WHAT IS A MAJOR SIN ?
Any Sin which falls under any one or more of the below categories is considered a Major Sin
1. A Sin that is mentioned as a Major Sin in the Qur’aan or the Sahih Hadith.
2. A Sin for which a Punishment is Prescribed in the Qur’aan or the Sahih Hadith in this World.
3. A Sin for which a Punishment is Prescribed in the Qur’aan or the Sahih Hadith in the Hereafter.
4. A Sin for which Allah or His Messenger (pbuh) have Cursed the Sinner or described him as an Evildoer.
5. A Sin for which a person has been Prescribed Hellfire or Prevented from Entering Paradise.
70 MAJOR SINS
Ibn Abbaas (ra) was asked, “Are Major Sins ?”
He replied, “70 is closer to their number than 7 “
– Musannaf Abdur Razzaaq
– Vol 10, Hadith 19702
AVOID MAJOR SIN – Allah will forgive Minor Sins
“if you Avoid the Major Sins which you are Forbidden, We will Remove from you your Lesser Sins and Admit you to a Noble Entrance [into Paradise] ”
MINOR SINS IF DONE CONTINUALLY BECOME MAJOR SIN
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“…a Minor Sin does not remain Minor if one continues doing it”
– Musnad Ash Shihaab
– Vol 2, Hadith 555
With True Repentance Allah will forgive Major Sins
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“A Major Sin is Forgiven with Repentance…”
– Musnad Ash Shihaab
– Vol 2, Hadith 555
1. SHIRK – ASSOCIATES OR PARTNERS TO ALLAH
“…Whoever joins other gods with Allah – Allah will Forbid him the Paradise, and the Fire will be his Abode…”
– Al Qur’aan 5:72
The Messenger of Allah [pbuh] said:
Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:
“I am the least in need of a partner. Whoever does any deed in which he ( associates someone else witli Me, I will reject him and his deed”
– Saheeh Muslim
– Vol 7, Hadith 7475
2. MURDER : Killing a Human Being
“…If any one Kills a Person – unless it be for Murder or for Spreading Corruption in the land – it would beAS IF HE KILLED THE ENTIRE MANKIND:and if any one Saved a Life, it would be as if he Saved the Life of the Entire Mankind.”
The Prophet (pbuh) was asked about the Major Sins, He said:
“…To Kill a Person (whom Allah has forbidden to kill, i.e. to commit the crime of murdering)…”
– Saheeh Al Bukhari
– Vol 3, Hadith 2653
3. SORCERY : Black Magic / Witchcraft
“…whoever purchased the Magic would not have in the Hereafter any share…”
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Avoid Al Moobiqaat (Major Sins); Joining Partners with Allah and Witchcraft.”
– Saheeh Al Bukhari
– Vol 7, Hadith 5764
4. NOT PERFORMING THE PRAYER
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Between Kufr (Disbelief) and Eman (Faith) is Abandoning the Salah.”
– Jaami At Tirmidhi
– Vol , Hadith 2618
“So Woe to the Worshippers, Who are neglectful of their Salah.”
– Al-Quran 107:4-5
5. NOT GIVING ZAKAAT: After Possessing a Saving of more than Nisaab
“…Woe to those who join gods with Allah – Those who do not give Zakaat, and who even deny the Hereafter.”
“…And those who Hoard up Gold and Silver (Al-Kanz: the Wealth of whose Zakaat has not been paid), and spend it not in the Way of Allah, – Announce unto them a Painful Punishment” “On the Day when it (Gold, Silver, Wealth) will be Heated in the Fire of Hell and with it will be Branded their Foreheads, their Flanks, and their Backs – “This is the Treasure which you Hoarded for Yourselves. Now Taste of what you used to Hoard.”
– Al Quran 9:34-35
6. NOT FASTING IN RAMADAN : FOR WHOM FASTING IS COMPULSORY
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“…Islaam is built upon three things, and whoever Gives up One of them is a Non – Believer…. And those Three are: The Testimony that there is No diety that Deserves to be Worshipped other than Allah, Praying the Five Obligatory Prayers, and Fasting in the Month of Ramadhaan.”
– Sahih At Targheeb
– Vol 1, Hadith 1456
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said …
“I came upon a group of people (Hell Dwellers) who were Hung by their Hamstrings, with their Mandibles Cut, Dripping Blood all over them. Overwhelmed by Emotion, I asked, Who are those?’, and to that they replied, ‘Those are the people who Break their Fasts before they are Due.”
– Sahih At Targheeb
– Vol 1, Hadith 1455
7. HAJJ NOT PERFORMED BY AN ADULT MUSLIM. WHO HAS THE HEALTH AND WEALTH TO PERFORM IT
“…And Hajj to the House (Ka’bah) is a Duty that Mankind Owes to Allah, those who can Afford the Expenses; And whoever Disbelieves, then Allah stands not in need of Many of His Creatures.”
8. DISOBEYING AND DISRESPECTING THE PARENTS
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“…THERE ARE THREE WHO WILL NOT ENTER PARADISE: The one who Disobeys his Parents, the Drunkard, and the one who Reminds people of what he has given them.”
