Islamic morals are all those things which Islam promotes or...

Islamic morals are all those things which Islam promotes or makes mandatory such as truthfulness, trustworthiness, modesty, chastity, bravery, generosity, activity, action, good morals, spreading peace, solving disputes, amiability, brotherhood, abstinence and the like.

Ugly traits are those which Islam warns against either by considering them to be undesirable or prohibited such as lying, backbiting, betrayal, bad character, laziness, drunkenness, eating prohibited things, usury, theft, adultery, sodomy, hoarding, causing corruption, miserliness, cowardice, immodest dress, improper singing, slander, inactivity and so forth.

Morals are a way to orient the behaviour of a person which have been set down by Alla>h by making virtuous qualities such as truthfulness, reliability, and steadfastness recommended and keeping away from base qualities such as lying, betrayal and deviation. The Single Nation The Sh:!a believe that the Muslims – despite differences in schools of thought and their many different factions – are a single nation and that they are brothers in faith.

Almighty Alla>h has said in the Qurv"n: eYou are the best nation brought out for the peoplef182 He has also said: eAnd you became, by the blessing of Alla>h, brothersf183 And he has said: eIndeed the believers are brothers, so make peace between your two brothersf184 Any attempt to bring about disunity between them in the name of minorities, nationalisms or sectarianism and the like is not permissible either religiously or rationally.

The Sh:!a believe that differences in the ‘branches’ of religion between Islamic sects which arise out of differences in legal opinion, providing that the jurist-consult observes and adheres to the Qurv"n and the traditions, are no cause for disunity amongst the Islamic nation.

They also believe that it is incumbent to exert all efforts to unite Muslims under the banner of the Holy Qurv"n and the purified sunnah (or traditions) and that any legal ruling which is not derived from these two sources is false and should be rejected. It is also necessary to consolidate all energies to propagate Islam in the east and the west, and to raise it to the level of implementation.

In this regard, as a prelude to that, it is necessary to: Educate Muslims comprehensively in matters of religion and worldly affairs until they have a general awareness which leads in turn to a general opinion.