Human Rights are legislated by Allaah

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Shaykh Saalih bin Sa`d as-Suhaymee (hafidhahullaah) states: 

When Islam ruled the world, and when the strength and power were with the Muslims, and when Islam was in the state of superiority hundreds of years or so ago, then the world was led with justice, and the world was led with goodness, and the world was led with safety, security, and objectivity, all of those matters that the people call today "human rights," Islam gathered them, Islam put them in the proper place, Islam reserved them and preserved them without ifraat or tafreet - meaning, without exaggeration in either direction - without exaggeration in extremeness or in shortness. 

As Allaah says in [the] Qur'aan: 

"Thus We have made you [true Muslims - real believers of Islamic Monotheism, true followers of Prophet Muhammad sall'allaahu 'alayhi wa sallam and his Sunnah (legal ways)], a Wasat (just) (and the best) nation, that you be witnesses over mankind and the Messenger (Muhammad sallallaahu 'alayhi was allam) be a witness over you." [al-Baqarah 2:143]

And the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) stated:

"Give glad tidings and make things easy for the people, and do not make things hard."

And the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wasallam) said: 

"This deen (religion) is easy, and no one goes to extremes in it except that it overcomes him." 

So he (sallalaahu alayhi wa sallam) said:

"Seek help by doing actions of good deeds in the morning and evening, and something at night.¹"   

So were the Muslims to put into practice this deen, were they to actually to act upon its dictates, were they to follow Qur'aan and Sunnah without any extremeness or without any type of slacking or lacking, then they would be upon that which is sound, and they could guide everyone else amongst the creation. 

^{[1] meaning: the prayers at night etc.} 

Taken from the audio: Advice to Those Who Want to be on the Straight Path by Shaykh Saalih as-Suhaymee