Course Curriculum
Week 1: Intro to Self-Building | |||
1. About the Five Risalat Textbooks | 00:00:00 | ||
2. Book Two: Islamic Plan for Life | 00:00:00 | ||
3. A Guide to Felicity | 00:00:00 | ||
4. Felicity Depends Largely on the Heart | 00:00:00 | ||
5. A Glance at the Units | 00:00:00 | ||
6. External Resources on Self-Knowledge & Self-Building | 00:00:00 | ||
7. Self-Building | 00:00:00 | ||
8. Step 1: Awareness | 00:00:00 | ||
9. Step 2: Self-Knowledge | 00:00:00 | ||
10. Step 3: Self-Care | 00:00:00 | ||
Week 2: Self-Building & Piety | |||
1. Three Key Methods for Self-Building | 00:00:00 | ||
2. Taqwa | 00:00:00 | ||
3. How to Achieve Taqwa | 00:00:00 | ||
4. a. By Strengthening Our Determination | 00:00:00 | ||
5. b. By Strengthening Our Faith | 00:00:00 | ||
6. c. By Developing Love for God | 00:00:00 | ||
7. d. By Developing Love for the Godly | 00:00:00 | ||
8. e. By Praying to God | 00:00:00 | ||
9. Outcomes of Taqwa | 00:00:00 | ||
10. Six Signs of Taqwa | 00:00:00 | ||
Week 3: Remembrance of God | |||
1. Dhikr: The Cure for Everything | 00:00:00 | ||
2. Adaptable Nature of Human Beings | 00:00:00 | ||
3. Taking Control of Our Mind and Heart | 00:00:00 | ||
4. Having God-Centric Thinking | 00:00:00 | ||
5. Salah is the Best Way for the Remembrance of Allah | 00:00:00 | ||
6. Dhikr as More Than Just Remembrance | 00:00:00 | ||
7. Remembrance of the Heart | 00:00:00 | ||
8. Remembrance by Practice | 00:00:00 | ||
9. Verbal Remembrance | 00:00:00 | ||
10. Strive to Do Dhikr in All Three Ways | 00:00:00 | ||
11. Love & Focus | 00:00:00 | ||
12. Outcomes of Remembrance of Allah (SWT) | 00:00:00 | ||
13. Practical Steps to Enhance Dhikr | 00:00:00 | ||
14. Two Consequences of Forgetfulness | 00:00:00 | ||
15. Four Obstacles to Dhikr | 00:00:00 | ||
Week 4: Repentance | |||
1. The Reality of Tawbah | 00:00:00 | ||
2. Four Elements of Tawbah | 00:00:00 | ||
3. Signs of the Perfect Tawbah | 00:00:00 | ||
4. Do Not Postpone Tawbah | 00:00:00 | ||
5. No Sin Is Minor | 00:00:00 | ||
6. Five Outcomes of Tawbah | 00:00:00 | ||
7. Practical Ways to Do Tawbah | 00:00:00 | ||
8. My Humble Request to the Youth | 00:00:00 | ||
Week 5: Supplication (du'a) | |||
1. Duʿa Is Valued across the Abrahamic Religions | 00:00:00 | ||
2. Two Qurʾanic Verses on Duʿa | 00:00:00 | ||
3. Duʿa Is the Believer’s Weapon | 00:00:00 | ||
4. The Power of Spiritual Weapons and Tools | 00:00:00 | ||
5. Duʿa Is the Core of Worship | 00:00:00 | ||
6. The Most Incompetent People | 00:00:00 | ||
7. Duʿa Helps to Shift Our Perspective | 00:00:00 | ||
8. Bring the Spirit of Duʿa to Your Actions | 00:00:00 | ||
9. Connection between Duʿa and Maʿrifah | 00:00:00 | ||
10. Know that Your Request Is Just Outside the Door | 00:00:00 | ||
11. Outcomes of Duʿa | 00:00:00 | ||
12. Duʿa Need Not Be with a Request | 00:00:00 | ||
13. Duʿa Anytime, Anywhere, Anyhow | 00:00:00 | ||
14. Key Etiquettes of Dua’ | 00:00:00 | ||
15. Most Productive Times and Places for Dua’ | 00:00:00 | ||
16. Unanswered Duʿa | 00:00:00 | ||
