Sins
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When the singer shall rise from his grave on the Day of Judgement, he will be blind, deaf and dumb.
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Sixteenth Greater Sin ,page 12; Jameal-Akhbaar link
One who respects a speaker, becomes his slave. If the speaker calls towards Allah the listener worships Allah, but if he calls towards shaitan, the listener has worshipped shaitan
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Sixteenth Greater Sin ,page 13; Furu Al Kafi link
Whenever a person begins singing, two satans mount on his shoulders and continue to hit their heels upon his chest, till the time he sings the song
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Sixteenth Greater Sin ,page 13 link
Singing and music is a nest for the bird called hypocrisy
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Sixteenth Greater Sin ,page 12; Al Kafi link
The narrator asked Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) regarding greater sins. Imam said, "Greater sins are five and Allah makes Hell obligatory for those who commit them as per the words of Allah: Surely Allah does not forgive that anything should be associated with Him [Surah Nisa 4:48]. Allah has also said: (As for) those who swallow the property of the orphans unjustly, surely they only swallow fire into their bellies and they shall enter burning fire [Surah Nisa 4:10]. Allah has also said: O you who believe! when you meet those who disbelieve marching for war, then turn not your backs to them[Surah Anfaal 8:15] nor accuse a chaste woman of adultery nor should you kill a believer purposely."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 294 link
The narrator asked Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) regarding a greater sin. Imam (a.s.) replied, "Every such deed for which Allah has promised Hell is a greater sin."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 294 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his ancestors that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "A person who laughs while committing a sin will enter Hell weeping."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 283 link
Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "Surely an angel descends carrying a scroll in the beginning of day and night and writes the deeds of men. Hence one should do good deeds in the beginning of day and night. God willing, you will be forgiven during the other times also if Allah wills, because Allah, the Mighty and Sublime says: 'Therefore remember Me, I will remember you' [Surah Baqarah 2:152]. And He says: 'and certainly the remembrance of Allah is the greatest'.[Surah Ankaboot 29:45]"
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 217/218 link
If God's servants didn't commit sins, He would create a people who would commit sins to be forgiven by Him, for He is the most Merciful and Forgiving.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 991; Page No. 140 link
Every distress has its specific remedy, and the remedy of sins is asking for God's mercy.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 540; Page No. 79 link
The grave sins are: associating anything with Allah, insolence to one's parents, murdering an innocent soul, and taking an immoral or licentious oath
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 7798; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 864 link
"It is not that the amount of rain is increasing year by year. The Almighty Allah sends rain wherever He feels. If the people of an area commit sins, Allah sends the rain destined to fall in that area elsewhere in a forest, ocean or a mountain. The Almighty Allah deprives the earth of rain because of the sins committed by the people. He diverts the rain to a place where sins are not committed." Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) said, "O those who see! Gain lesson from this. We have seen in the book of Amirul Momineen (a.s.) that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said: When extra-marital sex becomes common, the number of deaths increase suddenly. When cheating increases much, Allah involves people in drought and loss. When people stop paying Zakat, the Almighty Allah stops abundance of crops and yield from earth. When injustice spreads, people start helping each other in unjust causes and when promises are broken, Allah leaves them at the mercy of their enemies. When relations are broken, wealth is handed over to evil people. When people are not called towards good and are not stopped from doing evil and when the virtuous among our Ahle Bait (a.s.) are not obeyed, the Almighty Allah will give their control to evil people. At that time, virtuous people will pray but their prayers will not be accepted."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 317/318 link
Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "There are five things from which you should seek Allah's refuge. When people of a community start sinning openly, epidemic plagues, which were not destined for them earlier, become common. When people start cheating in weight, they have to face drought and oppression of an unjust ruler. When Zakat is not paid, rainfall is reduced and they would not have received rain had there been no animal among them. When the oaths of Allah and promises to His Messenger are broken, the Almighty Allah gives their control to their enemies. He takes away whatever is present with them. When people act without obeying Allah's commands, He sends His chastisement on them."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 318 link
He whose death is left off to live for sixty years, will be spared any excuses (for his sins) by God.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 888; Page No. 126 link
"Surely whenever a believer intends to commit a sin, he is deprived of his sustenance."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 305 link
"One who intends to perform a sin, should avoid it because it might happen that Allah watches him committing a sin and says: I swear by My honor, I will never forgive you."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 305 link
There is no greater tribulation than your indifference towards your sins and your satisfaction with your current state of affairs.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 286; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 864 link
Do not deem your petty sins as insignificant, for verily petty sins accumulate and become grave sins.
