Judicial Law Views Quarterly (Law Views)

The Shi'a Imams have properly detected the ugly feature of poverty and recognized its religious and worldly harms, and their resolution to uproot poverty is conspicuous in their teachings. A juridical (and not prescriptive) approach to some narrations could realize the concern of divine law over the rights of the poor, such as their right to enrich, and their right to reprimand those responsible for their poverty. The poor have the right to enjoy an average living, and the rich and governors are due to lower their poverty. As long as there is poverty, there are people who have not accomplished their tasks, and the poor can claim their rights from natural persons (like relatives) or legal persons (like the government) who have caused their poverty, and to prosecute them in an independent court, the judge of which is not under the influence of power or wealth, in case of their refusal.

Having a second examination of religious sources, this article tries to discover the religious point of view about the rights of the poor and supporting them.