Islamic Ethics

Author: Ayatullah Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Dastghayb Shirazi

Translator: Hamid Hussein Waqar

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.

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Chapters

  1. Introduction
  2. Lecture 1: Do Not Rebuild A Broken Dam
  3. Lecture 2: Human Intellect
  4. Lecture 3: Prophets and Religious Laws Were Sent For Mankind
  5. Lecture 4: Divine Wisdom is Found From One’s Head To Toe
  6. Lecture 5: The Means Of Understanding Man’s Beginning And End
  7. Lecture 6: Purifying One’s Self; Knowledge and Action
  8. Lecture 7: Anger is Both Merciful and Satanic
  9. Lecture 8: Lust Results In The Continuation Of Human Life
  10. Lecture 9: Lust And Anger Must Be In Accordance To One’s Intellect And Divine Decree
  11. Lecture 10: Showing Anger with The Tongue, Hand or Heart
  12. Lecture 11: Envy Destroys One’s Health
  13. Lecture 12: Knowledge, Like Property and Social Status, Brings About Arrogance
  14. Lecture 13: The Cure of Arrogance, According To Imām ‛Alī (A)

First published on al-islam.org.

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