What is the most comprehensive and encompassing book that has contained and enumerated all Islamic ethics, both their virtues and their vices?
Among the most important books on noble morals (makarim al-akhlaq) and the Prophet's biography (seerah nabawiyyah) are: "Nadhrat al-Na'im fi Makarim Akhlaq al-Rasool al-Kareem" (The Freshness of Bliss in the Noble Morals of the Generous Messenger), "Makarim al-Akhlaq" (Noble Morals) and "Masawi' al-Akhlaq" (Evil Morals) by Al-Khara'iti, "Al-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyyah wa al-Khasa'il al-Mustafawiyyah" (The Muhammadan Characteristics and the Chosen Attributes) by Al-Tirmidhi and its commentary "Jam' al-Wasa'il fi Sharh al-Shama'il" by Mulla Ali al-Qari, "Al-Anwar fi Shama'il al-Nabi al-Mukhtar" (The Lights in the Characteristics of the Chosen Prophet) by Al-Baghawi, and "Al-Shifa bi Ta'reef Huqooq al-Mustafa" (Healing by Defining the Rights of the Chosen One) by Qadi Iyad.
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