The Scope of the Principle of Kindness (Ihsan)

The principle of 'kindnes's has a special application in various social, political, moral, military and financial arenas. This principle associated with the prohibition of abuse and the respect for all, may be understood as integral to Islam. It is the source of numerous impacts in all these areas. This article, however, focuses on the application of the principle in regards to financial and non-financial liability or non-liability. Hence, this study seeks to generalize or broaden the scope of kindness while attempting to refute liability or prove it with reliance on written and rational proofs, as well as on the normative conduct of people, conscience and innate nature. Thus the views of some jurisprudents who hold that the principle is applied at a time when an individual intends to gain benefit or repel harm or when an urgent need arises or when it is preceded by kindness has been pointed out and the application of the principle in all the aforementioned areas has been corrected.