SELF BUILDING

The greatest aim of Divine Messengers was to emphasize the importance of refinement, perfection, and training of human selves. The existence of man starts from the insignificant dusty material lacking any sort of sense and feelings and ultimately terminates into a precious celestial jewel! Imam Ali (a.s.) said, “Self is like precious jewel whoever strives for his protection, he will help him attaining exalted positions, and whoever acted negligently in his protection he shall pull him towards humiliation.

Ayatullah Ibrahim Amini had written a book on “Self-Building”. Self-building is the preparation for attaining piety.

Following are the salient feature of bad habits and the bad practices.

Bad Habits:

1.       Al Riya – showoff

2.       Al-Nifaq- Hypocrisy

3.       Al-Ghazab- Anger

4.       Takabbur – Arrogance

5.       Ujub – Self praise

6.       Ujlat – Haste

7.       Al-Zulm – Oppression

8.       Al-Makr – Deception

9.       Al-Gheebah – Back biting

10.   Al-Buhtaan – Allegation

11.   Find fault in others

12.   Wada Khilafi – Break the promise

13.   Huqooq al-Waladain – Parents rights

14.   Qata al-Raham – Neglecting the relatives

15.   Al-Israaf – Extravagance

16.   Al-Hasad – Jealousy

17.   Foul language

Bad Practices:

1.       Stealing

2.       Murder

3.       Adultery

4.       Grabbing other’s property

5.       Fraud

6.       Breaking Trust

7.       Alcohol and other intoxicants

8.       Eating Prohibited Meat

9.       Gambling

10.   Giving false witness

11.   Taking False Oath

12.   Accusing innocent ones for adultery

13.   Abandoning obligations like Prayers, Fasting, Hajj, Amir e Bil Maroof and Nahi Anil Munkar.

Source: Self Building by Ayatullah Ibrahim Amini

                Lecture by Hujjat-ul-Islam Maulana Amir Mukhtar Faezi