Being responsible is one of the most salient features of human and humanitarian governments. Sa'di, an experienced literary scholar, has a great deal of theories about citizenship rights. From his point of view, government should be responsible for people's problems and try to solve them. This study aims to analyze citizenship rights in Sa'di's Bustan. This research is a descriptive-analytical one based on documents. Impotence of this article is to analyze citizenship rights in Sa'di's Bustan that can be useful for nowadays governments. Authorities want to compare Sa'di's social viewpoints and citizenship rights with those of his utopia. The results show that purpose of legal regulations and common laws monitoring society is to keep human beings status, regulate social relations among individuals, and especially reach to equality and justice.

Please cite this article as: Asadi Gorji E, Babajani Gorji Z. Principles and Characteristics of Citizenship Rights in Saadi's Bustan. Iran J Med Law 2017; 11(40): 179-191.