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What kind of duty should we try to prevent others from doing wrong? The question is clear in any culture, but few of them seek to answer it in a…

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What kind of duty should we try to prevent others from doing wrong? The question is clear in any culture, but few of them seek to answer it in a strict way. The most interesting exception exists in Islamic tradition, where "the right thing" and "wrongdoing" is a central moral doctrine already mentioned in the Qur'an.

As a historian of Islam whose research ranged widely across space and time, Michael Cook is well positioned to explain this complex subject. His book represents the first continuous attempt to determine the history of Islamic meditation in this commitment.

It covers the origins of Islamic thought on "preventing error", related ideological developments over the centuries, and its importance in Sunni and Shiite thought today. In this way, the book contributes to the understanding of Islamic thought and its importance in contemporary Islamic politics and ideology, and raises fundamental questions for the comparative study of ethics..



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