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Iḥsān ( Arabic: إحسان ), is an Arabic term meaning "beautification", "perfection" or "excellence", but in Islam it is also defined (by Malcolm Clark) as ethics/morality "literally virtue, including right living," and (according to Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood) is a matter of taking one's inner faith and showing it in both deed and action.
Islamic ethics. Islamic ethics (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]
Literal meaning. behavior. Adab ( Arabic: أدب) in the context of behavior, refers to prescribed Islamic etiquette: "refinement, good manners, morals, decorum, decency, humaneness". [1] Al-Adab ( Arabic: الآداب) has been defined as "decency, morals". [2] While interpretation of the scope and particulars of Adab may vary among different ...
Barakzai. v. t. e. Pashtunwali ( Pashto: پښتونوالی ), also known as Pakhtunwali and Afghaniyat, [1] is the traditional lifestyle or a code of honour and tribal code of the Pashtun people, from Afghanistan and Pakistan, by which they live. Many scholars widely have interpreted it as being "the way of the Pashtuns" or "the code of life". [2]
Morality. Morality (from Latin moralitas 'manner, character, proper behavior') is the categorization of intentions, decisions and actions into those that are proper (right) and those that are improper (wrong). [1] Morality can be a body of standards or principles derived from a code of conduct from a particular philosophy, religion or culture ...
Sharia ( / ʃəˈriːə /; Arabic: شَرِيعَة, romanized : sharīʿah, IPA: [ʃaˈriːʕa]) is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition [1] [2] [3] based on scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran and hadith. [1]
Maslaha or maslahah (Arabic: مصلحة, lit. ' public interest ') is a concept in Sharia (Islamic divine law) regarded as a basis of law. It forms a part of extended methodological principles of Islamic jurisprudence (uṣūl al-fiqh) and denotes prohibition or permission of something, according to necessity and particular circumstances, on the basis of whether it serves the public interest ...
v. t. e. Fiqh ( / fiːk /; [1] Arabic: فقه [fiqh]) is Islamic jurisprudence. [2] Fiqh is often described as the human understanding and practices of the sharia, [3] that is human understanding of the divine Islamic law as revealed in the Quran and the sunnah (the teachings and practices of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions).