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Bismillahi Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim.

Assalamu ‘Alykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh.

I have been thinking to make a series on the Major Sins for a long time, but I didn’t do it because one of the bloggers here in islamicink.com started to do it before me, and I thought why do the same if someone else is already doing it?

Anyway, I can’t find the link to that blog anymore because it has been a while since it has been updated. And actually he only wrote 2 or 3 posts on the subject. So I thought, maybe now I can start it here.

Inshallah, in this series I will try to explain what is a Major Sin in Islam and what are the major sins. The series will be base on the great work of Imam Adh-Dhahabi- “Al Kaba’ir“.

About the Author

His name is Shamsuddin Muhammad bin ‘Uthman At-Turkmani, Al Fariqi, Ad-Damishqi, Ash-Shafi’i. And he is known by the name of imam Adh-Dhahabi.

Adh-Dhahabi was born in Damascus in the year 673H / 1274 A.D. He acquired his vast knowledge of the Quran and The Sunnah from the scholars of Syria, Egypt, and Hijaz (K.S.A of today), traveling far and wide for this purpose. In one of his books, he listed more than one thousand three hundred scholars, including all the great and famous scholars of his time, from whom he benefited directly and by reading their works.

Adh-Dhahabi carried out many scholarly duties in Damascus. When, in the year 741H, he lost his eyesight, he stopped writing and confined himself to teaching until his death in the year 784H / 1348 A.D, at the age of seventy four according to the solar calendar.

Adh-Dhahabi left behind him more than ninety scholarly works in the sciences of the Hadith, History, Biography and various other subjects. According to his Introduction of the book, Al Kaba’ir- The Major Sins – he wrote it for the benefit of the students of the Quran. However, over the centuries, this work has been found beneficial for the generality of Muslims. May Allah grant him His blessings and eternal reward!

I ask Allah (swt) to make this series of posts beneficial to all of us, and to make us far from sins Inshallah.