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

2. 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

3. Characteristics of A Good Man
Knowledgeable
Wise ADAB
JUST

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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”

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. “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.