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Major SinsImam Shamsu ed-Deen Dhahabi
74 chapters

Major Sins

Major sins are defined as what is forbidden by Allah and His Messenger in the Qur'an and the Sunnah in addition to what is narrated on the authority of early Muslims. Allah, the Most high, promises whoever avoids the major sins to expiate his minor sins. Allah, the Almighty says, {If ye (but) eschew the most heinous of the things which ye are forbidden to do, we shall remit your evil deeds, and admit you to a gate of great honour.} (An-Nisaa :31) In this text, Allah, the Most High, also promises whoever avoids the major sins to admit him to Paradise. Allah, the Almighty says, {Those who avoid the greater sins and indecencies, and when they are angry even they forgive;} (Ash-Shura:37) The Qur'an also states, {Those who avoid great sins and indecent deeds, save lesser offences, verily thy Lord is ample in forgiveness.} (An-Najm:32)

74 chapters

Chapters

  1. 1Acknowledgment1 min read
  2. 2Preface1 min read
  3. 3Imam Dhahabi1 min read
  4. 4Definition:2 min read
  5. 5Ascribing Associates To Allah, the Most High (Shirk)5 min read
  6. 6Killing A Human Being4 min read
  7. 7Sorcery3 min read
  8. 8Not Performing the Prayer22 min read
  9. 9Not Paying Zakat7 min read
  10. 10Breaking One's Fast During Ramadan Without An Excuse1 min read
  11. 11Not Performing The Hajj When Able To2 min read
  12. 12Showing Disrespect To One's Parents11 min read
  13. 13Severing the Ties of One's Relatives5 min read
  14. 14Adultery8 min read
  15. 15Sodomy9 min read
  16. 16Accepting Usurious Gain5 min read
  17. 17Wrong Consuming an Orphan's Property9 min read
  18. 18Lying About The Prophet (pbuh)2 min read
  19. 19Fleeing From The Battlefield1 min read
  20. 20The Leader Who Misleads His Followers, The Tyrant And The Oppressor6 min read
  21. 21Arrogance, Pride, Conceit, Vanity And Haughtiness4 min read
  22. 22Bearing False Witness2 min read
  23. 23Drinking Alcohol15 min read
  24. 24Gambling (Qimar)5 min read
  25. 25Accusing A Woman Of Adultery3 min read
  26. 26Misappropriating Spoils of War, Muslim Funds or Zakat5 min read
  27. 27Theft3 min read
  28. 28Highwaymen Who Menace the Road3 min read
  29. 29The Engulfing Oath4 min read
  30. 30Taking People's Property Through Falsehood19 min read
  31. 31Collecting Taxes2 min read
  32. 32The Consumption Of Haram7 min read
  33. 33Suicide3 min read
  34. 34Telling Lies6 min read
  35. 35The Dishonest Judge3 min read
  36. 36Bribery3 min read
  37. 37Women Imitating Men and Vice Versa3 min read
  38. 38The Pimp And The One Who Permits His Wife To Fornicate1 min read
  39. 39Marrying Solely to Return to the Previous Husband4 min read
  40. 40Not Freeing Oneself of All Traces of Urine2 min read
  41. 41Showing off in Good Work5 min read
  42. 42Learning Sacred Knowledge for the Sake of This World, or Concealing It4 min read
  43. 43Breach of Faith3 min read
  44. 44Reminding Recipients of one's charity to them2 min read
  45. 45Disbelieving in Destiny (Qadar)6 min read
  46. 46Listening to People's Private Conversations1 min read
  47. 47The Talebearer Who Stirs up Enmity between People4 min read
  48. 48Cursing Others7 min read
  49. 49Breaking One's Promise Or Pledge2 min read
  50. 50Believing Fortunetellers and Astrologers3 min read
  51. 51A Wife's Rebellion Against Her Husband12 min read
  52. 52Picture-making4 min read
  53. 53Loudly Lamenting For The Dead Or When Afflicted With An Adversity39 min read
  54. 54Excess Against Others3 min read
  55. 55Overburdening And Arrogance Against Others15 min read
  56. 56Hurting One's Neighbor4 min read
  57. 57Hurting or Reviling Muslims7 min read
  58. 58Harming the Servants of Allah3 min read
  59. 59Dragging the Hem Of One's Garment Out of Conceit3 min read
  60. 60Men Wearing Silk or Gold2 min read
  61. 61Fleeing of the Slave1 min read
  62. 62Slaughtering in Other Than Allah's Name3 min read
  63. 63Falsely claiming someone is One's Father1 min read
  64. 64Arguing, Picking Apart Another's Words, and Quarreling4 min read
  65. 65Withholding Excess Water From Others1 min read
  66. 66Stinting When Weighing or Measuring Out Goods and Similar Merchandise3 min read
  67. 67Feeling Secure from Allah's Devising4 min read
  68. 68Despairing of the Mercy of Allah and Losing of Hope1 min read
  69. 69Forgoing the Congregational Prayer to Pray Alone Without a Legal Excuse1 min read
  70. 70Constantly Missing the Friday and Congregational Prayer Without a Valid Excuse5 min read
  71. 71Bringing Loss to the Bequest1 min read
  72. 72Deception and Evil Schemes 1 min read
  73. 73Spying on the Muslims and Revealing their Weaknesses1 min read
  74. 74Disparaging the Companions of the Prophet4 min read