Spiritual Excellence (Ihsan) for Professionals: A Hadith-Based Perspective
Faculty / School
School of Economics and Social Sciences (SESS)
Department
Department of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts
Was this content written or created while at IBA?
Yes
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2-2020
Book or Conference Proceedings Title
Handbook of Ethics of Islamic Economics and Finance
Editor(s)
Abbas Mirakhor, Zamir Iqbal, Seyed Kazem Sadr
Series
De gruyter studies in islamic economics, finance and business
Volume
5
First Page
217
Last Page
237
Publisher
De Gruyter
Place of Publication
Boston
Keywords
Spiritual Excellence, Ihsan, Islamic Ethics, Prophetic character traits, Justice, Atqana, Barakah
Abstract / Description
In this chapter, we initially introduce the concept of Al-Ihsan and describe what it means and why it is important, particularly for professionals working in the filed of Islamic Finance by leveraging predominantly the Hadith corpus. The relationship of Al-Ihsan with Islamic ethics will also be highlighted. In particular, in Section 2, we we will motivate the need for incorporating Ihsan and describe the benefits it can bring to Muslim professionals; in Section 3, we will describe the seven ways someone can become a person of Ihsan (Al-Muhsin). We discuss thereafter in Section 4 how the concepts we discuss are relevant in the context of modern society and what value the Islamic concept of Ihsan can bring to the modern ethical pratice and discourse. Finally, the chapter is concluded in Section 5.
Recommended Citation
Raquib, A., Qadir, J., & Ahmed, H. S. (2020). Spiritual Excellence (Ihsan) for Professionals: A Hadith-Based Perspective. Handbook of Ethics of Islamic Economics and Finance, 5, 217-237. Retrieved from https://ir.iba.edu.pk/faculty-research-series/2
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