balance and there is discrepancy. Therefore, such morality and customs which promote love, good behavior and kindness are called the best morality. Such moral values and customs which produce bias, enmity are called cheap or bad morality.
The Best Morality:
Islam wants to see human society prospering, Therefore, it has given great importance to Ikhlaq-e-Husna and made it mandatory for muslims to follow moral values and made it their religious duty. In this regard some best moral values are highlighted:
i. Honesty:
Honesty means to follow religious principles but its implication is specified with someone's given thing and then returning it back. Broadly, to perform responsibilities according to their due rights is honesty. If someone doesn't do his responsibilities according to the rights, then that person is dishonest to society and he will be accountable on the day of judgment about that, we know about it from this hadees, "Everyone among you is responsible and he is accountable for his subjects: A ruler is responsible for his subjects and accountable for them. A man is responsible on his family members and accountable for them. A woman is responsible for her husband, house and children and she will be asked about them and a slave is responsible for belongings of his master and answerable about them. Verily! Everyone among you is responsible and every one is answerable about his subjects. "The word truth has also same meanings like honesty and trustworthiness. The difference is that truth is the attestation of individual actions and sayings and trust means the attestation of mutual or collective affairs.
ii. Trust worthiness in the light of Quran:
For strengthening that social and economic ties, trust worthiness is a basic condition, a society where from reliability is eliminated, there is major problem produced from business dealings to house affairs. Trust is over from each other. To save its followers from all such harms (illegal issues), Islam directs trustworthiness.
Allah says in Quran:
إن الله يأمركم أن تُؤَدُّوا الأمنتِ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا) (النساء: 58
Translation: Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to whom they are due.
والذين هم لامنيمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ ) (المؤمنون :8)
Translation: And they who are to their trusts and their promises attentive.
iii. Reliability in light of hadees:
Everyone knows about Hazrat Muhammad that even before announcing his Prophet hood, he was called as 'sadiq and ameen' in the dishonest society of Arabs. He had that fairness in keeping trust that while migrating to Madina, he arranged for returning belongings of others, who were after his life. Islam doesn't limit the idea of trustworthiness to trade only but by expanding it, and covering other human rights are also regarded trustworthiness. Holy Prophet said that gossiping done in a gathering is also an 'amanah' means listening one thing at one gathering and telling it on other place is also dishonesty. Further, Muslims are advised to consider all their mental and physical abilities as gift by Allah and to use them with their feelings that one day they would be accountable to Allah for all those blessings. According to this definition of reliability, it is impossible that a person is a Muslim and dishonest too. Hazrat Muhammad said “A person who doesn't keep trust is not a Muslim.
iv. Trustworthiness and the character of the Prophet:
People of Makkah remembered Rasullulah as 'sadiq' and 'ameen'. While migration to Madina, people's belonging were there with him. To return them he left Hazrat Ali in his absence. After returning those belongings to their true masters, Hazrat Ali migrated to Madinah. It is our obligation also that we follow the way of Holy Prophet.
