Living Wisely - Teachings of Imam Mawardi on Ethics and Human Wellbeing

In his introduction, Imam al-Māwardī writes:

“In this book, I aim to provide a guide to the wisdom necessary for attaining felicity in both the spiritual and worldly realms. I have sought a middle path between brevity and lengthy disquisitions, balancing the precision of scholarly discourse with the emotional refinement of literature. Nothing herein is so difficult as to be beyond understanding, nor so subtle as to elude visualisation.

I have grounded my work in the Quran and the exalted example of His Messenger ﷺ. Beyond this, I have drawn upon the sayings of sages, the aphorisms of masters of rhetoric, and the verses of poets, for the human spirit finds comfort in variety and grows weary of monotony.”