Amali al-Mufid, p. 157,no. 8; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 864 link
Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida [a] said
Petty sins lead the way for grave sins, and he who does not fear Allah with regard to small things will not fear Him when it comes to grave things
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 353, no. 55; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 864 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Amir al-Mu'minin Im?m 'Al? ibn Ab? T?lib (a.s.), when asked about the gravest of the grave sins, said, 'Feeling secure from Allah's plan, giving up all hope of Allah's munificence, and despairing of Allah's mercy
Bihar al-Anwar, no. 4325; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 864 link
There are seven grave sins: intentionally killing a believer, falsely accusing a chaste woman of fornication, fleeing from the midst of a battle, returning to a state of renegation after belief [This includes apostasy as well as a mere return to one's previous state of heedlessness and complacency after having believed (ed.)], unjustly usurping the property of the orphan, devouring usury after knowledge of its prohibition, and everything else that Allah has threatened to requite with obligatory punishment in the Fire
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 277, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 865 link
No petty sin remains when persisted upon, and no grave sin remains when repented for' [i.e. the petty sin can be cancelled with persistence and furtherance in it, hence becoming a grave sin, and the grave sin can be annulled with repentance].[
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 355, no. 62] ; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 865 link
Imam al-Baqir (AS) with reference to Allah's verse in the Qur'an: "those who do not knowingly persist in what they have committed", said, 'Persistence in sinning is when a person commits a sin, and does not seek forgiveness for it, and moreover, it does not even occur to him to repent for it that is persistent sinning.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 6, p. 32, no. 40; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 865 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Whoever takes pleasure in committing acts of disobedience to Allah, Allah will bring disgrace down upon him
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8823; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 865 link
Beware of enjoying the sin, for verily that enjoyment is worse than the actual perpetration of it
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 159, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 865 link
The sin is also a [source of] misfortune for people other than the perpetrator, for if someone was to expose that sin, he too is afflicted, and if he was to talk about him behind his back, he is also committing a sin, and if he is content thereof and does not bother with others' actions, then it is as if he also partook in the sin
al-Firdaws, v. 2, p. 249, no. 3169; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 866 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Tears only dry up and fail to flow as a result of hard-heartedness, and the hearts only harden as a result of an abundance of sins
Ellal al-Shara'ie, p. 81, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 866 link
The sins that prevent rain from falling are: the judges' unjust rulings, the giving of false testimony and the concealing of one's testimony.
Nur al-Thaqalayn, v. 5, p. 597, no. 24; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 866 link
When the rainfall is less from year to year, it is only because Allah sends it down as and when He wishes, such that when a people commit acts of disobedience to Him, Allah - Mighty and Exalted - withholds the rain that He had ordained for them
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 329, no. 12; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 866 link
When a man commits a sin, a black spot appears on his heart. If he repents, it is effaced, but if he continues committing it, the spot increases and grows until it engulfs the whole heart, and he can never again prosper
Bihar al-Anwar, p. 327, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 866 link
Allah never bestows bounties on His servant only to take them away again until and unless he commits a sin, whereby he becomes deserving of Allah's deprivation
Bihar al-Anwar, p. 339, no. 21; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 867 link
Indeed the servant commits a sin, and as a result he is deprived of the Night Prayer. And verily the evil deed pierces into and affects the one who committed it faster than a sharp knife can pierce into meat
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 272, no. 16; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 867 link
There are more people who die as a result of their sins than who die because they have reached their appointed time
Amali al-Tusi, p. 701, no. 1498; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 867 link
Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida [a] said
When the governors [of a place] are dishonest, rainfall is withheld [from that place], and when the sultan is unjust the whole country is abased, and when the alms-tax is not paid, livestock die as a result
Amali al-Mufid, p. 310, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 867 link
There are three sins whose punishment is hastened in the life of this world and is not delayed until the Hereafter: insolence to one's parents, intimidation of others and ingratitude for a favour
Amali al-Mufid, p. 237, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 867 link
The perpetrator of any of the following three misdeeds will not die before seeing their evil consequences in this world. They are: intimidation of others, cutting off one's blood relations and taking false oaths
Amali al-Mufid, p. 98, no. 8; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 868 link
There is a remedy for every ailment, and the remedy for sins is seeking forgiveness
Mustadrak al-Wasa`il, v. 5, p. 316, no. 5972; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 868 link
The believer is given seventy-two veils of which one is torn off every time he sins. When he repents however, Allah returns the veil to its original state and grants him seven more in addition
Nawadir al-R`awandi, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 868 link
As long as a believing man or woman is in a state of physical, financial or domestic affliction when he dies, he meets Allah with a clean slate
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 67, p. 236, no. 54; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 868 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
No servant from amongst our followers (shi`aa) who commits an act that we have forbidden dies without first being afflicted with a severe calamity which expiates his sins, be it with regard to his wealth, his children or his own soul, such that he meets Allah with a clean slate. Moreover, if any of his sins remain even after that, then they are expiated by the pain and difficulty at the time of death.
al-Khisal, p. 235, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 869 link
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