Editing Virtue (section)

====Islam====
{{main|Islamic ethics|Thawab}}
In Islam, the [[Quran]] is believed to be the literal word of God, and the definitive description of virtue, and [[Muhammad]] is considered an ideal example of virtue in human form. The foundation of Islamic understanding of virtue was the understanding and interpretation of the Quran and the practices of Muhammad. Virtue is seen in the context of active submission to God performed by the community in unison.

Believers are to "[[Enjoining good and forbidding wrong|enjoin that which is virtuous and forbid that which is vicious]]" ({{transliteration|ar|al-amr bi-l-maʿrūf wa-n-nahy ʿani-l-munkar}}) in all spheres of life ([[Quran 3:110]]). Muslims teach that mankind has been [[Fitra|granted the faculty to discern]] God's will and to abide by it.

Later [[Muslim scholars]] expanded the religious ethics of the scriptures in detail.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor-last1=Bearman |editor-first1=P.J. |editor2-last=Bianquis |editor2-first=Th. |editor3-last=Bosworth |editor3-first=C.E. |editor4-last=van Donzel |editor4-first=E. |editor5-last=Heinrichs |editor5-first=W.P. |date=2009 |title=[[Encyclopaedia of Islam|Encyclopaedia of Islam Online]] |publisher=Brill Publishers |issn=1573-3912 |chapter=Akhlaq}}</ref>

In the [[Hadith]] (Islamic traditions), it is reported by An-Nawwas bin Sam'an:
{{blockquote|"The Prophet Muhammad said, 'Virtue is good manner, and sin is that which creates doubt and you do not like people to know it.'"|{{Hadith-usc|usc=yes|muslim|32|6195}}, {{Hadith-usc|usc=yes|muslim|32|6196}}}}

Wabisah bin Ma'bad reported:
{{blockquote|"I went to Messenger of God and he asked me: 'Have you come to inquire about virtue?' I replied in the affirmative. Then he said: 'Ask your heart regarding it. Virtue is that which contents the soul and comforts the heart, and sin is that which causes doubts and perturbs the heart, even if people pronounce it lawful and give you verdicts on such matters again and again.'"|''[[Sunan al-Darimi]]'', 2533}}

Virtue, as seen in opposition to sin, is termed {{transliteration|ar|[[Thawab|thawāb]]}} (spiritual merit or reward) but there are other Islamic terms to describe virtue such as {{transliteration|ar|faḍl}} ("bounty"), {{transliteration|ar|[[taqwa]]}} ("piety"), and {{transliteration|ar|ṣalāḥ}} ("righteousness"). According to Muslim beliefs, God will forgive individual sins but the bad treatment of people and injustice toward others can only be pardoned by the victims and not by God.