These, and many other texts in this respect, point to the importance of ethics and etiquettes – akhlaq & adab – in Islam, and the extent of their requirement in a Muslim individual, such that when the Wise Qur’an mentions some of the rulings of punishment, the sacred book follows them with the mention of forgiveness, and accompanies them with moral/ethical rulings, and considers forgiveness in them as being “closer to piety”237.
Wakosoaji wanasema kuwa kitendo hiki ni mfano mzuri wa dhuluma na ukatili. Wanauliza: "Kama ni kweli, kama Waislamu wanavyodai kuwa sheria za Kiislamu zimeundwa kwa kuzingatia msingi wa haki na uongofu, je ni hatua gani ambazo Uislamu umechukua kuzuia aina hii ya dhulma?"