Combat with the self / Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ḥurr al-ʻĀmilī ; translated by Nazmina A. Virjee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ḥurr al-ʻĀmilī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, 1624-1693.

Standardized Title:

Wasāʾil al-Shīʻah ilá taḥṣīl masāʾil al-sharīʻah. English. Selections

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Hadith (Shiites).

Self--Religious aspects--Islam.

Self.

Physical Description:

318 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : ICAS Press, 2003.

Summary:

Combat with the Self is a compilation of traditions and sayings from the Holy Prophet and his Household (hadith), classified under various subsections, all broaching the subject of the self, its vices, temptations, strengths and weaknesses. Based on the fact that one's self is one's greatest enemy, the book encompasses universally acknowledged issues of moral and ethical value from honesty and charity to humility and philanthropy. It consists purely of the sayings of the infallible Imams, through which the reader will be left amazed at how congruent the Imams' words are with the message of the Qur'an.

Contents:

1. The Divine Obligation to Combat the Self 11

2. The Duties Incumbent upon the Parts of the Body, and the Divine Obligation to Carry Them Out 13

3. The Sum of All the Mandatory and Recommended Rights that One Must Observe 21

4. The Divine Recommendation (Istihbab) to Adopt Praiseworthy Qualities, a Few of Which Are Listed 30

5. The Divine Recommendation to Ponder Over That Which Brings About Self-evaluation and Good Actions 40

6. The Divine Recommendation to Adorn Oneself With Noble Moral Traits 42

7. The Divine Obligation to Have Conviction in Allah in His Provision of Sustenance and Lifespan, and in Benefit and Harm 45

8. The Divine Obligation to Act According to the Intellect and to Counter Ignorance 48

9. The Divine Obligation on the Intellect to Conquer Carnal Desires, and the Divine Prohibition From Doing the Opposite 52

10. The Divine Obligation to Resort to Allah 54

11. The Divine Obligation to Rely Entirely on Allah and to Entrust All Matters to Him 55

12. The Impermissibility of Attaching One's Hopes and Expectations to Anyone Other Than Allah 57

13. The Divine Obligation to Combine in Oneself Both Fear and Hope in Allah, and to Act Accordingly 59

14. The Divine Obligation to Fear Allah 62

15. The Divine Recommendation to Cry Much from Fear of Allah 66

16. The Divine Obligation to Have a Good Opinion of Allah, and the Divine Prohibition to Have a Bad Opinion of Him 70

17. The Divine Recommendation to Reproach the Self, Discipline it and Despise it 73

18. The Divine Obligation to Obey Allah 74

19. The Divine Obligation to Have Perseverance (Sabr) in Obeying Allah, and in Refraining from Disobeying Him 77

20. The Divine Obligation to Be God-conscious at All Times 81

21. The Divine Obligation to Refrain from Sinning and to Have Piety 84

22. The Divine Obligation to Have Self-restraint 89

23. The Divine Obligation to Avoid That Which Allah Has Forbidden 92

24. The Divine Obligation to Perform the Duties Incumbent Upon Oneself 97

25. The Divine Recommendation to Have Patience and Perseverance in All Affairs 99

26. The Divine Recommendation to Have Clemency 103

27. The Divine Recommendation to Be Moderate in All Matters 106

28. The Divine Recommendation to Be Humble 109

29. The Divine Recommendation to Be Humble When Blessed With Bounties 112

30. An Emphasis on the Divine Recommendation of Humility in the Scholar and the Student 113

31. The Divine Recommendation to Be Humble When Eating and Drinking, and the Like 114

32. The Divine Obligation to Prefer Allah's Pleasure Over One's Own, and Divine Prohibition of the Opposite 116

33. The Divine Obligation to Consider Carefully the Consequence Before Carrying out the Action 118

34. The Divine Obligation to Treat People Fairly and Equitably, Even If it Be to One's Own Detriment 120

35. It Is Obligatory for the Believer to Like for Other Believers That Which He Likes for Himself, and to Dislike for Others That Which He Himself Dislikes 123

36. The Divine Recommendation to Occupy Oneself with One's Own Faults Rather than Finding Faults with Others 124

37. The Divine Obligation to Be Just 128

38. It Is Not Permissible for One Who Praises and Admires Justice to Behave Contrary to it 130

39. The Divine Obligation to Redress the Self When it Inclines Towards Evil 132

40. The Divine Obligation to Refrain From Sins and Errors 134

41. The Divine Obligation to Avoid Acts of Disobedience to Allah 139

42. The Divine Obligation to Avoid Vain Desires and Forbidden Passions 142

43. The Divine Obligation to Refrain From What Are Regarded as 'Petty' Sins 143

44. The Divine Prohibition of Ingratitude for Allah's Bounties 147

45. The Divine Obligation to Shun the Committing of Grave Sins 149

46. The Stipulation of Specific Grave Sins That Must Be Shunned 151

47. The Soundness and Acceptability of the Repentance Sought for Having Committed Grave Sins 163

48. The Divine Prohibition of Persistence in Committing Petty Sins, and Divine Obligation to Hasten to Repentance and Seeking of Forgiveness 167

