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Islamic ethics (Arabic: أخلاق إسلامية) is the "philosophical reflection upon moral conduct" with a view to defining "good character" and attaining the "pleasure of God" (raza-e Ilahi). [1] [2] It is distinguished from "Islamic morality", which pertains to "specific norms or codes of behavior". [1]
Morality in Islam addresses every aspect of a Muslim’s life, from greetings to international relations. It is universal in its scope and in its applicability. Morality reigns in selfish desires, vanity and bad habits.
Islamic ethics differ from the Western concept as these are derived from God, directly from the Quran, and from the practices of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). It is therefore a set of beliefs and actions that is divine and transcends the limitations of time, place and tradition.
This series provides a Quran-inspired, traditionally-grounded, philosophically alert, and highly readable account of Islamic ethics or akhlaq.
Islam is the religion that unites the entire humanity from Adam till doomsday and considers all nations to have witnessed One God through the messages and teachings of their respective prophets: There is no nation that was not given an admonisher.
The concept of God in Islam is the purest form of monotheism and is a consistent and coherent system of belief that is completely independent from any other belief. Implication of Ethics. The concept of God in Islam affects its ethical system in many ways.
More recently, the various nation-states and communities that constitute the global Muslim ummah (community), are expressing a need, in varying degrees, to relate their Islamic heritage to questions of national and cultural self-identification.
Akhlaq (Arabic: أخلاق) is the practice of virtue, morality and manners in Islamic theology and falsafah (philosophy). The science of ethics (`Ilm al-Akhlaq) teaches that through practice and conscious effort man can surpass their natural dispositions and natural state (Fitrah) to become more ethical and well mannered.
A good introduction to the ethical vision of the Qurʾan and the origins of various approaches to applied ethics in the first three centuries of Islam. Stelzer, Steffen A. J. “Ethics.” In The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology.
In Islam, ethics should be studied in relation to law and jurisprudence (fiqh), philosophy– theology (kala ̄m, falsafah) as well as mysticism (tasawwuf).