Ethical Living Based on Ghaboos Name (5th Hijrat)

Aristotelian ethics, in a general sense, is the collection of behavioral and social actions which is accepted by a community. This ethics is formed through traditional experience and conventional concepts in specific geographic areas over the centuries and the society is obliged to follow it. Aristotelian ethics can be named as the ethics of citizenship since it has been generalized and adapted by citizens. Such definition is applied in the themes of Qabus Nameh by Qabus ibn Wushmagir. Qabus Nameh contains forty-four chapters. This work encompasses the advices of Qabus (the father) to his son Gilanshah with ethical values which has been practiced through centuries. Although written in the 5th century, its principles can be applied to today's society. Some of the values mentioned in the work include: appreciating the blessings of God, being mild-mannered, avoiding betrayal, saying fair words, loving others as your family, teaching children charity, avoiding wastefulness, paying attention to time and meetings, honesty, avoiding exploitation of wives and regarding them as a housewives, controlling anger, generosity, truthfulness, adherence to the commitment, and dozens of other issues that can adjust relationships and interactions among citizens. Researches are made to analyze the relations among the concepts of Qabuos Nameh as an example of the Aristotelian ethics to obtain a framework of this type of ethics in the 5th century.