Adab
Definition
Adab, in al-Ghazali's framework, is not merely surface-level politeness but the embodiment of correct consciousness in every action. The adab of eating means approaching the meal with awareness: awareness of Allah as the Provider, awareness of one's own need and dependence, awareness of those who lack what one is about to consume, and awareness of the moderation that the body and the spirit both require. Adab transforms eating from an animal act into an act of worship — the same physical activity, performed with or without adab, produces entirely different effects on the heart.
As understood in the classical tradition of Imam al-Ghazali and the scholars of his school.
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