Islamic Ethics

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.

• Introduction
• Lecture 1: Do Not Rebuild A Broken Dam
• Lecture 2: Human Intellect
• Lecture 3: Prophets and Religious Laws Were Sent For Mankind
• Lecture 4: Divine Wisdom is Found From One’s Head To Toe
• Lecture 5: The Means Of Understanding Man’s Beginning And End
• Lecture 6: Purifying One’s Self; Knowledge and Action
• Lecture 7: Anger is Both Merciful and Satanic
• Lecture 8: Lust Results In The Continuation Of Human Life
• Lecture 9: Lust And Anger Must Be In Accordance To One’s Intellect And Divine Decree
• Lecture 10: Showing Anger with The Tongue, Hand or Heart
• 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)