Meaning and Origin of Akhlaq, Moral Virtues and Vices, Diseases of the Soul and their Treatment, and Vices of Power and Passion.
Condensed from the Arabic by Muhammad Baqir Ansari
- Jami' al-Sa'adat (The Collector of Felicities)
- Presentation
- Introduction
- The Meaning and Origin of Akhlaq
- Moral Virtues and Vices
- Diseases of the Soul and their Treatment
- Diseases of the Power of Intellect and Their Treatment
- Diseases of the Power of Anger and Their Treatment
- Other Vices of the Power of Anger
- 1. Fear (khawf)
- 2. Self Depreciation or Inferiority Complex
- 3. Diffidence
- 4. Lack of the Sense of Dignity
- 5. Hastiness
- 6. Ill-feeling Towards the Creator and His Creation
- 7. Anger
- 8. Violence
- 9. Ill-temper
- 10. Rancour
- 11. Self-conceit and Vanity
- 12. Arrogance
- 13. Rebelliousness
- 14. Blindness to One's Faults
- 15. Fanaticism
- 16. Concealing Truth
- 17. Callousness and Cruelty
- Vices of the Power of Passion
- Joint Diseases of the Powers of Intellect, Anger, and Passion
- 1. Jealousy (Hasad)
- 2. Harassing and Insulting Others
- 3. Frightening and Bothering Muslims
- 4. Indifference to the Affairs of Muslims
- 5. Negligence in Carrying Out the Duty of "Al-amr bil ma'ruf wal nahy 'an al-munhar"
- 6. Unsociableness
- 7. Breaking Ties with One's Family and Kin
- 8. Being undutiful to Parents
- 9. Finding Faults with Others and Exposing Their Shortcomings or Sins
- 10. Revealing Other People's Secrets
- 11. Shamatah
- 12. Taunting and Dispute (Ta'n wa Mujadalah)
- 13. Making Fun of Other People and Ridiculing Them
- 14. Joking
- 15. Backbiting (Ghibah)
- 16. Lying
- 17. Simulation (riya')
- 18. Hypocrisy (Nifaq)
- 19. Pride (Ghurur)
- 20. Having Elaborate and Far-Flung Hopes and Desires
- 21. Rebelliousness (`Isyan)
- 22. Shamelessness
- 23. Persistence in Sin (al-'israr `ala al-ma'siyah)
- 24. Neglect (Ghaflah)
- 25. Aversion (Karahah)
- 26. Sakhat
- 27. Huzn
- 28. Absence of Trust in God
- 29. Ingratitude (Kufran)
- 30. Jaza ` (Restlessness)
- 31. Fisq