The House at the Center of Paradise

"...I guarantee a home in the middle of Jannah for the one who abandons lying, even in jest." (Abu Dawood, Adab 7) A lie is an expression of blindness, fear and helplessness in the face of truth. Lies are the foundation on which the building of discord is erected. Why would a person resort to lying? Why would one place a rock on the foundation of a building if the ceiling is buried deep in the gr...

Virtue as the Source of Benevolence

Righteousness is composed of good behavior. And sin is what you don't want people to know, despite the fact that it eats away at your heart (Muslim, Birr 14-15)

Mim: What is righteousness in your opinion?

Ayn: Philosophers have always discussed this. And religions have answered this question with the kind of human they see as being ideal....