Islamic Ethics
At Fahm Institute, we seek to discuss, develop, disseminate, and delineate AI
in the light of the Qur'an, the teachings of the beloved Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ), ​and Islamic jurisprudence
​to tackle the pressing, complex issues that AI poses.
Current Affairs
  • Text and speech models often misquote Qur'an and hadith
  • Generated images and videos can portray prohibited in Islam
  • Islamophobic and other biases exist in AI content
  • Rampant atheism and transhumanism is found across top AI voices​
  • Nascent technologies like humanoids, neural interfaces, and VR need attention before adoption
  • Military and political forces use deepfakes and misemploy AI
Some Islamic Methodologies
  • uṣūl al-fiqh: Qur'an and Hadith, main reference for morality and ethics
  • al-Masādir al-'Aqliyya: reason-based ethics
    • ​​Qiyās: legal analogy
    • ​Istihsan: juristic preference
    • Istihab: presuming continuity
    • Maṣlaḥa: public welfare
    • ​Ṣadd al-ḍharai: blocking evil ends
    • 'Urf: customs
  • Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī: sought ethical framework for future context
    • Islamic jurisprudence branch: ​maqāṣid al-sharīʿa​