Moderation in Islam

Abstract

Centrality in Islam  is the moderation in matters of life of perceptions and methods, and the most prominent characteristics and advantages of Islam, which is the honor of the nation, and thus deserved to be a witness to the people, Allah says: (And so we have made you a median nation, in order that you will be a witness above the people, and that the Messenger be a witness above you…) [Al Baqarah. 143].

Imam al-Tabari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And I see that Allah has described them as a" middle nation ": for their centrality  in religion, they are not the people of excess, and They are not the people of ignoring, the ignoramus of the excesses of the Christians, Saying in Jesus what they said, of the Jews who changed the book of God, and killed their prophets, and lied about their  Lord, and disbelieved  him,. . . "Tafseer al-Tabari" (3/142).

Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The religion of Allah is between excess in it and such, the ighorance of it Ighthat al-Lahfan: 1/182.

As such, moderation is an intellectual approach and moral and behavioral position, as mentioned in the Qur'an: (But seek, in that which Allah has given you to attain the Everlasting residence. Do not forget your share in this world…) [Al-Qasas. 77].

The importance of the study in dealing with the phenomenon of intellectual and behavioral deviations and distance from the method of moderation, which become a serious problem.