The Sources of Common Principles of Morality and Ethics in Islam

The Sources of Common Principles of Morality and Ethics in Islam

 Introductory Remarks

 All nations have common principles in morality and ethics. The source of these moral and ethical attitudes can be traced back to three main sources:

1. Intuitive Reasoning (al-fitra) or the basic innate constitution of all human beings. In every person there is an innate intuition that can guide him/her to right or wrong in, at least, the basic morals. Killing an innocent person is repudiated and considered as an abominable, detestable crime, by all normal human beings whose innate constitution has not been distorted by wrong beliefs, practices, and attitudes. The Qur’an extolled the unblemished innate nature in many verses, including, for example, the following: Our Sibghah (religion) is the Sibghah (Religion) of Allah (Islam) and which Sibghah (religion) can be better than Allah’s? And we are His worshippers. (Q. 2:138) So direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth....

What is Islam

for NON MUSLIMS

What is Islam?

Islam is not a new religion, but the same truth that God revealed through all His prophets to every people. For a fifth of the world’s population, Islam is both a religion and a complete way of life. Muslims follow a religion of peace, mercy, and forgiveness, and the majority have nothing to do with the extremely grave events which have come to be associated with their faith.....

آداب اسلامی و نظام معاشرت الهی_5

.....16- باب کراهت شرکت دادن افراد فرومایه و گنهکار در امور

1-[1] عمّار بن موسى گوید: امام صادق (ع) فرمود: اى عمّار اگر دوست دارى که نعمت براى تو دوام داشته، و مروّت تو کامل و بى‏عیب باشد و زندگى‏ات روبراه شود بردگان و افراد فرومایه را در کار خود دخالت نده، زیرا اگر آنها را امین دانستى به تو خیانت کنند و اگر خبرى به تو دهند دروغ گویند، اگر مصیبتى برایت پیش آید تو را خوار کنند، و اگر وعده کنند خلف وعده نمایند.

عمّار گفت، از امام صادق (ع) شنیدم که مى‏فرمود: نیکان که یک دیگر را دوست بدارند براى آنان ثواب، و بدان که افراد نیک را دوست بدارند براى نیکان فضیلت، و دشمنى بدکاران با نیکان زینت و افتخار براى نیکوکاران، و دشمنى نیکوکاران با بدان ذلّت و خوارى بدکاران است......