Ethics of Islam, Part 1: There’s only one true path
Summary
TLDRThis script discusses Islamic ethics as detailed in the first chapter of the book 'Berica' by Abu Saeed Muhammad. It explores the significance of taqwa (piety) and the importance of cleansing oneself from vices to attain spiritual purity and avoid sins. The worst vices, such as disbelief and polytheism, are highlighted, along with their detrimental effects on the soul. The script emphasizes that true happiness in this world and the next is achieved by preventing sins and developing a heart naturally inclined to virtue, in accordance with Islamic teachings.
Takeaways
- 📖 The first chapter of the book explains 40 important vices and their remedies, based on the famous Islamic book Berica by Abu Saeed Muhammad.
- 📅 Berica was originally published in Arabic in 1284 Hijri (1868 A.D.) in Istanbul and reproduced in 1411 Hijri (1991 A.D.) by Hakikath Bookstore.
- 🕌 Taqwa (piety) is the essence of avoiding vices and is considered the most precious of all worships.
- ❌ Disbelief is the worst of all vices, and good deeds of a non-believer will not benefit them in the Hereafter.
- 🔍 The foundation of all virtues is taqwa, which leads to living peacefully in this world and obtaining eternal blessings.
- 💔 Vices cause diseases in the heart or soul, with disbelief (kuffer) and polytheism (shirk) being the most fatal.
- 🙏 Taoba (repentance) is necessary for forgiveness of sins, and those who violate human rights may face severe punishment.
- 🚫 Respecting statues or pictures of people assuming they possess divine attributes is considered polytheism (shirk).
- 📜 Certain actions are forbidden (haram), and not performing obligatory duties (fard) is also a grave sin.
- ❤️ The spiritual heart (qalb) must be developed to naturally avoid sins, which requires obedience to Islamic rules.
Q & A
What is the primary focus of the first chapter of the book 'Berica'?
-The first chapter of 'Berica' explains 40 of the most important vices and their remedies.
Who is the author of the book 'Berica'?
-The book 'Berica' was written by Abu Saeed Muhammad.
When and where was 'Berica' originally published?
-'Berica' was originally published in 1284 Hijri (1868 A.D) in Istanbul.
What is the most important concept in avoiding vices according to the book?
-The most important concept in avoiding vices is taqwa, which means the avoidance of vices and is considered the most precious of all worships.
What is considered the worst of all vices in 'Berica'?
-The worst of all vices is disbelief (kuffer).
How does the book describe the effect of vices on the soul?
-Vices cause disease in the heart or soul, and any increase in this disease can lead to the death of the soul, meaning disbelief or shirk.
What does shirk mean, and why is it significant in Islamic ethics?
-Shirk means to attribute partners to Allah. It is the worst form of disbelief and is considered a fatal poison of the soul.
What is the book's stance on paying respect to statues or pictures of respected figures?
-Paying respect to statues or pictures of respected figures is considered forbidden (Haram) and doing so makes a person a sinner (fasic). If done with the belief that these figures possess divine attributes, it is considered polytheism (shirk).
What is required for one to become a Wali, according to the book?
-To become a Wali, one must purify their heart so that avoiding sins becomes a natural habit. This requires obedience to the rules of Islam, including knowledge, practice, and sincerity.
What are the three parts of Islam as described in 'Berica'?
-The three parts of Islam described in 'Berica' are knowledge (ilum), practice (Amal), and sincerity (ikhlas).
Outlines
📚 Introduction to Islamic Ethics
The first chapter of an Islamic book on ethics explains 40 significant vices and their remedies. The book was originally written in Arabic in two volumes by Abu Saeed Muhammad and published in 1868 in Istanbul. The essence of spiritual loss is having vices, and avoiding them is known as taqwa, which is essential for worship. Disbelief is the worst vice, and good deeds without belief will not benefit in the Hereafter. The chapter emphasizes the importance of taqwa for peace in this life and eternal blessings.
🚫 The Grave Sin of Polytheism
The text elaborates on the severity of polytheism (shirk) and its consequences. Polytheism is attributing partners to Allah, which is an unforgivable sin. Believing that any creature possesses divine attributes and worshipping them is considered polytheism. Disbelief and disrespect towards Allah’s exclusive attributes lead to eternal punishment. The chapter further explains that respecting images of non-divine beings, even if not considered divine, is forbidden and can lead to sin.
🔄 Repentance and Avoiding Sins
The discussion continues on heretical beliefs (bid'ah) and the importance of repentance (taoba) for sins other than disbelief. Sins violating human rights are particularly grave and require careful attention to avoid. Practicing Islam amidst challenges and abstaining from prohibited actions is emphasized as taqwa. The chapter highlights the need to avoid sins using specific organs, such as the heart, eyes, tongue, and hands, and stresses the development of a pure heart for attaining Allah's love.
