Haram [Prohibited]
12 sayings
There is an angel of Allah who raises the call every night from 'Baitul Muqaddas': "Whoever partakes of the prohibited things, Allah does not accept any of his deeds be they obligatory or recommended
Greater Sins Vol 1, Part 1, Tradition 8, page 14; Odatool-Daee link
No sooner does a man who is able to commit a prohibited act abandon it, only for fear of Allah, than Allah gives him in lieu of it something that is better for him in this present world before the Hereafter
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 43113; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 739 link
And all those wasteful pastimes are haraam which make one forgetful of Allah; like songs and playing musical instruments
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Sixteenth Greater Sin ,page 15 link
Abstaining from eating even one morsel of prohibited food is dearer to Allah than a voluntary prayer of one thousand units
Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 120; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 738 link
When a man accumulates wealth from prohibited sources, neither his obligatory pilgrimage (Hajj) nor his voluntary pilgrimage (`umra) nor his maintaining kinship will be accepted from him, and it even spoils marriage
Amali al-Tusi, p. 680, no. 1447; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 738 link
Then We shall attend to the works they have done and then turn them into scattered dust", said, 'By Allah, even though their deeds were whiter than Egyptian cotton, when the prohibited presented itself before them they did not leave it
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 81, no. 5; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 739 link
He who has unlawful access to enjoy a woman or a maid but leaves her for fear of Allah, He - Mighty and Exalted - will keep him safe from the Fire, preserve him from the Great Terror, and make him enter Paradise
Sawab al-A`amal, p. 334, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 739 link
The Prophet (SAWA) used to visit the people of the ledge [of the mosque], who were his guests and had migrated to Medina without their families and belongings. The Prophet (SAWA) had lodged them on the ledges of the Mosque. They were four hundred men, and he greeted them every morning and every night. One day he came to them while some of them were mending their sandals, some were patching their garments, and some were cleaning their heads from lice. The Prophet (SAWA) used to provide them with half a bushel of dates every day.
Mustadrak al-Wasa`il, v. 12, p. 56, no. 13499; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 740 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
If you wish for noble traits, then avoid the prohibited things.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4069; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 737 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
One of the best noble traits is the avoidance of prohibited things.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9382; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 737 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Even if Allah, glory be to Him, had not forbidden that which He has prohibited, it would have been mandatory for the one possessing intellect to avoid them [at least].
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 7595; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 738 link
Worship alongside consumption of the prohibited is like erecting a building on sand or on water [according to other narrations].
Uddat al-Da`ai, p. 141; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 738 link
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