– Sunan An Nasaai
– Vol 3, Hadith 2563
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said,
“CONCERNING MAJOR SINS: “Associating Partners with Allah Disobeying one’s Parents, Murder and False Speech.”
– Saheeh Muslim
– Vol 1, Hadith 260
9. ABANDONING RELATIVES : SEVERING THE TIES OF KITH AND KIN
“Then, is it to be expected of you, if you were put in Authority, that you will cause Corruption on the Earth, and Break your Ties of kith and Kin? Such are the ones whom ‘Allah has Cursed..”
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“ANY ONE WHO SEVERS WILL NOT ENTER PARADISE.
Ibn Abi Umar said: Sufyaan said: “It means the one who Severs the Ties of the Womb”
– Saheeh Muslim
– Vol 6, Hadith 6520
10. ADULTERY OR FORNICATION
“Those who Invoke not, with Allah, any other god, nor Take the Life which Allah has Forbidden to be killed, Except for Just Cause, nor Commit Fornication or Adultery; And any that does this shall Meet the Punishment. (But) The Penalty on the Day of Judgment will be Doubled to him, and he will Dwell therein in Disgrace.”
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“But I had seen (a dream) Last Night in which Two Men came to me, Caught Hold of my Hands, and took me to the Sacred Land… and passed by a Hole like Tannur (a kind of baking oven); with a Narrow Top and Wide Bottom, and the Fire was Kindling Underneath that Oven.
… and there were Naked Men and Women in it. I said… ‘Tell me all about what I have seen.’ They said … ‘And Those whom you Saw in the Hole (like oven) were Fornicators and Adulterers…”
– Saheeh Al Bukhari
– Vol 2, Hadith 1386
11. COMMITTING HOMOSEXUALITY / SODOMY
“When Our Decree issued, We turned (the Cities whose inhabitants indulged in Homosexuality / Sodomy) Upside Down, and Rained down on them Brimstones Hard as Baked Clay, Spread, Layer on Layer.”
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“…. May Allah Curse the one who does the Act of the People of Lut (Homosexuality / Sodomy)”
– Musnad Ahmad
– Vol 3, Hadith 2913
12. TAKING OR GIVING INTEREST OR USURY
It was narrated that Jaabir (ra) said:
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) Cursed the one who Consumes Ribaa and the one who Pays it, the One who Writes it down and the Two who Witness it,” and he said: “They are All the Same.”
– Saheeh Muslim
– Vol 4, Hadith 4093
“..O’you who Believe! Fear Allah, and Give Up what remains of your Demand for Interest (Usury), if you are indeed Believers. If you Do It Not, Take Notice of War from Allah and His Messenger…”
– Al Quran 2:278 – 279
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“There are Seventy-Three Different Types of Ribaa Interest/Usury) and the Lowest One is Equivalent to a Man doing o Zinaa (Adultery) with his Mother.”
– Mustadrak Al Haakim Alaa As Saheehain
– Vol 2, Hadith 2259
13. WRONGFULLY CONSUMING THE PROPERTY & WEALTH OF AN ORPHAN
“Those who Unjustly Eat Up the Property of Orphans, Eat up a Fire into their Own Bellies: They will soon be Burnt in the Blazing Fire!”
– Al Quran 4:10
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Avoid the Seven Great Destructive Sins …To Eat Up the Property of an Orphan …”
– Saheeh Al Bukhari
– Vol 8, Hadith 6857
14. LYING ABOUT Allah OR PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH)
“On the Day of Judgment you will see those who told Lies Against Allah-their faces will be Turned Black; Is there not in Hell an Abode for the Arrogant?”
– Al Qur’aan 39:60
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“…Whosoever tells a Lie Against me Intentionally then Surely let him Occupy his Seat in Hellfire….”
– Saheeh Al Bukhari
– Vol 2. Hadith 1291
15. RUNNING AWAY FROM THE BATTLEFIELD
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Avoid the Seven Great Destructive Sins… ” To Show One’s Back to the Enemy and Flee from the Battlefield at the Time of Fighting …”
– Saheeh Al Bukhari
– Vol 4, Hadith 2766
16. WRONGDOING, DECEPTION OR OPPRESSION BY THE RULER
Narrated Ma’qil (ra): “I heard the Prophet (pbuh) saying,
“Any Man whom Allah has Given the Authority of Ruling Some People and He Does Not Look After them in an Honest Manner will Never Smell the Fragrance of Paradise.”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari
– Vol 9, Hadith 7150
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“If Allah Appoints a Person to a Position of Authority, and he Dies while he is still Deceitful towards those under his Authority, Allah will Forbid him Paradise”
– Saheeh Muslim
– Vol 5, Hadith 4729
17. BEING ARROGANT
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“On the Day of Resurrection, the Arrogant will be Gathered like Ants in the Form of Men. Humiliation will Overwhelm them from all sides. They will be Driven to a Prison in Hell called Boolas, with the Hottest Fire Rising over them, and they will be made to Drink from the Sweat of the Inhabitants of Hell.”
– Jaami’ At Tirmidhi
– Vol 4, Hadith 2492
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Anyone who has an Atom’s Weight of Arrogance in his Heart will Not Enter Paradise.” A Man said: “But a Man Loves to have Good Clothes and Shoes.” He (pbuh) said: “Allah is Beautiful and Loves Beauty. Arrogance means Rejecting the Truth and Looking Down on People.”
