The Moral System Of Islam By Abul 'Ala Al-Mawdudi
MAN has been blessed with an innate sense of morality, which has served to guide him through the age, enabling him to distinguish between right and wrong and good and evil. Although the degree to which a certain quality is interpreted as being either good or evil may vary from person to person, there is more or less a universal consensus regarding the classification of what constitutes a moral deed or attribute and what does not. Thus, virtues such as bravery and truthfulness have always elicited praise. In contrast to this, we find that at no time in the history of man have qualities such as dishonesty and breach of trust ever been upheld or regarded as worthy of praise.
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Lowering the Gaze
The true believer fears Allah's judgement and knows that no act will go unaccounted for and that even his own eyes will bear witness against him on the Day of Judgement. Allah (swt) says: "Until, when they reach it (Hell-Fire) their hearing and eyes and skin will testify against them as to what they used to do." Muhammad (saws) warned us that there is a zinaa of the eyes just as there is a zinaa(adultery) of the private parts. The Islamic solution to living in a society where pornographic images are so visible is to lower one's gaze...
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Chastity
by Imām al-Haram Husayn ibn 'Abdul 'Azīz Aal Sheikh
All praise is due to Allah. I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. May peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, his household and companions.
Fellow Muslims! The religion of Islam was revealed complete in order to perfect Allahs blessings on mankind, and guarantee the highest form of grace and kindness. It orders that conditions be improved, and that people be generous...
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Marriage and Family Life
God has created humanity as His vicegerent on Earth in order that human beings might populate and rule it. Obviously this purpose cannot be realized unless humanity perpetuates itself, living, thriving, cultivating, manufacturing, building, and worshipping its Creator.
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