17. Weapon of the Prophets | 00:00:00 | ||
18. Munajat: Intimate Duʿa | 00:00:00 | ||
Week 6: Gratitude | |||
1. Shukr: A Very Natural Response | 00:00:00 | ||
2. The Difference Between a Blessing and an Affliction | 00:00:00 | ||
3. God’s Blessings Are Impossible to Count | 00:00:00 | ||
4. Three Levels of Shukr | 00:00:00 | ||
5. Every Expression of Gratitude Demands Another | 00:00:00 | ||
6. Thanking Other People | 00:00:00 | ||
7. Important Outcome of Shukr | 00:00:00 | ||
8. Obstacles to Shukr | 00:00:00 | ||
9. Few of God’s Servants Are Grateful | 00:00:00 | ||
Week 7: Trust in God (tawakkul) | |||
1. Prophet Yusuf’s Realization | 00:00:00 | ||
2. The Balanced Position: Tawakkul | 00:00:00 | ||
3. God as the Only Key Player | 00:00:00 | ||
4. Great Examples of Tawakkul | 00:00:00 | ||
5. Five Outcomes of Tawakkul | 00:00:00 | ||
6. How To Invite Allah (swt) to Intervene | 00:00:00 | ||
Week 8: Sincerity | |||
1. Intention: The Spirit of Our Actions | 00:00:00 | ||
2. Sincerity as the Opposite of Hidden Polytheism | 00:00:00 | ||
3. Levels of Sincerity | 00:00:00 | ||
4. The Sincere & Praise | 00:00:00 | ||
5. Famous Hadith by Lady Fatimah (as) | 00:00:00 | ||
6. How to Free the Heart from Ostentation | 00:00:00 | ||
Week 9: Planning & Organization | |||
1. Importance of Your Time | 00:00:00 | ||
2. Imam Ali’s Advice on Appropriate Timing | 00:00:00 | ||
3. Guidelines for Planning | 00:00:00 | ||
4. Imam Khomeini Observed a Precise Schedule | 00:00:00 | ||
5. Signs of a Good Plan | 00:00:00 | ||
6. Allamah Tabatabaʾis Judicious Use of His Time | 00:00:00 | ||
7. Successful Planners | 00:00:00 | ||
Week 10: Rights of Others | |||
1. Imam Ali Illustrates the Ugliness of Ẓulm | 00:00:00 | ||
2. The Rights of God, Others & Ourselves | 00:00:00 | ||
3. The Severity of Backbiting | 00:00:00 | ||
4. Important Rights of Others | 00:00:00 | ||
5. What Makes Us Disregard Others’ Rights? | 00:00:00 | ||
Week 11: Desiring Good for Others | |||
1. Imam Ali’s Generous Act | 00:00:00 | ||
2. Nuṣḥ: Desiring Good For Others | 00:00:00 | ||
3. The Many Forms Of Nuṣḥ | 00:00:00 | ||
4. The Root of Nuṣḥ | 00:00:00 | ||
5. Key Characteristics of Divine Creation | 00:00:00 | ||
6. Lady Fatima (as) & Guiding Others | 00:00:00 | ||
7. Qualities of Naṣiḥ | 00:00:00 | ||
8. Muwāsāt: Helping Others | 00:00:00 | ||
9. How Do We Eradicate Poverty? | 00:00:00 | ||
10. Why Must We Help Others? | 00:00:00 | ||
11. Outcomes Of Helping Others | 00:00:00 | ||
12. When People In Power Help The Needy | 00:00:00 | ||
13. When In Difficulty With No Time To Spare | 00:00:00 | ||
14. Developing The Virtue Of Helpfulness | 00:00:00 | ||
15. Īthār: Giving Preference To Others | 00:00:00 | ||
16. Qualities That Inhibit Self-Sacrifice | 00:00:00 | ||
17. To Whom Should We Compare Ourselves? | 00:00:00 | ||
Week 12: Good Manners | |||
1. Why Good-Temperedness? | 00:00:00 | ||
2. Ḥusn Al-Khulq Vs. Ḥusn Al-Khalq | 00:00:00 | ||
3. Contributing Factor for Good-Temperedness | 00:00:00 | ||