– Saheeh Muslim
– Vol 1, Hadith 265
18. BEARING FALSE WITNESS
Narrated Abu Bakrah (ra): Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) said thrice, “Shall I not inform you of the Biggest of the Great Sins?” We said, “Yes, O Allah’s Messenger.” He said, “To Join Partners in Worship with Allah and to be Undutiful to one’s Parents … And I Warn you against making False Speech and giving False Witness …”
– Saheeh Al Bukhari
– Vol 8, Hadith 5976
19. DRINKING ALCOHOL (CONSUMING INTOXICANTS )
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Whoever Drinks Alcohol (intoxicants) and Gets Drunk, his Prayer will not be accepted for Forty Days, and if he Dies he will Enter Hell, but if he Repents, Allah will Accept his Repentance …”
– Sunan Ibn Maajah
– Vol 4, Hadith 3377
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Allah has Cursed Alcohol (intoxicants), the one who Drinks it, the one who Pours it, the one who Sells it, the one who Buys it, the one who Squeezes it, the one for whom it is Squeezed, the one who Carries it. and the one to whom it is Carried.”
– Sunan Abu Dawood
– Vol 4, Hadith 3674
20. GAMBLING
“O you who Believe! Intoxicants and Gambling, (Dedication of) Stones, and (Divination by) Arrows, are an Abomination of Satan’s Handwork: Abstain from such (Abomination), that you may Prosper.”
– Al Qur’aan 5:90
21. ACCUSING SOMEONE CHASTE AND INNOCENT OF COMMITTING ADULTERY OR FORNICATION
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Avoid the Seven Destroyers.” It was said: “What are they, o Messenger of Allah?” He said: “Associating Partners with Allah (Shirk); Witchcraft; Killing a Soul whom Allah has Forbidden to Kill, except for a Right that is due; Consuming Orphans’ Wealth; Consuming Ribaa (interest); Fleeing from the Battlefield; and Slandering Chaste and Innocent Women.”
– Saheeh Muslilm
– Vol 1, Hadith 262
“And those who Launch a Charge against Chaste Women, and Produce not Four Witnesses ‘(to support their allegations) – Flog them with Eighty Lashes; and Reject their Testimony Ever After: for they are Wicked Transgressors.”
– Al Qur’aan 24:4
22. STEALING FROM THE SPOILS OF WAR (WAR BOOTY), MUSLIM FUNDS OR ZAKAAT
Narrated Abu Hurairah (ra):
“The Prophet (pbuh) got up amongst us and mentioned Al Ghulool (Taking a part of the Spoils of War Illegally), Emphasized its Magnitude and Declared that it was a Great Sin.”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari
– Vol 4, Hadith 3073
Narrated Abdullah bin Amr (ra):
“There was a man who looked after the Family and the Belongings of the Prophet (pbuh) and he was called Kirkira. The man Died and Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) said, “He is in the (Hell) Fire.” The people then went to look at him and found in his place, a Cloak he had Stolen from the War Booty.”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari
– Vol 4, Hadith 3074
23. STEALING
“As to the Thief, Male or Female, Cut Off his or her Hands (from the wrist joint): a Punishment by Way of Example, from Allah, for their Crime: And Allah is Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.”
– Al Qur’aan 5:38
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“… By Allah, if Faatimah (ra), the Daughter of Muhammad (pbuh) would have committed Theft, Muhammad (pbuh) would have Cut Off her Hand!.”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari
– Vol 8, Hadith 6788
24. ENGAGING IN HIGHWAY ROBBERY
“The Punishment of those who Wage War against Allah and His Messenger (pbuh), and Strive with Might and Main for Mischief through the Land is: Execution, or Crucifixion, or the Cutting off of Hands and Feet from Opposite Sides, or Exile from the Land: that is their Disgrace in this World, and a Heavy Punishment is theirs in the Hereafter.”
– Al Qur’aan 5:33
25. MAKING A FALSE OATH OR GIVING A FALSE TESTIMONY
“As for those who Sell the faith they Owe to Allah and their Own Oaths for a Small Price, they shall have no Portion in the Hereafter: Nor will Allah Speak to them or Look at them on the Day of Judgement, nor will He Cleanse them [of Sın): They shall have a Grievous Penalty.”
– Al Qur’aan 3:77
Narrated Abdullah bin Amr (ra): A Bedouin came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said,
“O Allah’s Messenger! What are Al Kabaa’ir (the Biggest Sins ?” The Prophet (pbuh) said, … The False Oath through which one Deprives a Muslim of his Property (Unjustly)”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari
– Vol 9, Hadith 6920
26. COMMITTING OPPRESSION
“The Blame is only against those who Oppress Men with Wrongdoing and Insultingly Transgress beyond bounds through the Land, Defying Right and Justice: for such there will be a Penalty Grievous.”
– Al Qur’aan 42:42
27. LEVYING ILLEGAL TAXES
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Anyone who collects the Maks (illegal taxes) will Not Enter Paradise.”
