Ethics Personal Statement Essay

Ethics Personal Statement – SP15 BA 342

Zulaikha Ismadi

Introduction:

"The most beloved of God’s servants to God are those with the best manners."

The virtues of having good ethics are seen in various hadiths that points out the character which is pleasing to God and His messenger. For example, the excerpt above is extracted from the famous hadith of Imam Al-Bukhari quoting the saying of our beloved prophet Muhammad describing the importance of having good manners in life. In other narations, having good manners is equivalent to spending the nights in prayer. Such behavior is also known as one of the keys to enter Paradise, besides being conscious to God. As a Muslim, I personally think that I should follow the footsteps of the Prophet Muhammad

In other narrations, the Prophet reminded us not to whisper with one another from which the third person is excluded from the conversation. Although some people might think that this kind of attitude is relatively unimportant, but I personally apply it in my life. Moreover, this kind of behavior may cause suspicion between each other, which may lead to people competing and despising on one another. When socializing, I prefer to remain silent most of the time rather than getting myself involved in mindless chatter and gossiping because I want to avoid myself from interfering in the affairs of people which have got nothing to do with me. Honestly, I would definitely avoid such conversations. However, although it is best not to become involved in other people’s affairs, it is necessary to tell the difference between interfering and intervening in the case of enjoining what is right and debarring what is wrong. For instance, if we witness a person committing something unlawful, it is obligatory upon us to advise them with wisdom of their misbehavior in order to abstain them from doing any misdeeds. Such intervention is definitely not considered as interfering as we are actually doing our moral duty as a