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Life is a Journey Faith is the Vehicle MAJLIS 6 Hasnain Walji

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Life is a Journey Faith is the Vehicle MAJLIS 6 Hasnain Walji

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    1. Life is a Journey Faith is the Vehicle MAJLIS 6 Hasnain Walji Understanding Our faculties Emotional Intelligence

    2. Series – Muharram 1431 1. Karbala – an instrument of reform 2. Power of Intentional Living 3. The power of Critical Thinking 4. Time is life’s capital 5. Value Proposition of insaan 6. Emotional Intelligence – EQ v/s IQ 7. Living a purposeful life – 8. Nurturing the Next Generation 9. Concept of the Society of Believers 10. Life is a Journey – Islam is the vehicle

    3. 3 Value Proposition of insaan ?????? ????????? ???????????? ??? ???????? ????????? Al-Tin 95:4 Every individual human being is valuable.  Because Allah created all of them and He created in the best mold and shape Every individual human being is valuable.  Because Allah created all of them and He created in the best mold and shape

    4. Tears : Prescription for Reform. “…represents a brief flight that our spirit makes along with Husayn's spirit……” Ayatollah Mutahhari

    5. The Journey of the Nafs "Man 'arafa nafsahu ………. " the one who knows his nafs (soul or self), knows his Lord". Knowledge of the self, leads to knowledge of the Lord. Nasruddin & Pen

    6. 6 Disposition of the faithful The Prophet [s] said: "Whoever is pleased with his good actions and displeased with his bad actions is a faithful.” This is the basis of the journey of the nafs …… This is the way of ethics

    7. 7 Origin of the word akhlaq ……. Disposition = khulq Akhlaq is the plural for the word khulq. "Disposition" is that faculty of the soul where man performs spontaneously without thinking about them. Malakah is a property of the soul which comes into existence through exercise and repetitive practice

    8. 8 Akhlaq means more than.. Manners Etiquette To be on our best behavior ? Being Diplomatic Accommodating to all Nasuddin Alim & Fish

    9. 9 You have a choice Physical make-up produces certain dispositions Not compelled to abide by the dictates of your physical make-up. To overcome the dictates of physical nature you can acquire the disposition of choice.

    10. 10 Balance & Moderation To bring about changes we do not need to destroy our instincts of reproduction or self-preservation. Just as wild horse is trained to serve his master, so also can man attain perfection and wisdom through self-discipline and intelligent perseverance.

    11. 11 Important and valuable book on Ilmul Akhlaq. Jami`al-Sa'adat - The Collector of Felicities" by a scholar, mystic, and moral philosopher, Muhammad Mahdi ibn Abi Dharr al-Naraqi, Al-Naraqi was one of the most brilliant thinkers of the late 12th/18th and early 13th/lath century.

    12. Pains & Pleasures of body & soul

    13. Boatman & Philosopher - Egg Perfection of the soul lies in its grasp of philosophy and ethics

    14. 14 Developing Faculties At the time creation, the soul is like a clean tablet, devoid of all traits - good or evil. As one progresses through life, one develops faculties which are directly related to the way one lives, thinks, and acts. Developing these faculties is a process and one such process to heighten ones awareness is the concept of EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.

    15. Emotional Intelligence Combination of Philosophy and ethics

    16. 16 Faculties of the soul 1. The power of intelligence (al-quwwah al-aqliyyah) - angelic. 2. The power of anger al-quwwah al-ghadabiyyah) ferocious. 3. The power of desire (al-quwwah al-shahwiyyah)- animalistic. 4. The power of imagination (al-quwwah al-wahmiyyah)- demoniac.

    17. 17 The relationships of these four faculties to one another Traveller on horseback accompanied by a dog and a a spy The mounted traveller represents reason. The mount represents desire and passion. The dog represents the power of anger The spy represents the imaginative power.

    18. Power of Anger & Power of Passion

    19. Power of Imagination& Power of Intellect

    20. 20 The Best of Pleasures The purest of pleasures is the one experienced by the faculty of reason. Animalistic faculties are transitory in nature and without any lasting value. Comparison of Knowledge & Wealth by Imam Ali AS

    21. Knowledge is the legacy of the Prophets; wealth is the inheritance of the Pharaohs. You are to guard your wealth but knowledge guards you. Ghazzali & The Robbers A man of wealth has many enemies, while a man of knowledge has many friends.

    22. Knowledge cannot be stolen while wealth can be stolen. Time cannot harm knowledge but wealth rusts in course of time and wears away.

    23. Boatman & Philosopher - Egg When the faculties are in balance

    24. 24 What’s your Pleasure? Animal pleasures – Anger & Passion Man is ashamed of them conceals them Degrees of the pleasure of reasoning: the highest of which is experienced in nearness to God. attained by love and knowledge of God, through abiding effort to be ever nearer to Him.

    25. 25 New Definition of Shia? Shujaa: The purification of the Power of Anger will result in courage. Hikmat The purification of the Power of Intellect will result in knowledge, and subsequently wisdom Iffat The purification of the Power of Passion will result in the chastity Adalat The purification of the Power of Imagination will cause the emergence of the faculty of justice in a human being.

    26. 26 Diseases of the Power of the Intellect Simple ignorance not knowing. Compound ignorance being ignorant, and being unaware of one's ignorance. Perplexity and doubt the opposite of which are certainty and conviction. Shirk (polytheism) opposite of which is belief Tauheed

    27. 27 Intellect Anger Stupidity is deficiency of wisdom - not using the power of the intellect to understand the nature of things. Slyness is the excessive use of the intellect - using the power of the intellect in matters for which it is inappropriate Cowardice is deficiency of courage - fear and irresolution in cases where there is no cause for them. Foolhardiness is the excess of reckless action in cases where it is inappropriate.

    28. 28 Passion Imagination Lethargy is the deficient state for which the point of moderation is chastity - failure to use things which the body needs. Rapaciousness is the other extreme in opposition to lethargy; that is, excess in sexual activity, eating and drinking, and other sensual pleasures. Submissiveness is the deficient state for which the point of moderation is justice; - accepting oppression and tyranny. Tyranny is the other extreme in opposition to submissiveness; that is, oppressing either one's own self or others.

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