This is the English translation of the book: 'Akhlaq Islami' by Shaheed Ayatullah Sayyid 'Abd al-Hussayn Dastghayb, translated by Hamid Waqar. This book presents a discussion on the importance of Ethics in Islam covering areas like the intellect, religious laws and purifying one's self, and covering such topics as anger, lust, envy, arrogance, etc.
- Islamic Ethics
- Introduction
- Lecture 1: Do Not Rebuild A Broken Dam
- Lecture 2: Human Intellect
- 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
- 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
- Lecture 4: Divine Wisdom is Found From One’s Head To Toe
- Lecture 5: The Means Of Understanding Man’s Beginning And End
- 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
- Hārūn And Mamūn Knew The Station Of The Imāms
- Love Of This World Is The Root Of Sin
- 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
- Should throwing a piece of dirt be rewarded with a Rock?
- 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
- 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
- Piety Strengthens One’s Faith And Coveteousness Weakens One’s Faith
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Justice
- 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
- Lecture 11: Envy Destroys One’s Health
- Lecture 12: Knowledge, Like Property and Social Status, Brings About Arrogance
- 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
- Wanting To Serve People And Seeking Power Are Two Different Things
- The Cure Of Arrogance
- Practice Not Giving Orders
