Major & Minor Sins, alHabib 'AbdAllah alShaTri

[Wadood]

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EXTRACT FROM HIS BOOK ‘RISALAH A’DIN NASIHAT’

Grievous and minor sins that could entrap one towards the path leading to abysmal hell

Among the Grievous Sins -:

1 Disbelieve on the tenets of Iman and do not practice the tenets of Islam
2 Killing without the legitimate injunction of Shari’ah
3 Fornication or Sodomy
4 Stealing or confiscate of other people belongings
5 Accusation on adultery not in accordance to Shari’ah’s jurusdiction.
6 Eating or drinking or sniffing on stuff which causes intoxication
7 Gambling
8 Operating and Lending on the basis of Riba’ (interest)
9 Acting as a False Witness
10 Spreading fictitious news
11 Attesting on false oath
12 Abstain from carrying out obligatory prayers or purposely delaying them from their appointed times
without Shari’ah’s decree.
13 Refuse to bestow Zakat (tithe)
14 Abstain from fasting during the month of Ramadhan without Shari’ah’s decree.
15 Refrain from performing the obligatory Haj pilgrimage even though already within the means
16 Spreading scandals and rumor mongering among the society
17 Slandering a decent person
18 Becoming spiteful or mean and envious
19 Becoming an arrogant person
20 Being proud on doing of forbidden deeds
21 Deriding and ridiculing someone so as to degrade him
22 Drawing natural portraits of person or animal (in total form)
23 Changing the natural facial countenance by profiling the teeth and shaving the eye-brows
24 Tattooing
25 Wearing wig from other people’s hair
26 Refrain from spreading Islamic missionary work and not to inhibit wrong doings (committing sins)
27 Giving legal ruling (fatwa) without knowledge expertise
28 Forgetting memorised Quranic verses
29 Assaulting or cursing a Muslim not in accordance Shari’ah
30 Fleeing from the battle field of Jihad
31 Snooping (by seeing or hearing) on other peoples’ secrets
32 Sexual intercourse with menstruating wife
33 A wife’s refusal to have sexual intercourse with the husband not on basis as allowed by Shari’ah
34 Disobedient and recalcitrant towards one or both the parents
35 Severing relationship with the family ties without basis as allowed by Shari’ah
36 Embezzlement of orphans’ properties
37 To under weigh or shorten measurement on saleable items
38 Decline to become a witness to bring to justice
39 Decline to accept Shari’ah’s appointment when he is the most eligible candidate
40 Practicing sorceries’ witchcraft
41 Burning of animals not in accordance with the Shari’ah
42 Giving or receiving bribes or act as an intermediary on its procurement
43 Wailing or beating and bashing oneself or tearing of clothes in grief over death
44 Despotic treatment on an innocent person (without sin)
45 Assist and collaborate with a tyrant in his despotism

Of Minor Sins

1 Looking at a woman of marriageable status with lust (not those forbidden to contract marriage, wife or slave) or captivatingly listening to her voice or purposely touching her body or being together in seclusion –( outside the scope of permissible Shari’ah)
2 Looking at the forbidden parts of other people’s body which should not be exposed
3 Exposing one’s own private part of the body without reason not in accordance as allowed by Shari’ah
4 Ejaculating sperms not in accordance to Shari’ah (masturbation)
5 Maintain a close rapport with immoral person
6 To laugh off at other people’s mistake
7 To enact buffoonery with the others
8 Stride over the shoulder of someone who is praying
9. Pass over in front of someone who is praying
10 Continuously fasting the non obligatory although commendable fast without intermittent break
11 Dyeing the hair black
12 Breeding dogs without reason
13 A woman travelling alone without the companionship of husband or with those forbidden to contract marriage (mahram)or in women’s group
14 Selling or buying commodities at under cut prices to ruin other people businesses
15 Intercept buying of commodities before they reach the market and knowing the current price
16 Competitive bidding on auction
17 Hide the defective quality of goods for sale
18 Man wearing of gold or silk (made from silkworm) without Shari’ah’s approval
19 Man who decorates henna on the body
20 Men impersonating the manner of women and vice versa, women impersonating the manner of men

[Wadood]

The grievous sins mentioned by Habib 'AbdAllah are very important. They have a lot of relevance for users of the internet.

He also includes drawing pictures of living beings in full form.