Major Sins

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, ALL COMPASSIONATE ALL MERCIFUL

           I set the ball rolling by praising Allah the omniscience, exalted and self sufficient master, we gratify Him and beseech for His forgiveness, and we seek His refuge from the evil which is within ourselves. whosoever Allah guide non can lead him astray and whosoever is misguided non can guide him except Allah alone without a partner. May the peace and blessings be upon the noble prophet  Muhammad SAW his household and those who follows their right track till the reckoning Day.

          Slaves of Allah! certainly sins are of two types; major and minor sins. The major ones base upon the statement of IMAM ZHAHABIY; Is that which Allah and His messenger forbid from the Book and traditions of Rasul, and the immediate generation that came after sahaba. Almighty Allah vindicated in His glorious book said; "If you avoid the major sins which you are forbidden We shall expiate from you your small sins, and admit you to a Noble entrance (in paradise) ". Base upon this Allah promises  whosoever shuns away major ones will forgive him the minor ones and gives him paradise, but in another verse said; " And those who avoid the greater sins and immoralities, and when they are angry they forgive". In suraatl Najm said; " Those who avoid great sins except the small faults, verily your lord is of vast forgiveness".  All these verses are not unconnected to the fact that shunning away major sins leads to having forgiveness from Allah from shortcomings. You have more clarification when you ponder on saying of Rasul SAW, " Five daily prayers, and Jum'ah to Jum'ah, and fasting to fasting, expiates the sins that is committed between them, when the major sins are avoided" i.e unless if a servant shuns away major sins that Allah would forgive him his shortcomings. The above verses and hadith listed vindicated the magnitude of keeping away the major sins.

           Scholars differed in specifying numbers of major sins, some go-by seven are the major sins, in reference to one authentic tradition of Rasul SAW that says " Avoid seven destroyers and listed; Associating a partner with Allah, sorcery, killing any one whose killing Allah forbidden except for a just cause, and eating from orphans property, eating usury , running in the Day of the holy war (fleeing from battle field), and accusing a chaste women who never think of touching their chastity and are believers". And of their views, these are the only major sins.  But according to Ibn Abbass, great sins are seventy, and the reason is that; Whoever commits any of the sins of which specific penalty is to be given to the doer in this world, like; Zina, killing an innocent soul which Islam forbids, stealing e.t.c, or what was mentioned in the Book and Sunnah that a doer of particular sin shall receive a certain punishment in the hereafter, wrath of Allah or the messenger cursed the one indulge in doing, said to be major sin, and is base upon this you can analise and figure out many major sins people committing on daily basis, and unless by shunning them away Allah will forgive us our shortcomings. May almighty Allah deter us from major sins, strengthen our feet on the right path.

I said this while seeking Allah's forgiveness for you and me from all sins and shortcomings, ask for Allah's forgiveness He'll surely forgive you, He is Oft-forgiving and most merciful.