A Brief Summary of all the Major Sins
by al-Hâfidh Abî ‘Abdullâh Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Uthmân bin Qayyim Dhahabî

1. Associating partners with Allah (Shirk) Great Shirk: worshipping beings other than Allah (proof all over Quraan) Small Shirk: Riya The Prophet (saws),

“Should I not inform you of that which I fear for you even more than the dangers of Dajjal? It is the hidden shirk: A person stands to pray and he beautifies his prayer because he sees the people looking at him”. (Sahih; Sunan ibn Majah)

2. Committing murder: (Furqan; 68)

3. Performing Sorcery (2: 102)

4. Not performing the Prayers (Maryam: 59)

5. Withholding the Zakat (Charity) (3: 180)

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