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The Fourth Major Sin – Not Praying.

Allah (swt) says in the Quran:

“Then there succeeded them a generation which neglected prayers and followed lust. They will meet with destruction (Ghayy), excepting the one who repents and believes and acts righteously.”  (Surah Maryam 19:59-60)

Ibn ‘Abbas (ra) explained that ‘neglected’ here does not mean that they completely abandoned prayers, but that they delayed them to the end of their prescribed times. Sa’id bin Musayyab, a great Imam following the generation of the companions, elaborated on this, saying: “A person neglects prayers if he delays the noon prayer up to afternoon prayer time, afternoon prayer up to almost sunset prayer time, sunset prayer up to evening prayer time, and evening prayer up to morning prayer time, while delaying morning prayer until just before sunrise. If anyone dies without repentance while continuing in this manner, Allah has promised Ghayy for him, and that is a valley in Hell which is very deep and has foul food”.

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Rasul Allah, sal Allah alayhi wa sallam, said, “There was once a
merchant who would lend money to people.  Whenever the person he
lent money to was in difficult circumstances, he would say to
his employees, ‘Forgive him so that Allah may forgive us.’ So,
Allah forgave him.”  (Bukhari)

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Why do we worship Allah?

How do we worship Allah?

How do we perfect this worship?

And what are the levels of worshiping Him?

Shaykh Yasir Qadhi answers these questions by taking us on a journey of the very purpose of our existence, the worship of Allah (swt).

This is one of his best lectures MashaAllah and I love to come back and listen to it from time to time.

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And that brings us to another great lecture as if it has been made as a continuation to Shaykh Yasir’s lecture. The Day of Judgement by Saed Rageah.

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Anytime you that you think your Faith is getting weak, and you lose the purpose of this world to the world itself, remember these two Ayat from the Quran-

“I have only created man and jinn for the sole reason of worshipping Me” (Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:56)

and,

“Do you then think that We had created you in jest, and that you would not be brought back to Us (for account)?” (Surah Al-Mu'minun 23:115)

Narrated Anas bin Malik,

Allah’s Messenger, sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam, would often
pray, “O Allah! I seek your protection from anxiety and grief,
from incapacity and laziness, from stinginess and cowardice, and
from the burden of debt and the domination of people.” (Bukhari)

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The Third Major Sin – Practicing Magic*.

Magicians are necessarily unbelievers. Allah (swt) says in the Quran :

“But the evil ones (Shayateen) disbelieved, teaching the people magic…” (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:102)

The purpose of the evil ones in teaching people magic is to lead them into polytheism. Informing us about Harut and Marut, ( the two angels sent to Babylon to test people by teaching them magic), Allah Most High says:

“But neither of these taught anyone (such magic) until they had said: ‘ We are only a test, so do not disbelieve! ‘ They (the people) learned from the two of them what would cause discord between a man and his wife. But they could not harm anyone by it except by Allah’s leave. And they (the people) learned what harmed them and not what benefited them. And they knew that anyone who deals in it (magic) would have no share in the Next.” (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:102)

We see many people learning magic, imagining that it is merely prohibited, but ignorant of the fact that it constitutes unbelief (Kufr). They learn how to charm, which is a form of magic through which people’s eyes are deceived so that they see something which is not really there, or which is used to produce love in a man’s heart for his wife, as likewise hatred, and to chant certain words, most of which imply polytheism.

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