– Sunan Abu Dawood
– Vol 3, Hadith 2937
28. CONSUMING WEALTH ACQUIRED UNLAWFULLY
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“SOME PEOPLE SPEND Allah’S WEALTH (I.E. MUSLIM’S WEALTH)
in an Unjust Manner; Such People will be put in the (Hell) Fire on the Day of Resurrection.”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari
– Vol 4, Hadith 3118
“And Do Not Eat up your Property among Yourselves for Vanities, Nor Use it as Bait for the Judges, with Intent that you may Eat up Wrongfully and Knowingly a Little of (other) People’s Property.”
– Al Qur’aan 2:188
29. COMMITTING SUICIDE
“O you who have Believed, do not Consume one another’s Wealth Unjustly but only. (in lawful] Business by Mutual Consent. And do not kill yourselves. Indeed, Allah is to you ever Merciful. And whoever does that in Aggression and Injustice – then we will drive him into a Fire. And that, for Allah, is easy.”
– Al Qur’aan 4:29-30
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Whoever Kills Himself with (an Instrument of) Iron, his Iron will be in his hand, to Continually Stab Himself in his Stomach with it in the Fire of Hell, Dwelling in that State Eternally. And Whoever Kills Himself with Poison, then his Poison will be in his hand, to Continually Take it in the Fire of Hell, Dwelling in that State Eternally …”
– Jaami’ At Tirmidhi
– Vol 4, Hadith 2044
30. FREQUENTLY LYING
“Woe to the Falsehood – Mongers”
– Al Qur’aan 51:10
Narrated Abu Bakra (ra): The Prophet (pbuh) said thrice, “Should-Linform you about the Greatest of the Great Sins?” They said, “Yes, O Allah’s Messenger!” He said,
(1) To join others in worship with Allah (2) To be undutiful to one’s parents… (3) And I warn you against giving a Lying Speech (false statement), and he kept on saying that warning till we thought he would not stop”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari
– Vol 3, Hadith 2654
31. Judging Unjustly
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Judges are of three types, one who will be in Paradise and two who will be in the Fire. As for the one who will be in Paradise, it is a man who knows the truth and Judges accordingly. And a man who knows the truth, but is unjust in his Judgment, he will be in the Fire, and a man who Judges the people when he is Ignorant will be in the Fire.”
– Sunan Abu Dawood
– Vol 4, Hadith 3573
32. GIVING OR ACCEPTING BRIBES
Abdullah bin ‘Amr narrat
“The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) Cursed the One who Bribes and the one who Takes a Bribe”
– Jaami’ At Tirmidhi
– Vol 3, Hadith 1337
“And Do Not Eat up your Property among Yourselves Unjustly, nor Use it as Bribe for the Judges (decision makers), with Intent that you may Eat up Wrongfully and Knowingly a Little of (other) People’s Property”
– Al Qur’aan 2:188
33. WOMEN APPEARING LIKE MEN OR MEN APPEARING LIKE WOMEN
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas (ra):
“ The Prophet (pbuh) Cursed Effeminate Men (those Men who Imitate and Assume the Manners of Women) and those Women who Assume the Manners of Men …”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari
– Vol 7, Hadith 5886
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas (ra):
“The Prophet (pbuh) Cursed Women who Imitate Men and Men who Imitate Women.”
– Sunan Abu Dawood
– Vol 4. Hadith 4097
34. BEING A PIMP OR A PERSON WHO PERMITS HIS WIFE TO DO ADULTERY
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“There are Three at whom Allah will Not Look on the Day of Resurrection: The One who Disobeys his Parents, the woman who Imitates Men in her Outward Appearance, and the Cuckold (A Person who Permits his Wife to do Adultery) …”
– Sunan An Nasaai
– Vol 3, Hadith 2563
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas (ra):
“Three People who Allah has forbidden Jannah: The One addicted to Alcohol and the Disobedient (to Parents and the one who approves of Evil in his family”
– Saheeh Al Jaami’ Hadith 3052
35. MARRYING A DIVORCED WOMAN TO MAKE HER LAWFUL FOR HER PREVIOUS HUSBAND
It was narrated that Abdullah (ra) said:
“The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) Cursed … Al Muhallila and Al Muhallala Lahu”
(Al Muhallila is the Man who Marries a Woman in order to Divorce her, so that she can Go Back to her Previous Husband. Al Muhallala Lahu is the Previous Husband for whom this is done)
– Sunan An Nasaai
– Vol 4, Hadith 3445
36. NOT PROTECTING ONESELF FROM URINE
Narrated Ibn Abbas (ra):
“The Prophet (pbuh) once passed by Two Graves, and those Two Persons (in the graves) were being Tortured. He said, “They are being Tortured not for a great thing (to avoid). One of them Never Saved Himself from being Soiled with his Urine, while the other Spread Malicious Gossip (to make Enemity between Friends) …”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari Vol 2, Hadith 1361
37. RIYAA – SHOWING OFF IN GOOD WORK
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“He who lets the People hear of his Good Deeds Intentionally, to Win their Praise, Allah will let the People know his Real Intention (on the Day of Resurrection), and He who does Good Things in Public to Show Off and to Win the Praise of the People, Allah will Disclose his Real Intention (and Humiliate him).”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari – Vol 8, Hadith 6499
“SO WOE TO THE WORSHIPPERS WHO ARE NEGLECTFUL OF THEIR PRAYERS. THOSE WHO (WANT BUT) TO BE SEEN (OF MEN).”
