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The Sixth Major Sin - Not Fating On A Day Of Ramadan Without Excuse.

Allah (swt) says in the Quran:

“O you who believe, fasting is ordained for you, as it was ordained for those before you, in order that you gain Taqwa (conscious of Allah) - for a fixed number of days. But if any of you is ill or on a journey, the (required) number (is to be made up) of other days. (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:183-184)

Ibn ‘Omar (ra) reported Allah’s messenger (saw) as saying: “Islam is built on five things: The Shahada (witnessing that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and that muhammad is His servant and messenger), the Prayer, the Zakat, The Hajj, and the Sawm (fasting) during Ramadan”. (Bukhari and Muslim)

The Prophet (saw) also said: “The one who did not fast on a (particular) day of Ramadan without a (Valid) excuse will not be able to make it up by fasting a (whole) lifetime, even if he were to do that” (Ibn Majah, Abu Dawoud, Tirmithi and Ahmad)

Fasting on Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam, not observing it, is a major sin and denying it, lead to Disbelieve.

O Allah give us strength and patience to fast on the month of Ramadan, and keep us steadfast on Your religion.

In the next post InshAllah we will explain about Major Sin # 6 - Not Fasting On A Day Of Ramadan Without Excuse.

[previous post in the series - #4 - Not Praying]

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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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.

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.

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)

[previous post in the series - # 2 : Murder]

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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