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PROHIBITION OF SINS
All acts prohibited by Allah (s.w.t) as stated in the Glorious Qur’an,
communicated by the Noble
Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) and
explained and elaborated by
Ahlul Bayt (a.s.), are sins.
Sins may be Greater or Smaller.
The Merciful Allah (s.w.t.)
promises to forgive and excuse
Smaller Sins if we avoid Greater
Sins as mentioned in Surah
al-Nisa Ayah 31, “If you shun
the Greater Sins which are
forbidden, We will do away with
your Smaller Sins and cause you
to enter an exalted dwelling.”
The Commander of Faithful Imam Ali (a.s.) said,
“Death occurs to a person in one
of three ways; our devotees who
obeys our commands and does not
sin is given the good news of
everlasting bounties. Our
opponents shall forever be
involved in Divine punishment.
The person who has been unjust
to his soul will find himself in
an unsure condition. His death
will be accompanied with terror
and fear. Allah will remove him
from Hell on our intercession.
Act (rightly) and obey the
commands of Allah. Do not
consider the Divine punishment
to be trifle, and certainly
there are such people who would
not be able to receive our
intercession till after 3,00,000
years.”
The Infallible Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.)
said, “By Allah, I fear for you
the Barzaq. It is the grave. Its
duration commences from the time
of death until the Day of
Judgment.”
Making Salat as light is counted among the Greater Sins. Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) said, “Our intercession is not for those who
consider prayer (Salat) as
unimportant.”
Intercession should neither raise false hope
nor to be a cause to be
arrogant.
The Infallible Musa al-Kazim (a.s.) said, “Our
Shias are only those who follow
us (in every respect), walk into
our foot-steps and imitate our
actions.”
Verbal claim of being a Shia is insufficient if
they do not follow the Noble
Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) and Ahlul
Bayt (a.s.)
According to Allama Majlisi, there are four types of Taqwa:
Wara at-Tabiri, which means to abstain from prohibited things. Wara as-Salihin,
which means to abstain from
doubtful things. Wara al-Muttaqin,
which means to abstain from even
permissible things so that one
is absolutely protected from
Haram. Wara as-Sadiqin, which
means to avoid everything that
is not religious to avoid waste
of time in useless acts.
According to Ibne Abbas, the
Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.)
said, “Love of Ali consumes the
sins like fire consumes wood.”
Sayyid Muhammad al-Kazim Tabatabai Yazdi, an eminent jurist of the School
of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) had
categorized four ways of
recognizing Greater Sins:
All those sins are Greater which have been
specifically termed as Greater
in the Glorious Qur’an and the
Traditions.
All those sins are Greater about which the
Glorious Qur’an and Hadiths
explicitly state that those who
commit these sins will enter
Hell.
Any sin, which is clearly Greater than a sin
specified as Greater one in the
Glorious Qur’an and Hadith; is
also Greater.
Any sin which has all along being regarded as
Greater by the scholars and the
jurists, should also be
considered as Greater.
According to the Infallible Imam Ja’far
as-Sadiq (a.s.), the following
are the Greater Sins in the
light of the Glorious Qur’an:
Shirk (to attribute partners),
to despair from Mercy of Allah,
not fearing the retribution of
Allah, disobey parents, kill a
believer, slander for adultery,
usurp orphan’s property, retreat
from struggle, take interest,
magic, adultery, false oath,
betrayal of trust, fail to pay
zakat, false witness, conceal
evidence, drink wine, willfully
avoid prayers, fail to perform
any obligatory religious act,
break ties with relatives.
Apart from the above, some more acts have been
included as Greater Sin by the
Infallible Imam Ali ar-Reza
(a.s.) in a letter to Mamun ar
Rashid which are: eating dead
animals, blood and pigs,
consuming Haram wealth,
gambling, cheating in business,
homosexuality, not acknowledging
the bounties of Allah,
cooperating with oppressors,
lying, arrogance, squandering
wealth, spend in the ways not
permitted by Allah, consider
Hajj as unimportant, enjoy vain
occupation and persist in sins.
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