“If you avoid the great sins which you are forbidden to do, We shall expiate from you your (small) sins, and admit you to a Noble Entrance (of Paradise).” ~ Qur’an 4:31
The following is a list of the 70 great sins in Islam, as prepared by Imam Shamsuddin Al-Dhahabi (1274-1348). Though the list is not exhaustive but it gives us a good indication of the greatest sins as described in the Qur'an and sunnah.
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1. Associating anything with Allah
2. Murder
3. Practicing magic
4. Not Praying (the 5 daily prayers)
5. Not paying Zakat
6. Not fasting in Ramadan, without excuse
7. Not performing Hajj, while being capable
8. Disrespecting parents
9. Abandoning relatives
10. Fornication and Adultery
11. Homosexuality (sodomy)
12. Interest (riba - borrowing or lending)
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 (alcohol)
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. Frequently lying
31. Judging unjustly
32. Giving and accepting bribes
33. Women imitating men or men imitating women
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. Betrayal 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, etc. when an affliction befalls
50. Treating others unjustly
51. Overbearing conduct toward the wife, the servant, the weak, and animals
52. Offending one's neighbour
53. Offending and abusing Muslims
54. Offending people and having an arrogant attitude toward them
55. Trailing one's garment in pride
56. Men wearing silk and gold
57. A slave running away from his master
58. Slaughtering an animal which has been dedicated to anyone other than Allah
59. To knowingly ascribe one's paternity to a father other than one's own
60. Arguing and disputing violently
61. Withholding excess water
62. Giving short weight or measure
63. Feeling secure from Allah's Plan
64. Offending Allah's righteous friends
65. Not praying in congregation but praying alone without an excuse
66. Persistently missing Friday Prayers without any excuse
67. Usurping the rights of the heir through bequests
68. Deceiving and plotting evil
69. Spying for the enemy of the Muslims
70. Cursing or insulting any of the Companions of Allah's Messenger (s.a.w.)
Brothers & sisters, being humans we all make mistakes and we all sin but the best among the sinners are those who repent before their Lord and make an honest and sincere effort to mend their ways. As Allah (SWT) says in the Glorious Qur'an:
"Say: "O My slaves who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah, verily Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful" And turn in repentance and in obedience with true Faith your Lord and submit to Him, before the torment comes upon you, (then) you will not be helped" ~ Qur'an 39:53-54
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very informative.
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