Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Islamic Morals

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Introduction- 2nd Edition
• Introduction- 1st Edition
• Part I- Development in the light of morality
• Lesson: 1- Knowledge and Wisdom: Islamic Viewpoint
• Encouragement for the learned
• Lesson: 2- Rebuke for those who know, but do not act accordingly
• Inactive scholars from the viewpoint of Quran
• Balam Baoor: A materialist and a deviated scholar
• Non-practising scholars: Viewpoint of traditions
• Lesson: 3- Duty of people regarding deviated Scholars
• The serious danger of issuing Fatwa without knowledge
• Lesson: 4- Sincerity of Intention in Teaching and Learning
• Sincerity and wisdom
• The reality of sincerity
• Lesson: 5- Hypocrisy
• Prohibition of making a show in Quranic verses
• Some noteworthy points in this verse
• Prohibition of Riyaa in Traditions
• Advice and warning
• Lesson: 6- Self - deception and Egotism
• The Otherworldly Harm of Egotism
• Sign of Ujb
• Lesson: 7- Remedy for Egotism
• Detailed Remedy
• Lesson: 8- Pride and Its Kinds
• Lesson: 9- Pride (continued)
• 1- Causes and Reasons of Pride
• 2 - Kinds of Pride
• 3 - Grades of Pride
• 4 - Signs of Pride
• 5 - Harm of Pride
• 6 - The Way of Remedying Pride
• 7 - What Should Society Do While Confronting the Arrogant?
• 8 - Who shows pride?
• Lesson: 10- Love of Status and Fame
• Condemnation of the over ambitious in the Quran
• Lesson: 11- Love for the world
• Verses condemning materialism
• Ayats and Traditions Praising the World
• Praise for benefiting from the permissible things in the world
• The world which is beneficial for the Hereafter
• Lesson: 12- Jealousy and its harmfulness
• Meaning for jealousy and its difference from envy
• Kinds of Jealousy
• Condemnation and Prohibition of Jealousy
• Signs of Jealousy
• Harms of Jealousy
• Causes of Jealousy
• Remedy for this Dangerous disease
• Lesson: 13- Greed and its harms
• 1 – Greed
• 2 - Signs of Greed
• 3 - Harms of Greed
• Lesson: 14- Covetousness and its harms
• The way of remedying this dangerous disease
• Lesson: 15- One of the branches of worldly love is a lengthy ambition
• Result of high ambitions
• Remedy for This illness
• Lesson: 16- One of the branches of worldly love is stinginess
• Harms of Niggardliness
• Remedy for this mental Illness
• Lesson: 17- Oppression
• Meaning and Kinds of Zulm
• Causes of Zulm
• Verses and Narrations Indicating Ugliness of Zulm
• Vicious effects of injustice
• Harms of oppression
• The Worst Oppressions
• Lesson: 18- Help in oppression
• The Oppressed is also Oppressor if He Becomes Excessive
• Remedy
• Tawbah of the Oppressor
• Lesson: 19- Tyrants should not be relied upon or supported
• Fabricated narrations
• Lesson: 20- Hypocrisy
• Lesson: 21- Discussion of hypocrisy & hypocrites continued
• Some Important Points
• A Warning to Hypocrites
• The Ominous Signs of Hypocrisy
• Lesson: 22- One of the Signs of Hypocrisy is Lying
• 1 - Hypocrites
• 2 - Those who give false witness
• 3 - Those who swear falsely
• 4 - Those who break Promises
• Lesson: 23- Self-acquaintance or self-awareness
• A - Necessity of Self-awareness
• B - Vies of World-famous Philosophers
• Lesson: 24- Reality of Faith
• Lesson: 25- Recognition of faith
• Faith is of two types: Mustaqarr and Mustavda
• Lesson: 26- Justice and equity
• Justice is one of the important foundations of Islam
• Sign of Adalat
• With two mentioning we end the discussion of Adl
• Lesson: 27- Fear and Hope
• The best fear
• A faithful person is both fearful and hopeful
• Lesson: 28- Courtesy and Humility
• Reality and the meaning of courtesy and humility
• Signs of Humility
• Whose Humility is Better?
• Verses and traditions Praising Courtesy
• Lesson: 29- Forbearance and firmness
• Traditions
• Kinds of patience
• Lesson: 30- Reliance and Trust in Allah
• Verses and Narrations about Reliance
• Traditions
• Reliance and its meaning
• Philosophy of Reliance
• Grades of the Confidents (Mutawakkileen)
• The Way to Gain Reliance needs two things
• Peace of Mind in the shade of Reliance on and Trust in Allah
• Hearts Get rest by Remembrance of Allah
• How to Remove the Causes of Restlessness and Worry?
