Lantern of the Path

مصباح الشريعه

Author: Imam Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (A.S.)
Translator: Fadlallah haeri
Publisher: Ansariyan Publications - Qum
Printer: SADR
First Edition 2000 - 1421
Copies: 2000
ISBN: 978-964-438-585-8
Size: A5
Number of pages: 120
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Introduction
• SECTION 1

Bondage (‘ubudiyah)

More on Bondage

On Lowering the Gaze

On Walking

• SECTION 2

On Knowledge

Giving Judgement

Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil

• SECTION 3

How the Men of Knowledge are Ruined

Guarding Oneself (ri’ayah)

Thankfulness

On Leaving your Home

On Reciting the Qur’ān

• SECTION 4

Dress

Showing Off

Truthfulness

Sincerity

• SECTION 5

Pecaution

Allāh (SWT) fearingness

Social Interactions

Sleep

• SECTION 6

Pilgrimage

Charity

Intention

• SECTION 7

Remembrance

The Ruin of the Reciters

Clarification of Truth and Falsehood

The Gnosis of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his family)

The Recognition of the Imams (peace be upon them)

• SECTION 8

Recognition of the Companions

The Honor and Sanctity of the Believers

Dutifulness to Parents

• SECTION 9

Humility

Ignorance

Eating

Evil Whispering

• SECTION 10

Pride

Generosity

Self-reckoning

• SECTION 11

Opening the Prayer

Bowing in Prayer

Prostration in Prayer

The Tashahhud

Salam

• SECTION 12

Repentance

Retreat

Silence

People’s destruction or salvation lies in speech and silence

Intellect and Passion

• SECTION 13

Envy

Greed

Corruption

Well-being

• SECTION 14

Worship

Reflection

Rest

• SECTION 15

Avarice

Clarification

Judgements

Siwak

Using the Lavatory

• SECTION 16

Purification

Entering the Mosque

Supplication

• SECTION 17

Fasting

Abstinence

A Description of this World

• SECTION 18

Reluctance to Act

Delusion

A Description of the Hypocrite

Proper Social Transaction

Taking and Giving

• SECTION 19

Brotherhood

Consultation

Forbearance

Following Another’s Example

• SECTION 20

Pardon

Exhortation

Advice (wasiyah)

Precaution (taqwa)

Trustful Reliance

• SECTION 21

Respect for One’s Brothers

Striving and Discipline

Contemplation of Death

Good Opinion

• SECTION 22
  

  Entrusting Oneself to Allāh (SWT)

  Certainty

  Fear and Hope

  Contentment

• SECTION 23

Aflliction

Patience

Sorrow

Modesty

Gnosis (ma ‘rifah)

Love of Allāh (SWT)

Love for the sake of Allāh (SWT)

Yearning

• SECTION 24

Wisdom

Making Claims

Taking Heed

Contentedness

Slander