Dr. Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Qadri

Shaykh Ul Fiqh, Jamia Nizamia; Founder - Director


Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center

Mufti Maulana Syed Zia Uddin Naqshbandi Quadri

Shaik-ul-Fiqh - Jamia Nizamia


Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center

Scholarly Articles

Major sins


<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">There are various Traditions about the Major Sins.&nbsp; Those sins, which are normally included in Major Sins are the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Ascribing partners to Allah Most High.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Killing somebody without a valid reason.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Leaving any Obligation (<i>Fardh</i>) of Allah Most High like Salaat or fast.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Using wine or any other intoxicant.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Adultery.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Theft or stealing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Magic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Oppressing someone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Lies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Accepting bribes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Taking, giving or making someone give interest/usury (sud)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Short weighing (weighing less than the actual weight)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Embezzling the money of an orphan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Breaking a trust.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Hiding the true evidence and giving false evidence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Taking a false oath to prove right as wrong or wrong as right.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Disobeying parents or hurting them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Gambling.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Accusing a virtuous, chaste woman of adultery.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Homosexuality.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent: -.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .25in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">&sect;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Insisting on a minor sin or considering it small.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Imam Ibn Hajar Haitami (May Allah shower His Mercy on him) has enumerated 467 Major Sins in <i>Az Zawajir</i>.&nbsp; One more opinion is that every sin is minor when compared to the one before it and is major when compared to the one after it.&nbsp; Going on committing a minor sin or taking it lightly is also a major sin.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Apart from Major sins, all other sins are minor sins.<o:p></o:p></span></p>