ABOUT THE BOOK

Social philosophy of Islam reflects Islamic thought and the Islamic vision and perception of life, customs, traditions, social values, various ceremonies, social etiquettes, institutional norms, cultural characteristics and structural and overall functional arrangement of society. Islamic philosophy of life focuses on the befits of cleanliness, healthy life, family ethos, good deeds, routine of life, importance of time and behavioural norms etc. This book, Social Philosophy of Islam, reveals the variegated aspects of the social living of the Muslims. The philosophical and ideological grounds, given are so strong that perhaps no one would disagree.

ABOUT Author

Dr. Arif Ali Khan, B.A. (Hons), M.A., B.Ed., M.Ed., Ph.D., is an alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University. He hails from an aristocratic and scholarly family in former state of Baghpat in U.P. He has travelled widely and participated in several conferences. Dr. Khan, a scholar, in his own right, is devoted to research and studies. Recently, he has focused on academic writing. He is a senior member of the teaching faculty at Aligarh Muslim University. Currently, he is busy in accomplishing his next project on Islam itself. M.R.K. Afridi, an authority on Islamic Theology and Islamic Studies, is M.A. M.Th. from Aligarh Muslim University. As a senior member of the teaching faculty, he is known as a specialist in Islamic Philosophy and Ideology. He is a linguist in his own right. He has command over Arabic, Persian, Urdu, English and Hindi. An Islamic preacher, he has addressed national and international conferences, besides having toured the Islamic world at length. He has several books to his credit. Currently, he is working on his next project on Faiths and Beliefs. Further, he is planning for some selected projects on Islam itself.