This paper is concerned with document investigation and implications of the famous hadith "Al-Majalis bil-Amana" through descriptive analytical method using views and opinions of experts. The author of the present paper tries to make a comparative study of the verses of the Holy Quran and display jurisprudential and ethical content, scope of the term majlis (meeting) and amana (trust) and secrets of meeting. The author has attempted to make use of Shia and Sunni sources of hadith and reflect jurists and scholars of ethics’ views in respect to the interpretation of the above statement.

Key Words: Al-Majalis bil-Amana, Trustworthiness, Meeting, Confidentiality.

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Criterion for Moral Action in al-Kafi,
the Book of Faith and Unbelief

Sayyid Hamid Hosseini

Criterion for ethical standards of human behavior is the main problem of the philosophy of ethics. The way we approach it forms the basic foundations of ethical systems. The variety of responses to these questions provided in the West philosophy has created various ethical schools as teleologism, deontologism, and virtueism. Giving a brief description of the schools and an overview of the views of Muslim scholars in this field, the author of the present study tries to identify and analyze the criteria that Muslim leaders have expressed for ethical behavior. Therefore, the text of the Book of Faith and Unbelief from the precious book of al-Kafi consists of the most reliable moral traditions, has been analyzed in the present paper. This study suggests that none of the moral known schools, is fully consistent with the principles of Islamic ethics and points raised by the Muslim scholars are often out of discussion. The concluding criterion presented in