ILL-TEMPER
Morals between Rectitude and Deviation
Treatment of Ill-Temper
TRUTH
Achievements of Truth
Parts of Truth
UNTRUTH
Disadvantages of Untruth
Reasons of Untruth
Sorts of Untruth
First: False Swearing
Second: Perjury
Damages of False Swearing and Perjury
Third: Breach of Promise
Fourth: Mocking Untruth
Treatment of Untruth
Justifications of Untruth
CLEMENCY AND SUPPRESSION OF ANGER
ANGER
Incentives of Anger:
Damages of Anger
Anger between Praise and Censure
Treatment of Anger:
MODESTY
ARROGANCE
Disadvantages of Arrogance
Incentives of Arrogance
Levels of Arrogance
Sorts of Arrogance
Treatment of Arrogance
SATISFACTION
Advantages of Satisfaction
GREED
Disadvantages of Greed
Treatment of Greed
GENEROSITY
Advantages of Generosity
Fields of Generosity
Incentives of Generosity
ALTRUISM
STINGINESS
Disadvantages of Stinginess
Forms of Stinginess
Treatment of Stinginess:
CHASTITY
Reality of Chastity
The Sought Moderation
Advantages of Chastity
GLUTTONY
Disadvantages of Gluttony
Treatment of Gluttony
FAITHFULNESS AND BREACH
Advantages of Faithfulness and Disadvantages of Breach
Forms of Breach
FRATERNITY
Spiritual Fraternity
SECTARIANISM
Reality of Sectarianism
Calamities of Sectarianism
JUSTICE
Forms of Justice
(1) Man's justice towards God:
(2) Man's justice towards the society:
(3) Justice towards the dead:
(4) Justice of the rulers:
Advantages of Justice
INJUSTICE
Forms of Injustice
(1) Self-Wronging
(2) Injustice towards the Family
(3) Injustice towards the Relatives
(4) Injustice towards the Society
(5) Injustice of the Rulers
Bad Consequences of Injustice
Treatment of Injustice
SINCERITY
Virtue of Sincerity
Obstacles of Sincerity
How to Obtain Sincerity?
SHOWINESS
Categories of Showiness
1. Showiness of the Belief:
2. Showiness of Acts of Worship
3. Practical Showiness
4. Verbal Showiness
Incentives of Showiness
Some Facts
Disadvantages of Showiness
Treatment of Showiness
Practical Treatment of Showiness:
CONCEIT
Disadvantages of Conceit
Treatment of Conceit
CONVICTION
Qualities of People of Conviction
Ranks of Faith
THE AHLUL-BAYT
Ethical Role-Models
SECTION ONE
GENERAL ETHICS
MORAL CONDUCT
Categories of Faith
1. Natural Faith:
Transient Faith:
Acquisitive Faith
PATIENCE
Categories of Patience
Steadfastness against Misfortunes and Calamities
Standing the Obedience and Perseverance against the Disobedience to God
Patience of the Graces
Advantages of Patience
How to Acquire Patience?
GRATITUDE
Categories of Gratitude
Virtue of Gratitude
How to Acquire Thankfulness?
TRUST IN GOD
Reality of Trust in God
Ranks of Trust in God
Advantages of Trust in God
How to Acquire Trust in God?
FEAR OF GOD
Fear between Ebb and Flow
Advantages of Fear
How to Feel Fearful?
Stories of the Fearful
HOPE FOR GOD
Reality of Hope
Purpose of Hope and Fear
DECEPTION
Forms of Deception
Treatment of the Worldly Deception
ENVY
Incentive of Envy
Disadvantages of Envy
BACKBITING
Disregard of Backbiting
Incentives of Backbiting
Disadvantages of Backbiting
Reasonable Grounds of Backbiting
Treatment of Backbiting
Penance of Backbiting
SLANDER
TALEBEARING
Incentives of Talebearing
Disadvantages of Talebearing
How to Deal with the Talebearer?