4. Outcomes Of Good-Temperedness | 00:00:00 | ||
5. Ways To Improve Our Temperament | 00:00:00 | ||
6. Great Examples of Prophet (p) & Ahlul Bayt (as) | 00:00:00 | ||
7. How To Strike A Balance | 00:00:00 | ||
8. Those Who Have More Rights | 00:00:00 | ||
Week 13: Trustworthiness & Loyalty | |||
1. The Importance of Upholding the Trust | 00:00:00 | ||
2. What Is A Trust? | 00:00:00 | ||
3. Upholding Trusts to the Impious and during Hardship | 00:00:00 | ||
4. Choosing Reliable Trustees | 00:00:00 | ||
5. Two Measures Of Our Faith | 00:00:00 | ||
6. Keeping Promises | 00:00:00 | ||
7. Loyalty Of The Prophets | 00:00:00 | ||
8. How To Become More Trustworthy And Loyal | 00:00:00 | ||
9. Not All Trusts & Promises Are Equal In Importance | 00:00:00 | ||
10. How To Cope With The Loss Of A Loved One | 00:00:00 | ||
Week 14: Modesty & Chastity | |||
1. Hayāʾ Defined | 00:00:00 | ||
2. Iffah Defined | 00:00:00 | ||
3. We Have An Innate Sense Of Hayāʾ | 00:00:00 | ||
4. Prophet Muhammad (S) Was A Man Of Hayāʾ | 00:00:00 | ||
5. It’s Our Responsibility To Preserve Hayāʾ | 00:00:00 | ||
6. Dignity Breeds Hayāʾ | 00:00:00 | ||
7. Hayāʾ Before God & His Witnesses | 00:00:00 | ||
8. Hayāʾ vs. Shyness | 00:00:00 | ||
10. Don’t Be Ashamed To Say “I Don’t Know” | 00:00:00 | ||
11. Outcomes Of Hayāʾ | 00:00:00 | ||
12. Iffah – Controlling Our Lower Desires | 00:00:00 | ||
13. Different Dimensions of ‘Iffah | 00:00:00 | ||
14. Many Lose their Values in the End of Time | 00:00:00 | ||
15. Examples of the Prophets & Imams | 00:00:00 | ||
16. The Importance of Iffah in Sexual Relations | 00:00:00 | ||
17. The Importance of ‘Iffah in Hadith | 00:00:00 | ||
18. The Detrimental Effects Of Not Controlling Sexual Desires | 00:00:00 | ||
Week 15: Humbleness | |||
1. A Practical Example Of Humbleness | 00:00:00 | ||
2. Humbleness Is Closely Connected To Tawḥīd | 00:00:00 | ||
3. Humbleness Before God’s Creation | 00:00:00 | ||
4. Humbleness, the Rich and the Poor | 00:00:00 | ||
5. Where Does Arrogance Come From? | 00:00:00 | ||
6. The True Source of Merit | 00:00:00 | ||
7. Humility vs. Degradation | 00:00:00 | ||
8. Outcomes Of Humility | 00:00:00 | ||
9. Signs Of A Humble Person | 00:00:00 | ||
10. The Prophet (S) Showed Maximum Humility | 00:00:00 | ||
11. How To Acquire Humbleness | 00:00:00 | ||
Week 16: Truthfulness | |||
1. Imam Khomeini’s Relentless Commitment To Telling The Truth | 00:00:00 | ||
2. Truthfulness And Its Dimensions | 00:00:00 | ||
3. The Worst Of All Evils | 00:00:00 | ||
4. Telling Lies Conflicts With Faith | 00:00:00 | ||
5. Why Do People Tell Lies? | 00:00:00 | ||
6. What Is The Cure? | 00:00:00 | ||
7. Avoid Lies—Big Or Small, Serious Or Humorous | 00:00:00 | ||
8. Outcomes Of Telling The Truth | 00:00:00 | ||
9. How Lying Can Decrease Sustenance | 00:00:00 | ||
10. Signs Of People Who Are Truthful | 00:00:00 | ||
11. Some Truths Need Not Be Spoken | 00:00:00 | ||
12. Is It Ever Okay To Tell A Lie? | 00:00:00 |
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