Reciprocal Rights (Risalatu’l-Huquq)

Reciprocal Rights (Risalatu’l-Huquq)

Risalat al-Huquq is a hadith from Imam Sajjad (a.s.) about fifty rights that are incumbent upon man, such as the rights of God, the leaders, the body parts, relatives, and actions such as prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, sacrifice, and charity. This hadith was narrated from Abu Hamzah al-Thumali, and its oldest sources are Tuhaf al-Uqul, written by Ibn Shu’bah al-Harrani (d. 381 AH), and three books by Sheikh Saduq (d. 381 AH), Man laiyahadhurah al-Faqih (one of the four Imami books), al-Khasal, and al-Amal. Hadith scholars consider this hadith to be authentic due to the credibility of its narrators and hadith sources. This hadith has been translated into many languages, including Persian, English, French, Urdu, and Hindi, and many commentaries have been written on it in Persian and Arabic.