Living Wisely - Teachings of Mawardi on Ethics and Human Wellbeing
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Translator
Ahmed Bangura
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From The Backcover:
In this book, I seek to provide a guide to the wisdom we need to attain felicity in the two domains (the spiritual and the worldly). I have taken the middle path between brevity and lengthy disquisitions. I have struck a balance between the meticulousness of scholarly discourse and the emotional refinement of literature. Nothing in it, therefore, is either too difficult to be understood nor too subtle to be visualized.
I have relied on the Book of God for the principles it provides and the exalted example of His Messenger. I have then used the sayings of the sages, the aphorisms of the masters of rhetoric and the sayings of poets because the human spirit finds comfort in variety and is easily bored with monotony.
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About the author
Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Habib al-Mawardi: Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Habib al-Mawardi rahimahullah (364-450 AH / 974-1058 CE) was a Basran-born Islamic jurist, judge, and polymath of the Shafi'i madhhab who became one of the most influential Islamic scholars of the fifth century AH. He studied in Basra and Baghdad and rose to become a senior judge, serving the Abbasid Caliphate in various judicial and diplomatic capacities, including as an ambassador to regional rulers. His Kitab al-Ahkam al-Sultaniyya (The Ordinances of Government) is the foremost classical formulation of Islamic political and constitutional theory, addressing the caliphate, judiciary, and public administration. His Adab al-Dunya wa al-Din (The Ethics of This World and the Next) is a comprehensive work on Islamic ethics, manners, and human wellbeing that has served as a seminal reference for nearly a millennium. He also wrote extensively on Qur'anic exegesis, jurisprudence, sociology, and philology, producing works across a breadth of Islamic sciences.
About the foreword writer
Recep Senturk: Recep Senturk hafidhahullah is a Turkish academic and sociologist of religion whose work bridges classical Islamic thought and contemporary social theory. He completed his undergraduate degree in the Islamic Studies department of Marmara University, pursued postgraduate studies in Sociology at Istanbul University, and earned his doctorate from Columbia University in New York. He subsequently served as President of Ibn Haldun University in Turkey, an appointment made by President Erdogan. His scholarly interests encompass the sociology of religion, Islamic ethics, and the intersection of Islamic thought with questions of human rights and civil society. He contributed the foreword to the English translation of classical Mawardi texts on ethics and human wellbeing, and authored a scholarly study on Malcolm X and the global struggle for human rights.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9781915265449
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
Turath Publishing & Tawasaw Institute
Author
Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Habib al-Mawardi
Translator
Ahmed Bangura
Year Published
2024
Size
W-5 in | H-8 in | D-1.3 in
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