The foundational source in the gradual codification of Islamic ethics was the Muslim understanding and interpretations of the mankind has been granted the faculty to discern Gods will and to abide by it. This faculty most crucially involves reflecting over the meaning of existence, which, as John Kelsay in the Encyclopedia of Ethics phrases, ultimately points to the reality of God. Therefore, regardless of their environment, humans are believed to have a moral responsibility to submit to Gods will and to follow Islam (as demonstrated in the Quran and the Sunnah, or the sayings of Muhammad) [Quran 7:172
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