“My Lord educate (addaba) me, and made my education (ta’dib) most excellent.”-Hadith “ADAB”

WHAT IS EDUCATION? THE INCULCATION OF ADAB IN MAN ‘ADDABANI RABBI FAAHSANA TA’DIBI’ THE AIM OF EDUCATION TO PRODUCE MAN WITH ADAB TA’DIB THE PROCESS OF EDUCATION TO NURTURE THE MIND AND SOUL

Characteristics of A Good Man Knowledgeable Wise ADAB JUST

What is ADAB? It is the recognition and acknowledgement of the right and proper place, station, of one’s self in relation to the various hierarchy in the order of being, existence and knowledge, and acting willingly in accord with the recognition and acknowledgement.

Key words (to understand ADAB) Recognition-means to ‘know’(have knowledge of something) Acknowledgement-means to ‘act’ (action consistent with that knowledge) Hierarchy – various things are arranged in a legitimate order (heavenly bodies, plants, animal, knowledge, prophets, angels, heaven, hell, family, society) Acting willingly- ‘wanting’ to act on our own free will.

ADAB IS THE DISCIPLINE OF… 1. THE SOUL 2. THE MIND 3. THE ACTION PURIFY THE SOUL HOW AND WHAT WE THINK DOES OUR ACTION REFLECT OUR SOUL & MIND? DEVELOP GOD CONCIOUSNESS & GOD FEARING WHAT RESOURCES DO WE REFER TO? ARE OUR ACTIONS CONSISTENT WITH AQIDAH, SYARIAH OR VALUES PRESCRIBED IN THE QURAN? DEVELOP THE QUALITIES OF MAHMUDAH DOES OUR THINKING BRING BENEFIT TO LIVING THINGS/ MAN DOES OUR ACTION CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE PRESERVATION OF LIVING THINGS/MAN

A man with ADAB will act with JUSTICE to himself and to others A man with ADAB will act with JUSTICE to himself and to others. “GOOD Man”

Man’s place, station…. In relation to: ALLAH swt. Society Environment

Methods of inculcation of adab Through good examples (Qudwah Hasanah) Through advise (Nasihah) Through good indication (Wa bashira)and reminders (Wa nazira)- rahmah, nikmat Through Qisah Through rewards and punishment

The ISLAMIC APPROACH IN DEALING WITH DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR Symptomatic -social problems -crime -breakdown of institutions The root cause -family -lack of knowledge education) -lack of faith

WHY MAN DEVIATE FROM THE RIGHT PATH THE LOSS OF ADAB- NEGATIVE ATTITUDE & NEGATIVE MIND SET THE LOST OF GOD CONCIOUSNESS & GOD FEARING THE NAFS IS NO LONGER WITHIN FITHRAH

EDUCATION & PUNISHMENT CONDUSIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT MUST BE PROVIDED TO DEVELOP CONCIOUSNESS & RESPONSIBILITY TO BE A GOOD MAN PUNISHMENT IS NECESSARY TO DEVELOP DETERRENT BUT IT MUST BE EDUCATIONAL IN NATURE TO DEVELOP DEEP REALIZATION BACK TO FITRAH

“Verily this Quran is GOD’s Banquet on earth, so learn thoroughly, then, from (or of) His Banquet.” -the holy Quran is God’s invitation to a spiritual banquet on earth, and we are exhorted to partake of it by means of acquiring real knowledge of it.