«Delving into Religious Teachings for the Culture of Labor and Apreciation of the Status of the Worker»

Working is one of the most basic and essential aspects of human›s life as it clarifies the intrinsic mettle of human and activates their potential talents, thus, making the society a lively and aspiring one. Various human schools of thoughts have profferred different viewpoints on labor, yet among them, the view of Islam enjoys a salient position. In the culture of Islam, working is considered as a part of the way human is to tred upon to become closer to Allah and was thus always emphasized by the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and the 14 Impeccables. The article at hand is aimed at finding the roots of the culture of highlighting the significance of labor and the status of the worker in Islamic texts and narrations, and in this regard the speeches of the Supreme Leader as well as those of the late Imam Khomeini have been taken into consideration, as both of these two have had the rein of the Isamic society as Islamologists and adept faghihs and utilized their knowledge and expertise which are regarded as outstandingly important in the appreciation of the position of labor and the laborer in the view of Islamic governments.