– AL QUR’AAN 107:4-6
38. ACQUIRING RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE ONLY FOR WORLDLY GAINS OR CONCEALING IT
“Those who Conceal the Clear (Signs) We have sent down, and the Guidance, after We have made it Clear for the People in the Book – on them shall be Allah’s Curse, and the Curse of those Entitled to Curse”
– Al Qur’aan 2:159
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Whoever is Asked about Knowledge and he Withholds it, Allah will Bridle him with Reins of Fire on the Day of Resurrection”
– Sunan Abu Dawood Vol 4, Hadith 3658
39. BETRAYAL OF TRUST
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“There is no sin more worthy of Allah hastening the punishment upon its practitioner in this world along with what is in store for him in the Hereafter than severing the ties of kinship, breaking trust and lying.”
– Al Haithami’s Majma’ Al Zawaed Hadith 13456
– Saheeh Al Jaami’ As Sagheer wa Ziyadatih Hadith 5705
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Evil plotting, trickery and breaking trust are in Hell”
– Abu Dawood’s Al Maraseel, Hadith 165
– Saheeh Al Jaami’ As Sagheer wa Ziyadatih
Hadith 6726
40. REMINDING OTHERS OF ONE’S FAVOURS OVER THEM
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“There are three who will not enter Paradise: the one who disobeys his parents, the drunkard, and the one who reminds people of what he has given them.”
– Sunan An-Nasaai
– Vol 3, Hadith 2563
It was narrated from Abu Dharr (ra) that the Prophet (pbuh) said:
“There are three to whom Allah will be neither speak on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He look at them nor sanctify them, and theirs will be a painful torment … the one who reminds others (of his gifts), and the one who sells his product by means of a false oath.”
– Saheeh Muslim
– Vol 1, Hadith 293
41. DISBELIEVING IN DESTINY (QADR)
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Six are cursed, being cursed by Allah and by every Prophet that came: the one who adds to Allah’s Book, the one who denies Allah’s Qadr.”
– Jaami’ At Tirmidhi Vol 4, Hadith 2154
Abu Hurairah (ra) said: “Idolaters from the Quraish came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) quarreling about Al Qadr. So this Aayah was revealed:
“The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) “Taste ye the touch of Hell!” Verily, all things have We created in Qadr.’ (Al Qur’aan 54:48-49)”
– Jaami’ At Tirmidhi Vol 4, Hadith 2157
42. SPYING AND EAVESDROPPING ON PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS
The Prophet (pbuh) said:
“… If somebody listens to the talk of some people who do not like for him (to listen) or they run away from him, then molten lead will be poured into his ears on the Day of Resurrection …”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari Vol 9, Hadith 7042
“O you who believe! Avoid suspicion as much (as possible): for suspicion in some cases is a sin: and spy not on each other, nor speak ill of each other behind their backs. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? No, you would abhor it … But fear Allah: for Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.”
– Al Qur’aan 49:12
43. SPREADING HARMFUL TALES
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbaas (ra):
“Once the Prophet (pbuh), while passing through one of the Heetaan (graveyards) of Al Madinah or Makkah, heard the voices of two persons who were being tortured in their graves.
The Prophet (pbuh) said, ‘… Yes! (They are being tortured for a major sin.) Indeed, one of them … used to go about with slanders (to make enmity
between friends) …”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari
– Vol 1, Hadith 216
Hudaifah (ra) said:
“I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: ‘No one who spreads malicious gossip will enter Paradise.”
– Saheeh Muslim
– Vol 1, Hadith 290
44. CURSING
Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) said,
“It is one of the greatest sins that a man should curse his parents.” It was asked (by the people), “O Allah’s Messenger (pbuh)! How does a man curse his parents?” The Prophet (pbuh) said, “The man abuses the father of another man and the latter abuses the father of the former and abuses his mother.”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari Vol 8, Hadith 5973
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Those who curse will not be intercessors or witnesses on the Day of Resurrection.”
– Saheeh Muslim
– Vol 6, Hadith 6610
45. NOT FULFILLING ONE’S PROMISE OR BREAKING A CONTRACT
The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said:
“Allah says, ‘I will be against three persons on the Day of Resurrection: the one who makes a covenant in My Name, but proves treacherous..”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari Vol 3, Hadith 2227
“But because of their breach of their covenant, We cursed them, and made their hearts grow hard …”
– Al Qur’aan 5:13
64. BELIEVING IN FORTUNE TELLERS (SOOTHSAYERS) AND ASTROLOGERS
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Whoever… goes to a fortune-teller and believes what he says, he has disbelieved in that which was revealed to Muhammad (pbuh).”
– Sunan Ibn Maajah Vol 1, Hadith 639
The Prophet (pbuh) said:
“Whoever goes to a fortune-teller and asks him about something, his prayer will not be accepted for forty nights.”
– Saheeh Muslim
– Vol 6, Hadith 5821
65. A WIFE’S BAD CONDUCT OR BEING REBELLIOUS TO HER HUSBAND
Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) said,
“If a husband calls his wife to his bed (i.e. to have sexual relations) and she refuses and causes him to sleep in anger, the angels will curse her till morning.”
