The major sins are those acts which have been forbidden by Allah in
the Quran and by His Messenger (SAW) in the Sunnah (practise of the
Prophet), and which have been made clear by the actions of of the
first righteous generation of Muslims, the Companions of the Prophet
(SAW).
Allah Most High says in His Glorious Book:
If you avoid the major (part) of what you have been forbidden (to do),
We will cancel out for you your (other) evil deeds and will admit you
(to Paradise) witha noble entry. (al-Nisa 4:31) Thus by this verse,
Allah Most Highhas guaranteed the Garden of Paradise to those who
avoid the major sins. And Allah Most High also says:
Those who avoid the greatest ofsins and indecencies, and forgivewhen
they are angry (al-Shra 42:37) Those who avoid the greatest sins and
indecencies, except for oversights, (will find that) surely your Lord
is ample inforgiveness. (Al-Najm 53:32) The Messenger of Allah (SAW)
said: "The five [daily] prayers, Friday to Friday, and Ramadan to
Ramadan make atonement for what has happenned since the previous one
when major sins have been avoided." It is thereforevery important to
determine exactly what the greatest vices, technically called "the
major sins" (Kaba'ir), are, in order that Muslims should avoid them.
There is some difference of opinion among scholars in this regard.
Some say these major sinsare seven, and in support of their position
they quote the tradition:"Avoid the seven noxious things"- and after
having said this, the propeht (SAW) mentioned them:"associating
anything with Allah; magic; killing one whom Allah hasdeclared
inviolate without a just case, consuming the property of an orphan,
devouring usury, turning back when the army advances, and slandering
chaste women who are believers but indiscreet." (Bukhari and Muslim)
'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas said:"Seventy is closer to their number than
seven," and indeed that is correct. The above tradition does not limit
the major sins to those mentioned in it. Rather, it points to the type
of sins which fall into the category of "major." These include those
crimes which call for a prescribed punishment (HADD; plural, HUDUD),
such as theft, fornication or adultery (ZINA), and murder; those
prohibited acts for which a warning of a severe punishment in the Next
is given in the Qur'an or the tradition; and also those deeds which
are cursed by our Prophet (SAW). These are all majorsins.
Of course, there is a gradation among them, since some are more
serious than others. We see that the Prophet (SAW) has included SHIRK
(associating someone or something with Allah) among them, and from the
text of the Qur'an we know that aperson who commits SHIRK will not his
sin be forgiven and will remain in Hell forever.
Allah Most High says: Surely, Allah does not forgive associating
anything with Him, and He forgives whatever is other than that to
whomever He wills. (al-Nisa 4:48 and 116)
01. Associating anything with Allah
02. Murder
03. Practising magic
04. Not Praying
05. Not paying Zakat
06. Not fasting on a Day of Ramadan without excuse
07. Not performing Hajj, while being able to do so
08. Disrespect to parents
09. Abandoning relatives
10. Fornication and Adultery
11. Homosexuality(sodomy)
12. Interest(Riba)
13. Wrongfully consuming the property of an orphan
14. Lying about Allah and His Messenger
15. Running away from the battlefield
16. A leader's deceiving his people and being unjust to them
17. Pride and arrogance
18. Bearing false witness
19. Drinking Khamr (wine)
20. Gambling
21. Slandering chaste women
22. Stealing from the spoils of war
23. Stealing
24. Highway Robbery
25. Taking false oath
26. Oppression
27. Illegal gain
28. Consuming wealth acquired unlawfully
29. Committing suicide
30. Frequent lying
31. Judging unjustly
32. Giving and Accepting bribes
33. Woman's imitating man and man's imitating woman
34. Being cuckold
35. Marrying a divorced woman in order to make her lawful for the husband
36. Not protecting oneself from urine
37. Showing-off
38. Learning knowledge of the religion for the sake of this world and
concealing that knowledge
39. Bertrayal of trust
40. Recounting favours
41. Denying Allah's Decree
42. Listening (to) people's private conversations
43. Carrying tales
44. Cursing
45. Breaking contracts
46. Believing in fortune-tellers and astrologers
47. A woman's bad conduct towards her husband
48. Making statues and pictures
49. Lamenting, wailing, tearing the clothing, and doing other things
of this sort when an affliction befalls
50. Treating others unjustly
51. Overbearing conduct toward the wife, the servant, the weak, and animals
52. ....
'' Our Lord ! grant us good in this world and good in the hereafter and save us from the torment of the Fire '' [Ameen]
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Rabbanaa aatinaa fid-dunyaa hasanatan wafil aakhirati hasanatan waqinaa 'athaaban-naar/-
(Surah Al-Baqarah ,verse 201)
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