Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Islamic Ethics

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

• Introduction
• Muhammad (S) Had The Best Ethical Traits
• Allah Purifies (Spiritually) Whoever He Desires
• Obtaining Correct Ethical Traits
• Purifying Comes Before Teaching
• Theoretical And Practical Ethics
• The Importance That Shahīd Dastghayb Gave To Lectures On Islamic Ethics
• Footnotes
• Lecture 1: Do Not Rebuild A Broken Dam
• Why Should We Be Separate?
• Self-Building Along With Understanding
• The First Step In Purifying One’s Self Is Thought
• Thinking About One’s Creation
• Standing Up Against False Ideas
• Humility, Only For Allah
• Freedom Is In Piety
• Allah Swears 14 Times About The Importance Of Purifying One’s Self
• Footnotes
• Lecture 2: Human Intellect
• Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs1
• It Is Impossible For Something To Come Into Existence Without A Creator
• The Fingernail
• Was The Creator Unaware?
• A Proof Of The Day Of Judgment
• The Pious Will Benefit From Allah’s Everlasting Rewards
• How Much Should Man Strengthen His Nature
• Greed Compels One To Commit Any Crime
• Bearing The Difficulties With Travelers Who Are Visiting Imām Husayn’s Grave
• I Wish I Could Be A Flower, But If I’m Not I Do Not Want To Be A Thorn 
• Bashīr And Mubashshir Are The Same As Nakīr And Munkar
• Footnotes
• Lecture 3: Prophets and Religious Laws Were Sent For Mankind
• Knowing One’s Self Will Help In Ridding One’s Self Of Animalistic Characteristics
• Others are for you and you are for Allah
• Why Doesn’t A Dead Body Have Feelings?
• An Intellectual Proof Of The Immateriality Of The Soul
• Ability In All Fields
• They Have Forgotten Themselves
• Believers Will Enter Heaven With Young Bodies
• People Will Be Raised According To Their Nature
• The Spirit Has Pleasure Or Pain
• The Punishment Of The Hereafter Is Different Than The Punishment Of This World 
• Perfection Is In The Hereafter
• Expect Mercy If You Were Merciful
• Imām Sajjād’s Conversation With His Servant
• Footnotes
• Lecture 4: Divine Wisdom is Found From One’s Head To Toe
• Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs1
• Nature’s Choice, A Clear Contradiction
• Millions Of Cells In Each Body Part
• Humility In Front Of Allah’s Favors
• Understand The Favor Before It Goes Away
• Footnotes
• Lecture 5: The Means Of Understanding Man’s Beginning And End
• Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs1
• Lifeless Objects Are Unable To Create
• A Big Problem With Darwin’s Proposition
• Man’s Understanding Is Not An Offspring Of Something Material
• Encompassing Knowledge Is A Sign Of The Immaterial Soul
• The Body In The Hereafter is not Affected by Materialism
• The Rejectors Do Not Have Any Proof
• The Differences In People’s Faces
• Respecting Graves Is A Sign Of Accepting The Hereafter
• The answer to this question is found in chapter Qiyāmat
• Hārūn And Mamūn Knew The Station Of The Imāms
• Love Of This World Is The Root Of Sin
• Footnotes
• Lecture 6: Purifying One’s Self; Knowledge and Action
• Habits Are Not Formed Spontaneously
• ‛Alī (A) Also Struggled To Perfect Himself
• Anger, An Animalistic Trait
• What should we do when we are left without Choice?
• Mālik Ashtar And A Young Man
• Showing Patience in Anger is a Human Characteristic
• Muhaqqiq Tūsī’s Interesting Answer To An Ignorant Person
• How Does It Come To A Dispute?
• I Deserve More Pain
• Refraining From Anger Is Refraining From Spilling Blood
• Footnotes
• Lecture 7: Anger is Both Merciful and Satanic
• The Existence of Anger In Man Is Necessary
• Animalistic Anger
• Imām Sajjād (A) And The Servant That Killed His Son
• Do Not Get Angry From False Reports
• Acting In Opposition To Expectations Causes Unwarranted Anger
• Lower Your Expectations
• Anger At Oppressors And Open Sin
• If One Over-Retaliates The Other Person has the Right to Counter-Retaliate
• The Hereafter Is For One Who Does Not Seek Superiority
• One’s Love Of The Hereafter Becomes Clear When One Is Angry Or Lustful
• Footnotes
• Lecture 8: Lust Results In The Continuation Of Human Life
• Spiritual Growth Is Also Found In Anger and Lust
• Becoming Too Angry Or Lustful Or Not Angry Or Lustful Enough Is Dangerous
• The Middle Course In Eating; Not Being Excessive
• A Colorful Dinner Table And Different Diseases
• One Must Follow The Middle Course In Sexual Desires As Well
• The Middle Course In Marriage Is Relative
• The Spiritual Benefits Of Making A Family
• Do Not Oppress Nor Be Oppressed
• Being Indifferent
• The Prophet (S) Did Not Want Respect
• Be Happy If Someone Did Not Treat You Ill
• The Prophet (S) And Imāms (A) Did Not Have Expectations
• We Should Not Expect Greetings And Respect
• Footnotes
• Lecture 9: Lust And Anger Must Be In Accordance To One’s Intellect And Divine Decree
• Physical And Spiritual Benefits Found In Food
• Worshipping One’s Stomach
• One, While Eating, Should Remember That Allah Blessed Him With This Food 
• The Middle Course In Marriage And Anger
• The Prophet (S) Never Had Personal Anger
• Imām ‛Alī’ (A) And ‛Amr Bin ‛Abd Wudd
• Tribalism
• Tribalism Is Against The Divine Decree
• Loving One’s Family And Tribalism Are Two Different Things
• Footnotes
• Lecture 10: Showing Anger with The Tongue, Hand or Heart
• Answer Bad With Good
• The Other Person Will Be Ashamed When You Act Well With Them
• An Eye For An Eye Limited By The Divine Decree
• Dignity And Comfort In Front Of Tribalism
• The Peace Treaty Of Hudaybīyah
• In Any Case, Muhammad (S) Is A Prophet
• Do Not Lose Your Calm
• Stepping Over The Limits Of Anger
• Do Not Bear Oppression At The Beginning
• Footnotes
• Lecture 11: Envy Destroys One’s Health
• Envy Does Not Allow Faith To Remain In One’s Heart
• Envy Kills Scholars
• The Envious Judge Tries To Give The Imām The Death Penalty
• Understanding Reality Will Not Come From Reading Books Alone
• Footnotes
• Lecture 12: Knowledge, Like Property and Social Status, Brings About Arrogance
• Compound Ignorance Makes One Forget That He’s A Servant
• He Tried To Kill Himself In Two Different Ways, But Survived
• A Scholar Is Also In Need Of Allah Regarding His Knowledge
• A Doctor Who Accidentally Killed His Own Son
• A Scholar Must Be Humble
• Lecture 13: The Cure of Arrogance, According To Imām ‛Alī (A)
• One Becomes The Measure Of Reality When Arrogance Grows In One’s Spirit
• Arrogance Because Of Property Is The Result Of Being Ignorant About Reality 
• Being Arrogant Because Of Knowledge Is Dangerous
• I Am The Lowest Of The Lowest
• I Feel Lower Than You
• An Undeserving Scholar’s Fanaticism
• The Cure Of Arrogance
• Practice Not Giving Orders
• Footnotes