– Saheeh Bukhaari Vol 4. Hadith 3237
The Prophet (pbuh) said:
“I was shown the Hell-fire and that the majority of its dwellers were women who were ungrateful.” It was asked, “Are they ungrateful to Allah?” He replied, “They are ungrateful to their husbands and are ungrateful for the favours and the good done to them. If you have always been good to one of them for a period of time and then she sees something in you (not of her liking), she will say, ‘I have never seen any good from you.”
– Saheeh Bukhaari Vol 1, Hadith 29
48. MAKING PICTURES, IMAGES OR STATUES
It was narrated that Sa’eed bin Abul Hasan said,
“… I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: “Every image maker will be in Hell, and for every image that he made, a soul will be created which will punish him in Hell.” He said: ‘If you must do that, then make (images of) trees and inanimate things.”
– Saheeh Muslim
– Vol 5, Hadith 5540
49. STRIKING ONE’S SELF, WAILING, TEARING ONE’S CLOTHES, PULLING ONE’S HAIR AND SIMILAR DEEDS AS A FORM OF MOURNING
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Wailing is one of the affairs of the Days of Ignorance, and if the woman who wails dies without having repented, Allah will cut a garment of pitch (tar) for her and a shirt of flaming fire.”
– Sunan Ibn Maajah Vol 2, Hadith 1581
The Prophet (pbuh) said:
“… If the woman who wails does not repent before she dies, she will be raised on the Day of Resurrection wearing a garment of pitch and a chemise of scabs.”
– Saheeh Muslim
– Vol 2, Hadith 2160
50. COMMITTING INJUSTICE
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“There is no sin that is more deserving of having punishment meted out to its practitioner in this world, in addition to what Allah has stored up for him in the Hereafter, than transgression and severing ties of kinship.”
– Sunan Abu Dawood Vol 5, Hadith 4902
51. OVERBEARING CONDUCT TOWARDS OTHERS
The Prophet (pbuh) said,
“Shall I inform you about the people of Paradise? They comprise every obscure, unimportant humble person, and if he takes an oath by Allah about something, Allah will fulfil his oath (by doing that). Shall I inform you about the people of the (Hell) Fire? They comprise every cruel, violent, proud and conceited person.”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari – Vol 8. Hadith 6071
Abu Mas’ood Al Ansaari said:
“I was beating a slave of mine, when I heard a voice from behind me (saying): ‘Know, Abu Mas’ood, – that Allah has more power over you than you have over him.’ I turned around, and saw the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). I said: “O Messenger of Allah, he is free (i.e. I am freeing him), for the Face of Allah.’ He said: ‘If you had not done that, the Fire would have burned you.”
– Sunan Abu Dawood – Vol 5, Hadith 5159
52. HARMING NEIGHBOURS
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“He will not enter Paradise, whose neighbour is not safe from his evil conduct.”
– Saheeh Muslim
-Vol 1, Hadith 172
Abu Juhaifah narrated,
“Once a man came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) complaining about his neighbour. The Prophet (pbuh) said, “Go and place your belongings on the road.” The man did so, and whenever people passed by him, they asked him why he had done so, and then cursed his neighbour, The neighbour came to the Prophet (pbuh), complaining about the people cursing him. The Prophet (pbuh) said: “The curse of Allah is above theirs.”
– Al-Adab Al Mufrad – Hadith 125
53. HARMING, OFFENDING OR ABUSING MUSLIMS
“And those who harm believing men and believing women for [something] other than what they have earned (i.e. deserved) have certainly born upon themselves a slander and manifest sin.”
– Al Qur’aan 33:58
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said,
“All of a Muslim is inviolable for the Muslim: his wealth, his honour and his blood. It is evil enough for a man to despise his Muslim brother.”
– Sunan Abu Dawood Vol 5, Hadith 4882
54. HARMING THE SERVANTS OF Allah
“Those who persecute (or draw into temptation) the Believers, men and women, and do not turn in repentance, will have the Penalty of Hell: they will have the Penalty of the Burning Fire.”
– Al Qur’aan 85:10
Narrated Abu Hurairah (ra): Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) said,
“Allah said, ‘I will declare war against him who shows hostility to a Wali (friend) of Mine.’”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari Vol 8, Hadith 6502
55. A MAN WEARING A GARMENT BELOW HIS ANKLE
Narrated Abu Hurairah (ra): The Prophet (pbuh) said,
“The part of an Izaar which hangs below the ankles is in the Fire [i.e. the one who wears an Izaar (lower-half body-cover) that hangs below the ankles will be in the Fire of Hell].”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari Vol 7, Hadith 5787
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah (ra) said:
“While a man was praying with his Izaar hanging below his ankles, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to him: ‘Go and perform Wudu!’ He went and performed Wudu, then came (back) and (the Prophet Ipbuhi) said (again): ‘Go and perform Wudu’ A man said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, why did you tell him to perform Wudu’, then kept quiet about it?’ He said: ‘He was praying with his Izaar hanging below his ankles, and Allah, Most High, does not accept the prayer of one whose Izaar hangs below his ankles.”
