Major Sins

The definitions and consequences of major sins as outlined in the Qur'an and Sunnah, covering topics from Shirk and killing to theft and usurious gain.

74 chapters

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Chapters

1Acknowledgment1 min read
2Preface1 min read
3Imam Dhahabi1 min read
4Definition:1 min read
5Ascribing Associates To Allah, the Most High (Shirk)2 min read
6Killing A Human Being1 min read
7Sorcery1 min read
8Not Performing the Prayer9 min read
9Not Paying Zakat3 min read
10Breaking One's Fast During Ramadan Without An Excuse1 min read
11Not Performing The Hajj When Able To1 min read
12Showing Disrespect To One's Parents4 min read
13Severing the Ties of One's Relatives2 min read
14Adultery3 min read
15Sodomy3 min read
16Accepting Usurious Gain2 min read
17Wrong Consuming an Orphan's Property4 min read
18Lying About The Prophet (pbuh)1 min read
19Fleeing From The Battlefield1 min read
20The Leader Who Misleads His Followers, The Tyrant And The Oppressor2 min read
21Arrogance, Pride, Conceit, Vanity And Haughtiness1 min read
22Bearing False Witness1 min read
23Drinking Alcohol6 min read
24Gambling (Qimar)2 min read
25Accusing A Woman Of Adultery1 min read
26Misappropriating Spoils of War, Muslim Funds or Zakat2 min read
27Theft1 min read
28Highwaymen Who Menace the Road1 min read
29The Engulfing Oath2 min read
30Taking People's Property Through Falsehood8 min read
31Collecting Taxes1 min read
32The Consumption Of Haram3 min read
33Suicide1 min read
34Telling Lies2 min read
35The Dishonest Judge1 min read
36Bribery1 min read
37Women Imitating Men and Vice Versa1 min read
38The Pimp And The One Who Permits His Wife To Fornicate1 min read
39Marrying Solely to Return to the Previous Husband1 min read
40Not Freeing Oneself of All Traces of Urine1 min read
41Showing off in Good Work2 min read
42Learning Sacred Knowledge for the Sake of This World, or Concealing It2 min read
43Breach of Faith1 min read
44Reminding Recipients of one's charity to them1 min read
45Disbelieving in Destiny (Qadar)2 min read
46Listening to People's Private Conversations1 min read
47The Talebearer Who Stirs up Enmity between People2 min read
48Cursing Others3 min read
49Breaking One's Promise Or Pledge1 min read
50Believing Fortunetellers and Astrologers1 min read
51A Wife's Rebellion Against Her Husband5 min read
52Picture-making2 min read
53Loudly Lamenting For The Dead Or When Afflicted With An Adversity15 min read
54Excess Against Others1 min read
55Overburdening And Arrogance Against Others6 min read
56Hurting One's Neighbor2 min read
57Hurting or Reviling Muslims3 min read
58Harming the Servants of Allah1 min read
59Dragging the Hem Of One's Garment Out of Conceit1 min read
60Men Wearing Silk or Gold1 min read
61Fleeing of the Slave1 min read
62Slaughtering in Other Than Allah's Name1 min read
63Falsely claiming someone is One's Father1 min read
64Arguing, Picking Apart Another's Words, and Quarreling2 min read
65Withholding Excess Water From Others1 min read
66Stinting When Weighing or Measuring Out Goods and Similar Merchandise1 min read
67Feeling Secure from Allah's Devising2 min read
68Despairing of the Mercy of Allah and Losing of Hope1 min read
69Forgoing the Congregational Prayer to Pray Alone Without a Legal Excuse1 min read
70Constantly Missing the Friday and Congregational Prayer Without a Valid Excuse2 min read
71Bringing Loss to the Bequest1 min read
72Deception and Evil Schemes 1 min read
73Spying on the Muslims and Revealing their Weaknesses1 min read
74Disparaging the Companions of the Prophet2 min read