PRACTICES OF ISLAMIC CODES OF CONDUCT AMONG THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY

Abstract

Islamic codes of conduct have become a growing concern in fast twenty first century. Various research studies show that students who practice Islamic codes of conduct are confident and adjust well in a society. The current study was intended to investigate the Islamic codes of conduct practices among the university students. The objectives of the study were to identify Islamic codes of conduct hold by university students, to extract various aspects of Islamic codes of conduct practiced by university students and to recommend effective strategies for inculcating the Islamic codes of conduct among university students. The study was descriptive, and survey was conducted. For this purpose, the data was collected by questionnaire, consisting of 60 items of 4 points likert type agree / disagree. The questionnaire was administered personally by the researchers to collect the data from the randomly selected sample of 150 students of Baghdad Campus at the Islamia University Bahawalpur. Data was analyzed by using SPSS version 22. Frequency, percentage, and mean of responses were calculated. The results show that majority of the students do not take responsibilities to do work at home assigned by the teachers. The results also reveal that students’ attitude in practicing the Islamic codes of conduct in family is not proper.  Most university students waste food in canteen and snitch papers of library books. The study proposes that the students might be motivated to work at home regularly. It highlights the need to educate them the basic principles of family relationships and academic environment. A reasonable content should be included in curriculum to teach manners and etiquettes to the university students