– Sunan Abu Dawood Vol 1, Hadith 4086
56. MEN WEARING SILK OR GOLD
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Whoever wears gold from my Ummah and dies while wearing it, Allah has forbidden him to enter Paradise.”
– Musnad Ahmad Hadith 6556
It was narrated from ‘Abdullaah bin ‘Abbaas (ra) that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saw a gold ring on a man’s hand. He took it off and threw it aside, and said:
“Would one of you go and pick up a live ember of fire and hold it in his hand?”
– Saheeh Muslim
– Vol 5, Hadith 5472
57. A SLAVE RUNNING AWAY FROM HIS MASTER
It was narrated from Jareer that he heard Ash Sha’bee (ra) say:
“Any slave who runs away from his masters is guilty of Kufr, until he goes back to them.” Mansur said: “By Allah, it was narrated from the Prophet (pbuh) …”
– Saheeh Muslim
-Vol 1, Hadith 228
The Prophet (pbuh) said:
“If a slave runs away, no Salaah will be accepted from him.”
– Saheeh Muslim
-Vol 1, Hadith 230
58. SLAUGHTERING AN ANIMAL IN THE NAME OF OTHER THAN Allah
“And do not eat of that upon which the name of Allah has not been mentioned, for indeed, it is grave disobedience.”
– Al Qur’aan 6:121
Abu At Tufail Aamir bin Waathilah said:
“I was with ‘Ali bin Abi Taalib when a man came to him and said, ‘What did the Prophet (pbuh) tell you in secret?’ (Ali) got angry and said, ‘The Prophet (pbuh) did not tell me anything in secret that he hid from the people, but he told me four things;’ (the man) said: ‘What are they, 0 Ameer Al Mu’mineen?’ He replied: ‘He (pbuh) said, ‘May Allah curse the one who curses his father, may Allah curse the one who offers a sacrifice to anything other than Allah.”
– Saheeh Muslim
– Vol 5, Hadith 5124
59. FALSELY CLAIMING SOMEONE IS ONE’S FATHER
Sa’d bin Abi Waqqaas said:
“My own two ears heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: ‘Whoever claims after having become Muslim to belong to someone who is not his father, knowing that he is not his father, Paradise will be forbidden to him.”
– Saheeh Muslim
– Vol 1, Hadith 219
Narrated Sa’d (ra):
“I heard the Prophet (pbuh) saying, ‘Whoever claims to be the son of a person other than his father while he knows that that person is not his father, then Paradise (will be) forbidden for him.”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari
– Vol 8, Hadith 6766
60. ARGUING TO SHOW OFF RATHER THAN TO SEEK THE TRUTH
Mu’aadh bin Jabal narrated: “… The Prophet (pbuh) said:
“The head of the matter is Islaam, its pillar is the Salaah, and its peak is Jihaad.’ Then he said, ‘Shall I not inform you about what governs all of that?’ I said, ‘Of course, O Messenger of Allah!’ So he (pbuh) took hold of his tongue and said, ‘Restrain this.’ I said, ‘O Prophet of Allah! Will we be taken to account for what we say?’ He said, ‘May your mother grieve your loss, O Mu’aadh! Are the people tossed into the Fire upon their faces for anything except what their tongues have wrought?””
– Sunan At Tirmidhi
– Vol 5, Hadith 2616
“There is the type of man whose speech about this world’s life may dazzle thee, and he calls Allah to witness about what is in his heart; yet he is the most contentious of enemies. When he turns his back, his aim everywhere is to spread mischief through the earth and destroy crops and cattle. But Allah loveth not mischief. When it is said to him, “Fear Allah,” he is led by arrogance to (more) crime. Enough for him is Hell – an evil bed indeed (to lie on).”
– Al Qur’aan 2:204-206
61. WITHHOLDING EXCESS WATER FROM OTHERS
Narrated Abu Hurairah (ra): The Prophet (pbuh) said,
“(There are) three types of persons whom Allah will neither speak to on the Day of Resurrection nor look at. They are: 2. a man who forbids others to use the remaining surplus water. To such a man Allah will say on the Day of Resurrection, “Today I withhold My Blessings from you as you withheld the surplus water which your hands did not create.”
– Saheeh Bukhari – Vol 9, Hadith 7446
Narrated Abu Hurairah (ra): “Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) said,
‘There are three types of people Allah will neither speak to on the Day of Resurrection nor purify from sins, and they shall have a painful punishment. They are: A man who possesses excess water on a journey but withholds it from a traveler …”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari Vol 9, Hadith 7212
62. DEALING IN FRAUD OR GIVING SHORT WEIGHT OR MEASURE
It was narrated that Abdullaah bin Umar (ra) said:
“The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) turned to u us and said: ‘O Muhaajireen, there are five things with which you will be tested, and I seek refuge with Allah lest you live to see them … (the people) do not cheat in weights and measures except that they will be stricken with famine, severe calamity and oppression at the hands of their rulers.”
– Sunan Ibn Maajah – Vol 5, Hadith 4019
“Woe to those that deal in fraud – Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure, But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.”
– Al Qur’aan 83:1-3
63. FEELING SECURE FROM ALLAH’S PLAN
Abdullaah (ra) said:
“The major sins are – associating partners with Allah and feeling safe from Allah’s plan.”
