- INTRODUCTION
- SECTION ONE : GENERAL ETHICS
- MORAL CONDUCT
- ILL-TEMPER
- TRUTH
- UNTRUTH
- CLEMENCY AND SUPPRESSION OF ANGER
- ANGER
- MODESTY
- ARROGANCE
- SATISFACTION
- GREED
- GENEROSITY
- ALTRUISM
- STINGINESS
- CHASTITY
- GLUTTONY
- FAITHFULNESS AND BREACH
- FRATERNITY
- SECTARIANISM
- JUSTICE
- INJUSTICE
- SINCERITY
- SHOWINESS
- CONCEIT
- CONVICTION
- PATIENCE
- GRATITUDE
- TRUST IN GOD
- FEAR OF GOD
- HOPE FOR GOD
- DECEPTION
- ENVY
- BACKBITING
- TALEBEARING
- OBSCENITY, REVILEMENT, AND DEFAMATION
- SARCASM
- GOOD WORDING
- INCONVENIENCES OF SINS
- REPENTANCE
- SELF-JUDGMENT AND SELF-CONTROL
- RIGHTEOUS DEED
- OBEDIENCE AND GOD-FEARING
- PERSEVERANCE ON PRINCIPLES
- SECTION TWO : RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
- Amir ul-Mu'minin Ali ibn Abi Talib (a) said
- PREFACE
- THE DIVINE RIGHTS
- RIGHTS OF THE PROPHET
- RIGHTS OF THE IMAMS
- RIGHTS OF SCHOLARS
- RIGHTS OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
- RIGHTS OF PARENTS AND SONS
- MATRIMONIAL RIGHTS
- False Rights
- Woman in Islam
- RIGHTS OF THE RELATIVES
- RIGHTS OF FRIENDS
- RIGHTS OF NEIGHBORHOOD
- RIGHTS OF THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY
- OBLIGATIONS OF THE RULERS
- PHYSICAL AND MENTAL NECESSITIES
- ENDNOTES
in this regard is the Islamic that is taken from the holy Quran and the moralities of the The Ahl ul-Bayt[2] (a)[3]. This course is characterized by moderation, genuineness of principal, and suitableness to the different ages and ideas. Because of its distinctive features, it is the one and only course that takes people, on both levels of individuals and communities, towards ethical perfection and high moral standards in such an exciting style prepossessing minds and hearts and achieving perfection in shorter time and easier way. Furthermore, it represents the excellence of the divine revelation as well as the wisdom of The The Ahl ul-Bayt (a) who progressed in the light of that revelation and understood its concepts to present it in the form of expressive wisdom, high trait, and nonesuch moral lessons whose illumination and purity focus on souls to clean and light them through virtuous concepts.
On that account, I loved and inclined to that course and was encouraged to plan this message with all of its researches on its guidance.
If some people will be guided and others will not, this will definitely not cause any defect to the instructions of the Islamic course. This will be ascribed to the variation of people�s natures and readiness to accept the concepts of guidance.
It is quite unfortunate to see Muslims, after having been the leaders of nations and pioneers to virtues, lose their positions because of their deviation from the moralities of Islam. Thus, they have been plunging in humble manners of moral corruption. They are