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The freedom of the Sharî’ah arising from îmân commands two principles:

اَنْ لاَ يُذَلِّلَ وَ لاَ يَتَذَلَّلَمَنْ كَانَ عَبْدًا لِلّٰهِ لاَ يَكُونُ عَبْدًا لِلْعِبَادِ لاَ يَجْعَلْ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا

اَرْبَابًا مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ نَعَمْ اَلْحُرِّيَّةُ الشَّرْعِيَّةُ عَطِيَّةُ الرَّحْمٰنِ

That is, îmân necessitates not insulting others and making them fall into abasement through oppression and despotism, and not being humiliated by dhâlims. One who is truly an ‘abd of Allah cannot be an ‘abd to others. Do not take each other as your Rabb other than Allah! That is, one who does not recognise Allah will attribute a rubûbiyyah to everything and everyone in proportion to their degree, and he will cause them to worry him and attack himself. Yes, the freedom of the Sharî’ah is Janâb-i Haqq’s bounty through the manifestation of His Names Rahmân and Rahîm and is a characteristic of îmân.