The word · Belief
الإِحْسَان
Ihsan
To worship Allah as though you see Him, and if you do not see Him, knowing that He sees you.
Also written · Ehsan · Ihsaan · Ehsaan · Excellence in worship · Excellence · Perfection of worship · Ihssan · Muhsin
The meaning
What Ihsan means in Islam
The definition is the Prophet's own wording in the hadith of Jibril, collected in Bukhari and Muslim. The word means to do a thing beautifully, and it reaches past worship into how a person treats people and animals. It is the difference between a prayer performed and a prayer attended.
Evidence · Sunnah · Established in the authentic Sunnah
Read beside it
Rooms that name it
Words that sit beside it
- IslamSubmission to Allah: outwardly the five pillars, inwardly the handing over of the whole self.الإِسْلَام
- ImanFaith: belief in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the decree.الإِيمَان
- Shirk AsgharMinor shirk: acts like showing off in worship, which damage sincerity without putting a person outside Islam.الشِّرْكُ الأَصْغَر
More from Belief
- Adhab al-QabrThe punishment or ease a person meets in the grave, before the Day of Judgement arrives.عَذَابُ القَبْر
- AthariThe Sunni creed school that keeps to the wording of the texts and avoids theological speculation.الأَثَرِيَّة
- IstighathahCalling for help, and the disputed question of whom a Muslim may call on when it is not Allah.الاِسْتِغَاثَة
- MahdiA rightly guided leader expected near the end of time, understood very differently by Sunni and Shia Islam.المَهْدِيّ
- QadrAllah's decree: that He knows, wrote, willed and created all that happens, without forcing anyone to sin.القَدَر
- SiratThe bridge laid over Hell that everyone must cross, at speeds matching their deeds.الصِّرَاط