Abu Ad-Darda- narrated that The Prophet ﷺ said:
“Whoever has been given his portion of compassion, has been given his portion of good. Whoever has been denied his portion of compassion, has been denied his portion of good. Good character will be the weightiest thing on the believer’s scales on The Day of Rising. For sure, Allah hates the shameless, vulgar, corrupt person.”
– [Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, Kitab Ar-Rifq]

Date/Time

Sunday, 28 November 2021
2pm – 5pm
This course will be conducted online on Google Meet.

Instructor

Ustaz Taufiq bin Radja Nurul Bahri

Synopsis

The concept of ethics and morality has been studied for a long time in human history. There have always been ideas and suggested frameworks for the real-world application of morality and moral behaviour, however, there have been its fair share of debate and controversy on the various ideas and theories circulated within this field of thought and study. The struggle to reach a well-defined, holistic moral philosophy has no doubt been amplified by the exclusion and neglect of religion and its perspectives, not discounting the fact that the waves of an increasingly modern society have led us towards the inexplicably dangerous waters of moral relativism.

Islam’s framework of morality and ethics is objectively well-defined by our core sources of the religion. One of the fundamental sciences within Islamic academia is Tasawwuf, also referred to as Tazkiyat An-Nafs, or Akhlaq. This dedicated study on the human character, built on the foundations of The Quran and The Sunnah, helps to facilitate us towards reaching one of the core objectives of The Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ mission: to perfect good human character.

Points Of Discussion Include:

• To Perfect Good Character: A Study of The Prophet’s ﷺ Mission To Establish Ethical Human Behaviour
• Internal Comportment: Thoughts & Actions That Make You Who You Are
• External Decorum: Behaving & Living As A Person of Ethical Standards
• Embodying The Prophetic Character: A Journey of Self-Rectification & Emulation of The Best of Mankind

While we attempt to understand the deontology of Fiqh and how it helps us to advance our practical application of Islam’s framework of morality and ethics, we are also urged to study the theories and foundational concepts of Islam’s moral philosophy, illustrated by The Quran and The Sunnah, so that we are able to distinguish between the morality that originates from divinely-inspired revelation, and that which is developed by human thought, so that we can set our priorities correctly when thinking about moral philosophy.

The Sunnah of The Prophet ﷺ offers so much to study, to develop our moral psychology and cognition, and to understand and internalize the moral agency that we uphold as servants of God. The sheer level of detail, practicality and relatability from the examples within The Sunnah of The Prophet ﷺ allows for Islam to set a framework of moral philosophy that is quite simply unrivalled.

Pre-Requisite

Registrants are required to have access to internet on the day of the course. Registrants will be required to turn off their audio/video visibility. We will be sharing an invitation link to all registrants 1 day prior to the course.