• Be Fearful of this State
• Lesson: 31- Contentment, submission and Authorisation
• What is Razaa (concurrence)?
• The Philosophy of Rezaa and Tasleem
• Lesson: 32- Thankfulness and Praise
• Quranic verses
• Traditions
• Stages of Gratitude Thankfulness- Shukr
• Lesson: 33- Fulfilment of promise from the view point of Islam
• Man’s Covenant with Allah
• Promise Keeping between Man and Man
• Hypocrisy and Breach of a Vow
• Lesson: 34- Honesty
• Some Traditions Relating to Trust
• Lesson: 35- Modesty and Chastity
• Some Important points
• First point
• Second point
• Third point
• Part II- Perfection in the light of Morals
• Preface
• Lesson: 36- Self respect
• Words of Religious Leaders about Ghairat
• Some Rules for preventing Corruption
• Lesson: 37- Favourable Opinion
• The third problem - Misgiving about men
• Traditions regarding Conjecture
• Evil Consequences of Conjecture
• Ways of Curing This Dangerous Disease
• Some Essential Advice
• Lesson: 38- Pardon and Tolerance
• Some Questions
• On whose part pardon and Connivance Is More Beneficent?
• Lesson: 39- Good manners and the Islamic behaviour
• Verses
• Traditions
• Verses
• Traditions
• Lesson: 40- Self-restraint and Piety
• Definition of Taqwa
• Verses
• Narrations
• Difference between Taqwa and Wara
• Lesson: 41- Taqwa Continued
• Traditions
• Consequences of Taqwa
• Clear-sightedness as a result of Piety
• Lesson: 42- Taqwa Contd
• Admonition and Counsel Proves Effective for the Pious
• Islam Has Removed All Fanciful Prejudices
• Signs of Piety
• Ranks of Piety
• Lesson: 43- Piety and the Pious
• Section Two: Censure of the World
• Attributes or virtues of a Zahid
• Degrees of Piety
• The Philosophy of Piety
• Lesson: 44- Relation between worship and perfection
• Verses
• Narrations
• Peace and tranquillity under the shade of worship
• Some Points Regarding Worship
• Lesson: 45- The Importance of Thinking
• Verses
• Traditions
• Some points regarding reason
• The Lord of the Universe has, in this verse, invited attention to some issues
• Lesson: 46- Love and eagerness for Allah
• Signs of love of Allah
• How To earn love of Allah
• Lesson: 47- Anger
• Remedy
• Lesson: 48- The hardening of heart
• Signs of Hard-heartedness
• Lesson: 49- The Ugliness of Ignorance, Doubt and Confusion
• Doubt and confusion
• Verses
• Traditions
• Lesson: 50- Remedy for removing doubtfulness and ignorance
• Traditions
• Signs of certainty
• Stages or certainty
• Kinds of makaashifaat
• Lesson: 51- Hatred and animosity
• Narrations in Connection with Hiqd and Keenah
• A warning to the faithful
• Lesson: 52- Undue prejudice
• The meaning of prejudice
• Verses
• Traditions
• Sinister results of prejudice
• Lesson: 53- Weakness of Ambition and its Harms
• Traditions
• Lesson: 54- Extravagance and squandering
• Verses
• Traditions
• Lesson: 55- Advantage of consultation and condemnation of despotism
• Verses
• Traditions
• Results of consultation
• The duty of a consultant
• Traditions censuring despotic thinking
• Lesson: 56- Man’s duty with regard to his parents
• After God worship, respect for Parents
• Verses
• Extremely extraordinary points about parents
• Thought provoking point
• Traditions
• Lesson: 57- Duties of parents toward children
• Traditions
• Warning to parents
• Lesson: 58- Family relationship Blood relations
• Traditions
• Lesson: 59- Behaviour with neighbours and their rights
• Islam has made much recommendation in this matter
• Lesson: 60- Rights of family members and Islamic Behaviour in marital life
• Grave responsibility of women
• Lesson: 61- Rights and collusion between government and the people
• Lesson: 62- Islamic brotherhood: The basis and foundation of human unity
• Traditions
• Explanation
• Traditions
• Another example of the result of Islamic unity
• Lesson: 63- Permanent peace
• Exploring peace
• Lesson: 64- Islam and racial supremacy
• Verses
• Traditions
• Lesson: 65- Backbiting prohibited
• Reasons of backbiting
• Harms of backbiting
• Lesson: 66- The calamity called spying
• Lesson: 67- The crime of defamation or slander
• Verses
• Traditions
• Lesson: 68- What is the spreading of indecency?
• Conclusion
• The man in Quran
• Notes