Exam 3 Ethics Islam Flashcards
What are the Sunni Legal schools?
Hanafis, Malikis, Shafi’is, Hanbalis
What are the minority ethical traditions?
Philosophy and Sufism
What are the Mu’tazilites theories of good vs evil?
Good and evil are basic ethical norms. Precisely in the Quran and the Sunnah
Sunni’s theory of good vs evil?
God commands good and forbids evil, known through scripture. Salvation predestined
What are the five categories of acts?
1) the obligatory - PR and NP
2) the recommended - PR and NNP
3) the permissible - neither
4) the reprehensible - Avoidance R and NP
5) the forbidden - AR and PP
How did modern ethics challenge traditionalism?
1) decline in application of public law in the muslim world
2) problems with application in the diaspora
3) fundamentalist approach
4) liberalism
What are the two ethical principles?
Sincerity in action and reverential fear due to awareness of god’s power and glory.
What is etiquette derived from?
The Quran and the Hadiths.
what is Taghut?
A principle of evil.
What is the formula for protection from satan?
“I take refuge with God from the accursed Satan.”
What is Al-Farabi’s theory + inspired by?
The virtuous (alone worthy of salvation) and vicious cities. Inspired by Plato’s Republic and Neoplatonism.
What are the types of vicious cities?
The ignorant type
The wicked cities
The errant cities - misled