💖 Achieving Piety through Obedience
The final section underscores the journey to becoming a pious person (muttaqi) through natural avoidance of sins. Achieving this state requires purifying the heart, obedience to Islamic rules, and integrating knowledge, practice, and sincerity. The Quran commands adherence to these principles. The book aims to communicate the sins to be avoided for cleansing the heart, focusing on ethical behavior and moral acts.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Taqwa
💡Disbelief (Kuffer)
💡Shirk
💡Attributes of Divinity
💡Heretical Beliefs (Bid'ah)
💡Taoba
💡Human Rights (Haq)
💡Prohibited Actions (Haram)
💡Worship (Fard)
💡Makrooh
Highlights
The book 'Berica' by Abu Saeed Muhammad explains 40 of the most important vices and their remedies, focusing on Islamic ethics.
Originally written in Arabic in 1284 Hijri (1868 A.D.) in Istanbul, the book was reproduced in 1411 Hijri (1991 A.D.) by Hakikath Bookstore.
Taqwa, or avoidance of vices, is considered the most precious of all worships in Islam.
The essence of a man's spiritual loss is his having vices, and cleansing oneself from vices is essential for worship to be rewarded.
The worst of all vices is disbelief, as the good deeds of a disbeliever will not bear fruit in the Hereafter.
Shirk, or polytheism, is identified as a fatal poison for the soul and the worst type of disbelief.
Different types of disbelief exist, with polytheism being the most severe, leading to eternal punishment in Hellfire.
The book emphasizes that merely claiming a clean heart without belief is meaningless, as a dead heart cannot be clean.
Taqwa is the foundation of all virtues and essential for living peacefully in this world and obtaining eternal blessings.
Heretical beliefs (bid'ah) and looseness in abstaining from sins are other major diseases of the soul after shirk.
Repentance (taoba) is crucial for forgiveness of sins, and it involves seeking Allah's forgiveness and resolving not to commit the same sins again.
Violating the rights of other human beings is a grave sin and difficult to be forgiven, often leading to severe punishment.
The book highlights the importance of performing obligatory duties (fards) and avoiding prohibited actions (harams) and disliked actions (makroohs).
Eight organs are commonly associated with committing sins: heart, ears, eyes, tongue, hands, stomach, sexual organs, and feet.
Purifying the heart requires adherence to Islamic rules, which encompass knowledge (ilm), practice (amal), and sincerity (ikhlas).
Achieving a state where avoiding sins becomes a natural habit is key to becoming Allah-fearing (muttaqi) and gaining Allah's approval.
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ethics of Islam
Islamic ethics first chapter the first
chapter of the book explains 40 of the
most important vices and their remedies
all of the following information is
translated from the first chapter of the
famous Islamic book berica written by
Abu Saeed Muhammad
this book originally written in two
volumes in Arabic was published in 1284
hijri 1868 A.D in Istanbul and was
reproduced in 1411 hijri 1991 A.D by
hakikath bookstore Muhammad hadimi
Ibrahim
passed away in 1176 hijri Kamari 1762
A.D in his birthplace hadeem Village of
the city of Konya turkey
vices add methods of cleansing oneself
from them things that harm men in this
world and in the next are due to Vices
the essence of a man's spiritual loss is
his having vices man's avoidance of
vices is called taqwa taqwa is the most
precious of all worships decorating
something requires that the thing first
should be cleansed from all dirt and
stain similarly neither any reward fawab
will be given nor any benefit will occur
for the worships unless the man who does
those worships cleanses himself from the
sin the worst of all vices is disbelief
The Good Deeds of a person who does not
have belief will not bear any fruit for
him in the Hereafter a disbeliever who
is killed unjustly does not become a
martyr and will not go to paradise the
foundation of all virtues is taqwa one
should try hard to obtain taqwa and
advise others to do the same living in
this world peacefully with others and
obtaining the best of Eternal blessings
could only be accomplished by having
taqwa vices cause disease in the heart
or Soul any increase in this disease
will cause the death of the soul that is
it will cause kuffer disbelief shirk
which is the worst of all vices is a
fatal poison of the Soul some people who
do not have belief claim my heart
spiritual is clean you should look at my
heart their claim is no more than empty
words a dead heart cannot be clean there
are many types of disbelief the worst of
all is polytheism any variety of a
certain Vice is mostly specified with
its most outstanding characteristic for
that matter the word shirk used in ayati
kerimasu that is verses of the Quran and
in our blessed prophets utterances
termed hadithi sharifs represents all
sorts of kuffer disbelief Allah in the
48th and 116th
ayats of the Surah of the Quran states
that he will never forgive the
polytheists mushriks these verses point
out that disbelievers will burn forever
in the Hellfire shirk means to attribute
Partners
a person who does the attributing is
called a polytheist and the thing which
is attributed is called partner shadik
to believe that someone possesses one of
the attributes of divinity means to make
him a partner sharik the attributes
possessed exclusively by Allah are
called attributes of divinity
