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The Fifth Major Sin - Not Paying Zakat.

Allah (swt) says in the Quran:

“And let not those who covetously withhold of the gifts which Allah Hath given them of His Grace, think that it is good for them: Nay, it will be the worse for them: soon shall the things which they covetously withheld be tied to their necks Like a twisted collar, on the Day of Judgment…” (Surah Ali-Imran 3:180)

And,

“…Woe to the Mushrikeen (polytheists) who do not pay Zakat..” (Surah Fussilat 41:6-7)

And also,

“…Then give them (those who hoard gold and silver, and do not spend them for the sake of Allah) ‘good tidings’ of a painful punishment, a day when it (the hoarded wealth) will be heated in Hell-Fire, and then their foreheads, their sides, and their backs will be branded with it. (And it will be said to them:) ‘This is what you hoarded up for yourselves, so taste whatever you used to hoard!’” (Surah At-Taubah 9:34-35)

Ibn Mas’ood (ra) in explaining these verses quoted above said: “(On the Day of Resurrection), one Dinar will not be placed on top of another Dinar, nor A Dirham on top of another Dirham; rather, a persons’s skin will be stretched so much that every Dinar and Dirham (on which he did not pay Zakat) will touch his skin and its heat will be felt. and if they ask: ‘Why have the forehead, the sides, and the back been singled out (for mention is this verse)?” the answer is: “When a miserly rich person sees a poor person approaching him, he frowns wrinkles, his forehead, and turns his side (to him), and when the poor person comes close to him, he turns away, showing him his back. that is why these parts of the body are mentioned in those verses.”

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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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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.