Manyan zunubai an bayyana su ne a matsayin abin da Allah da Manzonsa suka haramta a cikin Alkur'ani da Sunnah, baya ga abin da aka ruwaito daga magabata na farko na Musulunci. Allah, Mai girma da daukaka, yana yi wa duk wanda ya nisanci manyan zunubai alkawarin kankare kananan zunubansa. Allah Madaukaki yana cewa: {Idan kuka nisanci manyan abubuwan da aka hana ku, za mu kankare muku munanan ayyukanku, mu shigar da ku wata kofa ta girma da daraja.} (An-Nisaa: 31)

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)

A cikin wannan rubutu, Allah, Mai girma da daukaka, ya kuma yi alkawarin cewa duk wanda ya nisanci manyan zunubai zai shigar da shi Aljannah.

In this text, Allah, the Most High, also promises whoever avoids the major sins to admit him to Paradise.

Allah, Mai girma, ya ce, {Waɗanda suke nisantar manyan zunubai da alfasha, kuma idan sun yi fushi suna gafartawa;} (Ash-Shura: 37)

Allah, the Almighty says, {Those who avoid the greater sins and indecencies, and when they are angry even they forgive;} (Ash-Shura:37)

Alƙur'ani ya kuma ce: {Waɗanda suke nisantar manyan zunubai da alfasha, sai dai ƙananan laifuffuka, lalle Ubangijinka yana da yalwar gafara.} (An-Najm: 32)

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)

Annabi ﷺ ya ce, "Salloli biyar na farilla, da kuma daga Juma'a zuwa Juma'a, da daga Ramadan zuwa Ramadan, suna kankare zunubin da ke tsakaninsu muddin ba ku aikata manyan zunubai ba."1

The Prophet (pbuh) said, "The five prescribed Prayers, and from one Friday Prayer to another and from Ramadan to another entail forgiveness for what is between them as long as you do not commit the major sins.”1

Mun wajaba mu koyi game da manyan zunubai, domin Musulmi su guje su. Malaman ilimin addini sun sha bamban a ra'ayinsu game da adadin manyan zunubai. An ce su bakwai ne kawai, saboda faɗar Annabi ﷺ: "Ku guji zunubai bakwai masu halakarwa: Bautawa wani tare da Allah, sihiri, kashe rai wanda Allah ya haramta kashewa sai da gaskiya, cin riba, cin dukiyar maraya, gudun daga fagen yaƙi, da zargin mata masu bi, waɗanda ba su sani ba kuma ba su aikata komai ba, da zina."1

We are obliged to learn about what the major sins are, so that Muslims may avoid them. Scholars of Sacred knowledge are of different opinions about the number of the major sins. It is argued that they are only seven owing to the Prophet's (pbuh) saying, "Avoid the seven heinous sins: Worshipping others with Allah, sorcery, taking a life which Allah has made sacred except in the course of justice, devouring usury, appropriating the property of the orphan, fleeing from the battlefield, and charging believing women, unmindful though innocent, with adultery.” 1

Ibn Abbas na ganin cewa tabbas ana kidaya su a matsayin saba'in ba bakwai ba. Wannan ra'ayi ne mai kyau, domin ba ana nufin kidaya ba ne a cikin Hadisin.

Ibn Abbas holds that they are likely counted as seventy not seven. That is a good point of view because enumeration is not intended in the Hadith.

A gaskiya, duk zunubin da ke ɗauke da barazanar azaba a Lahira wadda Alkur'ani ko Hadisi suka ambata a fili, ko hukuncin shari'a da aka tsara (Hadd), ko kuma la'anar Allah ko Manzonsa, ana kiransa babban zunubi. Ya kamata mu tuna cewa wasu manyan zunubai sun fi wasu muni. Wannan saboda Annabi ﷺ ya lissafa Shirka (bautar wasu tare da Allah), ko da yake mai bautar gumaka zai sha azaba har abada a Wuta kuma ba zai taba samun gafara ba.

As a matter of fact, any sin entailing either a threat of punishment in the Hereafter explicitly mentioned by the Qur'an or Hadith, a prescribed legal penalty (Hadd), or being accursed by Allah or His Messenger (pbuh) is called a major sin. We have to bear in mind that some major sins are most heinous than another. This is because the Prophet (pbuh) has enlisted Shirk (worshipping others with Allah) though a polytheist will suffer eternal torture in Fire and will never be forgiven.

Allah, Maɗaukaki, yana cewa, {Allah ba ya gafarta (zunubin) shirka da Shi, amma yana gafarta duk wanin haka ga wanda Ya so.} (An-Nisa: 116)

Allah, the Almighty, says, {Allah forgiveth not (the sin of) joining other gods with Him, but He forgiveth whom He pleaseth other sins than .} (An-Nisa:116)