some Divine attributes are the following
existing
eternally creating all-knowing and
Healing The Sick to believe that a human
being or the son or a cow or any other
creature possesses a Divine attribute
and thus to respect or beg that being or
creature is called To Worship them those
things become an idol to say words that
mean deification of such people or to
speak respectfully before statues
pictures or Graves of disbelievers
assumed to be possessing Divine
attributes means to worship them and
therefore it is polytheism if one
believes that a person does not possess
a Divine attribute but instead he is a
person loved by Allah or alternately if
one believes that that person has served
his Nation much and therefore deserves
respect paying respect to his statue or
pictures is not disbelief or polytheism
nevertheless since paying respect to any
person's picture is forbidden Haram
anyone doing so becomes a sinner fasic
if he slights the fact that it is
forbidden he will become an apostate
and so will those who flout a prohibited
action Haram since those Jews and
Christians who are not mushriks do not
believe in the prophethood of Muhammad
alaihi Salam they are disbelievers they
are called disbelievers with a Heavenly
book presently most Christians are
polytheists because they attribute
Divinity to Prophet Isa that is Jesus
salaam Christians belonging to the sects
of Barnabas and Arius Aryans were among
the people of the book however they have
not survived to the present time the
second worst to disease of the Soul
after shirk is to hold and practice
heretical beliefs which are called beat
up which is followed by looseness in
abstaining from sins in the order of
evil a person who dies without making
talba for venial or grave sins other
than disbelief may be forgiven by Allah
either through intercession
or directly by his Mercy taoba means
penitence to make taoba means to repent
for your sins to beg Allah for
forgiveness and to be resolved not to
commit the same sins again if a venial
sin is not forgiven then there will be
punishment in Hell sins that involve
violating rights of other human beings
will not be forgiven easily most likely
people who commit them will be punished
more severely for example not giving
wives do money
regarding the marriage contract or
prohibiting human beings from learning
their correct religion which is their
right Huck is the gravest gross
violation of Human Rights
stated as follows a time will come when
people will not care whether they earn
the money by permissible Halal means or
not and a time will come when practicing
Islam will be as difficult as holding a
fireball with bare hands therefore to
avoid committing all prohibited actions
harams and those actions that are called
makro Karimi because they are quite
close to harams is taqwa not to perform
obligatory duties fards and strongly
recommended actions where jibs is
forbidden Haram According to some
information not performing
that is acts of worship which our
blessed Prophet practiced regularly
without an excuse is strongly disliked
makrutakrimi people who do not carry out
Commandments of Islam with respect to
belief
ethics
and deeds Amal will be punished
logically one must avoid doing things
that will cause punishment for example
not performing five daily salats and
women and girls not covering themselves
is a grave sin it would be a strong
requirement for one to abstain from the
grave sin by performing the five daily
salats nevertheless in this book we will
not deal with the subject matter
regarding the things that must not be
omitted instead we will communicate the
things that should be avoided that is
prohibited actions and vices
the things we should not do prohibited
actions are committed either with a
particular organ or with the entire body
the following eight organs are very well
known for committing sins spiritual
heart ears eyes tongue hands stomach
sexual organs and feet the spiritual
heart cowb is a spiritual Grace blown
upon the material heart of human beings
it is incorporeal not made of matter
like the soul these organs themselves do
not commit the sin the sensing power of
these organs commits the sin anyone who
wants to attain happiness in this world
and the next must prevent these organs
from committing sins the spiritual heart
has to be developed into a state wherein
not committing sins will be its natural
habit malaka anyone who can achieve the
this state is called Allah fearing
botaki or Pius Sally person he has now
attained all hotels love and approval
and become a Wali to him Wally plural
Alia means a person close and beloved to
Allah it would also be piety taqwa to
avoid sins by exerting yourself without
its becoming the heart's natural habit
yet being a Wali requires its being a
natural habit not to commit sins which
in turn requires purifying the heart and
to purify the heart requires obedience
to the rules of Islam Islam consists of
three parts knowledge ilum practice Amal
and sincerity
one to learn the knowledge teaching the
Commandments that is funds wajibs
sunnats and forbidden actions harams and
makroofs two to practice them in
accordance with this knowledge and three
to do them only for the sake of Allah
the Quran al-qareem commands and Praises
all these three parts in this book we
will only communicate those sins that
are to be abstained from in order to
cleanse the heart they are called vices
on ethical Behavior or immoral Acts
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