تهذيبَاألخالقَعندَالراغبَاألصفهاني

Farid, Irfan Taufik and Mohd Amin, Wan Mohd Azam (2022) تهذيبَاألخالقَعندَالراغبَاألصفهاني. Al-Itqan: Journal of Islamic Sciences and Comparative Studies, 6 (1). pp. 165-193. E-ISSN 2600-8432

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Abstract

The article deals with the issue of refinement of characters according to one of prominent Muslim scholars; Al-Rāghib Al-Aṣfahānī. This article aims to reveal his position on this subject by presenting his ideas in defining characters, the factors from which characters originate, whether they are good or bad, the reason for their difference and the possibility of changing them as well as the ways to refine them. This study is based on the analytical method. The study concludes that characters according to Al-Aṣfahānī, has several meanings, and it has factors that cause its emergence and differences, and this characters, according to him, are subject to change, while refinement of them is necessary because of its relation with the purpose of creation of mankind; to construct the earth, to worship The Creator, and to play the role as caliph of Allah in this earth. According to him its refinement should be applied through knowledge and worship, and it is necessary to consider the Sharia as one of the means of disciplining it

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Al-Rāghib, Al-Aṣfahānī, characters, refinement of characters, caliph.
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics > BJ1188 Religious ethics
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion
Depositing User:	Professor W Mohd Azam Mohd Amin
Date Deposited:	14 Jul 2022 09:14
Last Modified:	14 Jul 2022 09:17
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/98770

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