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The Collector of Felicities


Introduction

Section 1 : The Meaning and Origin of Akhlaq
Souls Purification and Adornment
Faculties of the Soul: Their Effects and Characteristics
The Soul and Its Powers
Pleasures and Pains
Goodness and Happiness

Section 2 : Moral Virtues and Vices
Moderation and Deviation
The Various Types of Vice
Simple ignorance: not knowing
The Importance of Justice
Various Kinds of Justice
Self-development

Section 3 : Diseases of the Soul and their Treatment
Introduction
1. Diseases of the Power of Intellect and Their Treatment
A- The Condition of Excess
B. The Condition of Deficiency
C. The State of Moderation
Other Vices Related to the Power of Intellect
1. Compound Ignorance
2. Perplexity and Doubt
Signs of Men of Conviction
Stages of Certainty
3. Shirk (Polytheism)
4. Satanic Temptations and Consciousness
5. Trickery and Slyness
2. Diseases of the Power of Anger and Their Treatment
a. The Condition of Excess
b. The Condition of Deficiency
c. The Condition of Moderation
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

Section 4 : Vices of the Power of Passion
1. Love of the World
2. Love of Wealth and Riches
3. Affluence and Opulence
4. Greed (Hirs)
5. Avarice (tama)
6. Miserliness (Bukhl)
7. Illegitimate earning
8. Treachery (Khiyaniah)
9. Licentiousness and Profligacy
10. Delving in Obscene and Haram Matters
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-munkar"
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


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