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Fitrah in Islam and Ren Xing in Confucianism: its relation to Islamic and Confucian ethics

This paper seeks to discuss the concept of fitrah in Islam and its relation to Islamic Ethics. Islamic Ethics is defined as “good character.” The motive force in Islamic ethics is the notion that every human being is called to “command the good and forbid the evil” in all spheres of life. Muslims un...

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Main Author: Mohd Nor, Nur Suriya
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2017
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spelling my.iium.irep.644572018-10-16T02:31:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/64457/ Fitrah in Islam and Ren Xing in Confucianism: its relation to Islamic and Confucian ethics Mohd Nor, Nur Suriya BL Religion This paper seeks to discuss the concept of fitrah in Islam and its relation to Islamic Ethics. Islamic Ethics is defined as “good character.” The motive force in Islamic ethics is the notion that every human being is called to “command the good and forbid the evil” in all spheres of life. Muslims understand the role of Prophet Muhammad as endeavouring to facilitate this submission. In Islam, man is inherently good on what is termed as fitrah i.e. innate disposition. The doctrine of fitrah is essentially that all human beings are born onto some disposition towards monotheism, along with a disposition to good moral values. Human beings exhibit both good and evil actions which tell that the humans are capable of both good and evil. Interestingly, Mencius believed that people in Confucianism are basically born good. According to him, human nature (ren xing) is inherently good and since we draw the difference between right and wrong from our own mind, these ideas are innate. Thus, this paper aims to highlight similarities between fitrah in Islam and ren xing in Confucianism. 2017 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64457/21/64457%20Fitrah%20and%20Its%20Relation%20to%20Islamic%20Ethics.pdf Mohd Nor, Nur Suriya (2017) Fitrah in Islam and Ren Xing in Confucianism: its relation to Islamic and Confucian ethics. In: International Seminar on Islam, Confucianism and the Moderate Path of Civilization, 28th September 2017, Sungai Long, Kajang Selangor. (Unpublished)
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Fitrah in Islam and Ren Xing in Confucianism: its relation to Islamic and Confucian ethics
description This paper seeks to discuss the concept of fitrah in Islam and its relation to Islamic Ethics. Islamic Ethics is defined as “good character.” The motive force in Islamic ethics is the notion that every human being is called to “command the good and forbid the evil” in all spheres of life. Muslims understand the role of Prophet Muhammad as endeavouring to facilitate this submission. In Islam, man is inherently good on what is termed as fitrah i.e. innate disposition. The doctrine of fitrah is essentially that all human beings are born onto some disposition towards monotheism, along with a disposition to good moral values. Human beings exhibit both good and evil actions which tell that the humans are capable of both good and evil. Interestingly, Mencius believed that people in Confucianism are basically born good. According to him, human nature (ren xing) is inherently good and since we draw the difference between right and wrong from our own mind, these ideas are innate. Thus, this paper aims to highlight similarities between fitrah in Islam and ren xing in Confucianism.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mohd Nor, Nur Suriya
author_facet Mohd Nor, Nur Suriya
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title Fitrah in Islam and Ren Xing in Confucianism: its relation to Islamic and Confucian ethics
title_short Fitrah in Islam and Ren Xing in Confucianism: its relation to Islamic and Confucian ethics
title_full Fitrah in Islam and Ren Xing in Confucianism: its relation to Islamic and Confucian ethics
title_fullStr Fitrah in Islam and Ren Xing in Confucianism: its relation to Islamic and Confucian ethics
title_full_unstemmed Fitrah in Islam and Ren Xing in Confucianism: its relation to Islamic and Confucian ethics
title_sort fitrah in islam and ren xing in confucianism: its relation to islamic and confucian ethics
publishDate 2017
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/64457/21/64457%20Fitrah%20and%20Its%20Relation%20to%20Islamic%20Ethics.pdf
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