The Ethical System in Islam Selected Hadiths from Sahih al-Bukhari

Abstract

This article examines the concept of ethics in Islam, encompassing both commendable moral qualities that Islamic law advocates and reprehensible traits that it condemns and warns against.

The study underscores that the domain of ethics in Islam is broad and multifaceted: it concerns the refinement of individual conduct, the cultivation of a virtuous society founded on social solidarity, and the promotion of affection and harmony among people.

It further addresses family matters, including child rearing and marital companionship, as well as transactional ethics such as those governing buying and selling, and economic ethics like rationalizing consumption. This ethical scope extends to governance, which regulates the relationship between rulers and subjects, and to the treatment of non-Muslims.

The research also presents illustrative models of this ethical system through authentic hadiths selected from Sahih al-Bukhari, revealing a dimension of Islam's beauty and affirming that Islam is the religion of sound primordial nature.