Moral Pathology in Nahj al- Balagha

Taking the views and performance of believers into consideration, the words of Imam Ali on knowing moral injuries in a religious society suggest the high degree of the vulnerability of the society to the factors which consider the presence of morality in different foundations of ones individual and social life as inefficient. Thus a large number of social deviations and injuries arise out of non- observance of morality which has a wide domain of influence. Breach of promise, narrow mindedness, treason, injustice,quick temper, flattery, self forgetfulness, disobedience to law, ignorance, and slavish imitation are considered the worst moral injuries.