49. Some of the Prohibited and Undesirable Traits That Must Be Abandoned 169

50. The Divine Prohibition of Seeking Leadership in the Absence of Complete Certainty of One's Own Integrity 178

51. The Divine Recommendation for One Who Finds it Difficult to Keep Away From Bad Company to Stay Mostly at Home, and to Devote Himself to Attending to the Rights of His Fellow Brothers in Faith 181

52. The Divine Prohibition of Defrauding and Cheating the World (and its People) by Means of Religion 183

53. The Divine Obligation to Appease One's Anger So as Not to Commit a Sin in the Process, with a Mention of the Things That Appease Anger 185

54. The Divine Obligation to Remember Allah When One Falls Prey to Anger 190

55. The Divine Prohibition of Jealousy and the Divine Obligation to Keep Away From it, with the Exception of Envy 192

56. A Mention of Some of the Faults and Errors That Are Pardonable and Excusable 195

57. The Divine Prohibition of Partisanship in Causes That Are Not Devoted to the Truth 197

58. The Divine Prohibition of Arrogance 199

59. The Divine Prohibition of Tyranny, Haughtiness and Conceit 203

60. The Degree of Prohibition Attached to Tyranny and Arrogance 207

61. The Divine Prohibition of Love of This World (the Condemned Aspects of it) and the Divine Obligation to Despise it 209

62. The Divine Recommendation of Asceticism and Restraint From the Pleasures of This World, and the Degree of Asceticism Recommended 211

63. The Divine Recommendation to Forego All That Exceeds the Bounds of Necessity from the Provisions of This World 216

64. The Divine Disapproval (Karahah) of Coveting this World (and its Pleasures) 219

65. The Divine Disapproval of the Love of Wealth and Repute 220

66. The Divine Disapproval of Cynicism and Laziness 221

67. The Divine Disapproval of Greed 223

68. The Divine Disapproval of Rashness and Insolence 225

69. The Divine Prohibition of Ill Nature 226

70. The Divine Prohibition of Foolishness and of Being Such That People Are Constantly Made Wary of One's Wickedness 228

71. The Divine Prohibition of Foul and Obscene Language and the Divine Obligation to Guard One's Tongue 230

72. The Divine Prohibition of Idle and Impudent Talk and of Carelessness in One's Speech 233

73. The Divine Prohibition of Accusing Anyone of Fornication

Even the Infidel

Without Proper Evidence 235

74. The Divine Prohibition of Intimidating Others 237

75. The Divine Disapproval of Boasting 240

76. The Divine Prohibition of Hard-heartedness 242

77. The Divine Prohibition of Injustice to Others 244

78. The Divine Obligation to Restore All Usurped Rights and Pay Damages to Their Rightful Owners 248

79. The Repentance of Someone Who Has Led People Astray Is Accepted Only on Condition That He Returns Them to the Truth 250

80. The Divine Prohibition of Endorsing Injustice, of Aiding and Abetting it, and of Making Excuses for it 252

81. The Divine Prohibition of Giving in to Those Temptations That Contravene Allah's Law 254

82. The Divine Obligation on the Sinner to Confess His Sins to Allah and to Admit That He Deserves Punishment for Them 255

83. The Divine Obligation to Feel Remorse for One's Sins 257

84. The Divine Obligation to Conceal One's Sins and the Divine Prohibition to Expose Them Publicly 259

85. The Divine Obligation to Seek Forgiveness for One's Sins, and to Hasten to Do So Within Seven Hours of Having Sinned 260

86. The Divine Obligation to Repent for All One's Sins and to Be Determined Never to Commit Them Again 265

87. The Divine Obligation to Be Sincere in One's Repentance, and the Conditions for the Acceptance of One's Repentance 269

88. The Divine Recommendation to Repent by Fasting on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and by Taking a Ritual Bath and Performing a Prayer Especially for Repentance 271

89. The Permissibility and Validity of Repenting Anew 272

90. The Divine Recommendation to Remind Oneself of One's Sin, and to Ask Forgiveness for it Whenever One

Remembers it 275

91. The Divine Recommendation to Seize Opportunities for Doing Good and to Take the Initiative to Do So Whenever Possible 277

92. The Divine Recommendation to Repent and Seek Forgiveness Every Day and Night, Even When One Has Not Sinned, and the Divine Obligation to Do So When One Has Sinned 279

93. The Validity of Repentance Sought at the End of One's Life, Even as Late as When the Soul Has Reached the Throat 281

94. The Divine Recommendation to Ask for Forgiveness at Dawn 285

95. The Divine Obligation to Rectify Today Whatever One Neglected Yesterday, and in Doing So Not to Delay Till the Morrow 287

96. The Divine Obligation to Monitor and Take Account of Oneself Every Day, and to Praise Allah for Enabling One to Do Good and to Make Amends for the Bad 289

97. The Divine Obligation to Be Increasingly Conscious of Oneself the More One Ages, Especially Those Who Are Forty Years of Age and Over 294

98. The Divine Obligation to Perform a Good Deed After having Committed an Evil Deed 296

99. The Validity of the Repentance Sought by an Apostate 298

100. The Divine Obligation to Occupy Oneself with Good Deeds Rather than Wealth and Children 299

101. The Divine Obligation to Always Be on Guard Against the Exposure of One's Deeds to Allah, His Prophet and the Imams (Pbut) 301.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-315) and index.

ISBN:

1904063144

OCLC:

53987689