CALUMNY
OBSCENITY, REVILEMENT, AND DEFAMATION
Disadvantages of Obscenity
SARCASM
GOOD WORDING
INCONVENIENCES OF SINS
REPENTANCE
Reality of Repentance
Merits of Repentance
Obligation and Immediateness of Repentance
Repetition of Repentance
Courses of Repentance
Acceptance of Repentance
SELF-JUDGMENT AND SELF-CONTROL
Constitution of Self-Judgment
Seizure of Life's Opportunity
RIGHTEOUS DEED
OBEDIENCE AND GOD-
FEARING
Reality of Obedience and God-Fearing
PERSEVERANCE ON PRINCIPLES
SECTION TWO
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
PREFACE
THE DIVINE RIGHTS
1. Worship
2. Obedience
3. Thankfulness
4. Trust in God
RIGHTS OF THE PROPHET
1. Obedience to the Prophet:
2. Love for the Prophet
3. Blessing the Prophet
4. The Love for the Ahl ul-Bayt
RIGHTS OF THE IMAMS
1. Recognition of the Imams
2. Loyalty to the Imams
3. Obedience to the Imams
4. Fulfillment of the Khums
5. Kind Treatment to the Prophet's Descendants
6. Praising and Publicizing the Imams' Merits
7. Pilgrimage to the Imams' Shrine
RIGHTS OF SCHOLARS
Merits of Knowledge and Scholars
1. Regard of Scholars
2. Charity to Scholars
3. Compliance with Scholars
RIGHTS OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
Rights of Students
RIGHTS OF PARENTS AND SONS
Rights of Parents
Filial Piety
Filial Impiety
Disadvantages of Filial Impiety
Rights of Sons
Wisdom of Discipline
The Child's First School
Course of Education
MATRIMONIAL RIGHTS
Merits of Marriage
1. Advantages of Marriage
2. Benefits of Marriage
3. Results of Marriage
Marital Happiness
The Ideal Husband
The Ideal Wife
Observance of Rights
Rights of Husbands
1. Obedience to Husbands
2. Compliance with Husbands
3. Observance of Husbands' honor
Rights of Wives
1. Disbursement
2. Good Companionship
3. Protection
False Rights
Removal of the Veil
Moral Defects
Woman in Islam
Woman in the Ancient Ages
Woman in the Modern Western Civilization
Woman's Liberation in Islam
Distinction Between the Sexes
1. Maintenance
2. Man's Preference to Woman in Inheritance
3. Testimony
4. Polygamy
Divorce in Islam
RIGHTS OF THE RELATIVES
Merits of the Relatives
Regard of Relatives
Disregard of the Relatives
RIGHTS OF FRIENDS
Merits of Friends
Reality of Friendship
Friends' Selection
The Ideal Friend
Standards of Love
Friendship between Ebb and Flow
Rights of Friends
1. Material Care
2. Moral Care
3. Excusation
Moderation with Friends
RIGHTS OF NEIGHBORHOOD
Cooperation and Mutual sympathy
Rights of Neighbors
RIGHTS OF THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY
Merits of the Islamic Society
Rights of the Islamic Society
1. Right of Life
2. Right of Dignity
3. Right of Freedom
A. Freedom of Religion
B. Civil Freedom
C. Freedom of Propagation of Islam
4. Right of Equality
Equality in Islam
5. Right of Knowledge
6. Right of Ownership
7. Right of Islamic Interests
C. Settling the Believer's Need
D. Gladdening the Believer
E. Visiting the Believer
OBLIGATIONS OF THE RULERS
Rights of Subjects against Rulers
(B) Righteousness
(C) Lenience
(D) Selection of the Retinue
(E) Settlement with the Officials
(F) Achievement of Social Happiness
Rulers' Rights against Subjects
(1) Obedience:
(2) Support
(3) Advice
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL NECESSITIES
Physical Rights
Mental Rights
(1) Self-education
(2) Well Intention
(3) Self-control
4. Self-Judgment
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