Faith and Responsibility

Document Type : Original Article

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10.22081/jip.2026.74273.1151

Abstract

This article, using an analytical–descriptive method, seeks to examine the scope of the moral agent’s responsibility within a life of faith, drawing upon an analysis of religious teachings. On this basis, human moral responsibility is structured around the concept of servitude and devotion (‘ubūdiyyah) to God. Its expansive domain extends throughout the universe: on the one hand, it concerns the duties and obligations of the moral agent before the Divine Presence and in relation to His commands and prohibitions; on the other hand, it encompasses the individual’s responsibility toward oneself—including even the smallest and most hidden intentions, assumptions, thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and feelings—as well as actions arising from those emotions or beliefs, and ultimately responsibility toward other contingent beings surrounding the individual. The scope of this moral responsibility includes not only a person’s past actions and their future consequences, but also omissions—the failure to act.

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