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Islamic Ethics

A scholarly guide to good character

“And indeed, you are of a great moral character.” (Al-Qalam 68:4)

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Foundations of Good Character

Good Character

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✦Good Character and How to Attain It ✦Justice ✦Forgiveness ✦Fidelity to One's Word ✦Love of God ✦Magnanimity ✦Mediation / Reconciliation ✦Divine Love ✦Concealing Faults ✦Determination ✦Peace ✦Insight ✦Expansion (Spiritual Joy) ✦Acquittal / Innocence ✦Cheerfulness ✦Pledge of Allegiance ✦Righteousness (Birr) ✦Lending ✦Courage ✦Excellence / Quality ✦Spiritual Attraction ✦Generosity ✦Invitation (to Islam) ✦Awe / Terror ✦Guidance / Indication ✦Guarding the Tongue ✦Sagacity ✦Religiosity ✦Truthfulness ✦Friendship ✦Supplication ✦Good Manners (Adab) ✦Competence ✦Trust (Amanah) ✦Security / Safety ✦Poverty (Spiritual) ✦Virtue ✦Self-sacrifice ✦Intelligence ✦Contemplation ✦Fleeing (from Battle) ✦Discernment ✦Chivalry (Futuwwa) ✦Zeal / Diligence ✦Contentment / Wealth of Heart ✦Admiration (Benign Envy) ✦Being Strong ✦Fairness ✦Enjoining Truth ✦Spiritual State (Hal) ✦Seclusion ✦Praise (of God) ✦Zeal / Devotion ✦Good Deed ✦Reverent Awe ✦Fear of God ✦Modesty / Shame ✦Bewilderment (Spiritual) ✦Wishing Good for Others ✦Prudence ✦Exchanging Gifts ✦Bashfulness ✦Migration (Hijra) ✦Guidance ✦Wisdom ✦Forbearance ✦Protection ✦Aspiration ✦Guarding the Tongue ✦Disposition / Character ✦Humility (Khushu) ✦Respect ✦Freedom ✦Good Opinion (of Others) ✦Sorrow ✦Worship ✦Absolving a Debt ✦Taking Heed ✦Responding (to a Call) ✦Chastity ✦Nullification of Deeds ✦Sincerity (Ikhlas) ✦Excellence / Benevolence ✦Caution ✦Hospitality / Honouring ✦Moderation / Economy ✦Knowledge ✦Kind Words / Compliment ✦Spending in God's Way ✦Orderliness ✦Fairness / Equity ✦Willpower ✦Altruism (Ithar) ✦Infallibility / Chastity ✦Seeking Help (from God) ✦Seeking Refuge (in God) ✦Seeking Forgiveness ✦Seeking Guidance (Istikhara) ✦Uprightness ✦Saying 'We Belong to God' ✦Consultation (Shura) ✦Stability ✦Seeking Permission ✦Obedience ✦Moderation ✦Trust / Reliance ✦Holding Fast (to God) ✦Serenity of Heart ✦Unity ✦God-consciousness ✦Honour / Dignity ✦Contraction (Spiritual) ✦Heroism ✦Contentment ✦Intent ✦Speech / Theology ✦Nobility / Generosity ✦Earning a Living ✦Nearness (to God) ✦Pleasantry / Jest ✦Gentleness ✦Grace / Kindness ✦Gnosis (Ma'rifah) ✦Enjoining Good ✦Mercy ✦Steadfastness ✦Affection ✦Social Conduct ✦Mutual Assistance ✦Love ✦Self-reckoning ✦Self-vigilance ✦Shaking Hands ✦Care / Concern ✦Striving of the Self ✦Diplomatic Kindness ✦Respite ✦Gentleness ✦Debate ✦Forbidding Evil ✦Manliness / Virtue ✦Peaceableness ✦Tolerance ✦Consultation ✦Loyal Allegiance ✦Honour ✦Sincere Advice ✦Remorse ✦Discipline of the Self ✦Cleanliness ✦Courtesy ✦Humble Entreaty ✦Remembrance of Death ✦Praise ✦Hope (in God) ✦Compassion ✦Contentment with God's Decree ✦Gentleness ✦Observance / Regard ✦Frontier Guarding (Ribat) ✦Maturity / Right Guidance ✦Patience ✦Enjoining Patience ✦Charity ✦Purity ✦Firmness ✦Righteousness ✦Invoking Blessings on the Prophet ✦Silence ✦Striving / Effort ✦Steadfastness ✦Generosity ✦Tranquility (Sakina) ✦Greeting with Salam ✦Praise ✦Truthfulness ✦Health / Soundness ✦Trustworthiness ✦Keeping Kinship Ties ✦Keeping Secrets ✦Peacemaking ✦Stillness ✦Silence ✦Joking ✦Valour ✦Intercession ✦Compassion ✦Ardour / Enthusiasm ✦Gratitude ✦Self-protection ✦Endurance ✦Purity / Cleanliness ✦Appreciation ✦Dissimulation (Taqiyya) ✦God-consciousness (Taqwa) ✦Giving Charity ✦Thrift / Disposal ✦Reverence ✦Condolence ✦Mutual Cooperation ✦Smiling ✦Devotion to God ✦Conveying the Message ✦Congratulation ✦Feigning Ignorance ✦Prudent Planning ✦Disciplining ✦Deliberateness ✦Reflection ✦Committing Affairs to God ✦Progress ✦Modest Covering (Hijab) ✦Submission (to God) ✦Responding to a Sneeze ✦Encouragement ✦Escorting a Guest ✦Repentance ✦Humility ✦Reliance on God ✦Divine Enabling ✦Purification of the Self ✦Servitude to God ✦Brotherhood ✦Withdrawal / Seclusion ✦Amity / Familiarity ✦Hope ✦Intimacy / Affinity ✦Keeping One's Promise ✦Unity ✦Love of Homeland ✦Dignity ✦Duty ✦Spiritual Ecstasy ✦Loyalty (Wala) ✦Loyalty / Faithfulness ✦Scrupulousness (Wara) ✦Certainty ✦Elegance ✦Remembrance of God ✦Ease ✦Feast / Hospitality ✦Visiting ✦Asceticism