Journal of Religion and the Contemporary World

Journal of Religion and the Contemporary World

"Human dignity or believer's dignity"

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 PhD Student in Fiqh and Fundamentals of Islamic Law, Department of Theology, Mofid University, Qom, Iran.
2 Associate Professor, Department of Law, Mofid University, Qom, Iran.
Abstract
On the one hand, numerous verses, various narrations and reason of reason indicate the inherent dignity of human beings. But on the other hand, in religious sources, we come across many statements that emphasize the preservation of the dignity and rights of believers; It is possible to understand from them that honoring is special for believers and does not include non-believers or non-Muslims from the point of view of Islam; In such a way that some jurists have clarified this view in their fatwas. Therefore, the present descriptive and analytical research aims to answer the main question: Is dignity an inalienable characteristic of all human beings or is it reserved only for believers? In the beginning, this research explains the view of those who believe that "dignity belongs to the believer" and their arguments, then it criticizes and examines this point of view the inclusiveness and innateness of human dignity for all Humans prove it. The author has found that the inherent dignity of all human beings can be proven from the point of view of jurisprudence with eleven reasons, and the principle is on the dignity of all human beings and the extension of the resulting rights to all human beings.
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