Al-Kabair: The Chief Sins

  AL-KABA'IR - The Chief Sins,
by Muhammad bin Uthman ad-Dhahabi,
Hardback - 511 pages,
English / Arabic.


Al-Kaba'ir - The Major Sins
3rd Edition - 2006 C.E / 1427 AH.


Imam ad-Dhahabi, 'alayhir rahman, wrote al-Kaba'ir (The Major Sins) specifically for a class of readers and is at the forefront of his works. The book is aimed at the general masses with simple language, but appeals to scholars and students alike.


Major Sins: (Page 3) --- The Major Sins are those acts that Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, and His Messenger, Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, have forbidden in the Qur'an and Sunnah (tradition of the Prophet), and which have been made clear by the actions of of the first righteous generation of Muslims, the Companions of the Prophet, Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam.

<< If you avoid the great sins you are forbidden to Commit, We will cancel out your (other) evil deeds for you, and admit you (to Paradise) through a Noble entrance >> [an-Nisa'i 4:31]

Thus Allah, Most High, has guaranteed the Garden of Paradise to those who avoid the great sins.

 
A Story : (Page 19) --- It is reported that a woman of the Children of Israel came to Prophet Moses, Peace be upon him, and said: “O Messenger of Allah, I committed a grave sin but then I repented to ALLAH and asked for his forgiveness. Please pray to ALLAH that he accepts my repentance and forgive my sin. “Prophet Moses, Peace be upon him, asked: “What did you do?” She replied: “Prophet of ALLAH, I committed fornication and later gave birth to a baby boy whom I Killed.” Then the Prophet Moses, Peace be upon him, said: “Go from here, you wicked woman, lest a fire from the Heaven consume all of us because of your monstrous sin!”

There-upon she left his presence broken-hearted.

Then the Arch-Angel Gabriel, Peace be upon him, descended and told Moses: “Moses, why have you turned away a repentant woman? Have you not found anyone worse than her? Moses asked: “Gabriel, Peace be upon him, who could such a one be? “Gabriel said: “The one who abandons his prayer intentionally and persistently.”


The Chief Sins:

01. Associating anything with Allah
02. Murder
03. Practicing magic
04. Not Praying
05. Not paying Zakat
06. Not fasting on a Day of Ramadan without excuse
07. Not performing Hajj, while being able to do so
08. Disrespecting parents
09. Abandoning relatives
10. Fornication and Adultery
11. Homosexuality (sodomy)
12. Interest (Riba)
13. Wrongfully consuming the property of an orphan
14. Lying about Allah and His Messenger
15. Running away from the battlefield
16. A leader deceiving his people and being unjust to them
17. Pride and arrogance
18. Bearing false witness
19. Drinking Khamr (wine)
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. Frequent lying
31. Judging unjustly
32. Giving and Accepting bribes
33. Women imitating men and 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 & concealing that knowledge
39. Bertrayal 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, and doing other things of this sort 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's 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. Witholding 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. Unsurping 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 Companiions of Allah's Messenger.