– At Tabaraani’s Al Mu’jam Al Kabeer
Hadith 878
“But when they forgot the warning they had received, We opened to them the gates of all (good) things, until, in the midst of their enjoyment of Our gifts, on a sudden, We called them to account, when lo! they were plunged in despair! Of the wrong-doers the last remnant was cut off. Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher of the Worlds.”
– Al Qur’aan 6:44-45
64. DESPAIRING OF THE MERCY OF Allah AND LOSING HOPE
“Those who reject the signs of Allah and the Meeting with Him (in the Hereafter) – it is they who shall despair of My mercy: it is they who will (suffer) a most grievous Penalty.”
– Al Qur’aan 29:23
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Let none of you die except thinking the best of Allah the Almighty, for some people’s ill thoughts about Allah the Almighty has ruined them. Therefore, Allah said: ‘But this thought of yours which you did entertain concerning your Lord, hath brought you to destruction, and (now) have you become of those utterly lost!’” (Al Qur’aan 41:23)
– Musnad Ahmad – 14900
65. NOT PRAYING IN CONGREGATION IN THE MOSQUE AND PRAYING ALONE WITHOUT A VALID REASON
Narrated Abu Hurairah (ra): The Prophet (pbuh) said,
“No doubt, I was about to order somebody to pronounce the Iqaamah of the (compulsory congregational) Salaah and then I would go to the houses of those who do not attend the Salaah ! (in the mosque) and burn their houses over them.”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari Vol 3, Hadith 2420
Narrated Abu Hurairah (ra): The Prophet (pbuh) said,
“No Salaah (prayer) is harder for the hypocrites than the Fajr and the ‘Ishaa prayers, and if they knew the reward for these Salaah, at their respective times, they would certainly present themselves (in the mosques) even if they had to crawl.” The Prophet (pbuh) added, “I was thinking about ordering the Mu’adh-dhin to pronounce the Iqaamah and a man to lead the Salaah, and then taking a burning torch to burn all those men who had not yet left their houses for the Salaah (in the mosques).”
– Saheeh Al Bukhaari Vol 1, Hadith 657
66. PERSISTENTLY MISSING THE FRIDAY CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER WITHOUT A VALID REASON
It was narrated from Abdullaah bin Umar (ra) and Abu Hurairah (ra), that they heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying on the planks of his Minbar:
“People must stop neglecting Jumu’ah (Salaah), or Allah will put a seal over their hearts and they will truly be among the negligent.”
– Saheeh Muslim – Vol 2, Hadith 2002
It was narrated from Abdullaah (ra) that the Prophet (pbuh) said concerning some people who stayed away from the Friday prayer:
“I was thinking of ordering a man to lead the people in prayer, then I would burn down the houses of the men who stayed away from the Friday prayer with them inside.”
– Saheeh Muslim
– Vol 2, Hadith 1485
67. UNSURPING THE RIGHTS OF THE HEIR THROUGH BEQUESTS
“Those are limits set by Allah: those who obey Allah and His Messenger will be admitted to Gardens with rivers flowing beneath, to abide therein (forever) and that will be the supreme achievement. But those who disobey Allah and His Messenger and transgress His limits will be admitted to a Fire, to abide therein: and they shall have a humiliating punishment.”
– Al Qur’aan 4:13-14
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah (ra) that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“A man may do the deeds of the people of goodness for seventy years, then when he makes his will, he is unjust in it, so he ends (his life) with evil deeds and enters Hell. And a man may do the deeds of the people of evil for seventy years, then he does justice in his will, so he ends (his life) with good deeds and enters Paradise.”
– Sunan Ibn Maajah
– Vol 3, Hadith 2704
68. DECEPTION AND PLOTTING EVIL
“They plotted and planned, but We too planned, even while they perceived it not. Then see what was the end of their plot! This, that We destroyed them and their people, all (of them).”
– Al Qur’aan 27:50-51
69. SPYING FOR THE ENEMY OF THE MUSLIMS
“O you who believe! Take not My enemies and yours as friends (or protectors), offering them (your) love, even though they have rejected the Truth that has come to you, and have (on the contrary) driven out the Messenger and yourselves (from your homes), (simply) because you believe in Allah, your Lord! If you have come out to strive in My Way and to seek My Good Pleasure, (take them not as friends), holding secret converse of love (and friendship with them: for I know full well all that you conceal and all that you reveal. And any of you that does this has strayed from the Straight Path.”
– Al Qur’aan 60:1
“Let not the Believers take for-friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than Believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah except by way of precaution, that you may guard yourselves from them. But Allah cautions you (to remember) Himself; for the final goal is to Allah.”
– Al Qur’aan 3:28
70. ABUSING OR INSULTING ANY OF THE COMPANIONS OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH)
It was narrated that Abu Sa’eed (ra) said:
“The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: ‘Do not revile my companions, for by the One in Whose Hand is my soul, if one of you were to spend the equivalent of Mount Uhud in gold, it would not equal the Mudd (two-thirds of a kilogram) of one of them, or even half of it.”
– Sunan Abu Dawood Vol 5, Hadith 4658
