Tag Archives: sins
Sins of the Body
Among the sins of the body are: To treat one’s parents with what harms them To flee the battlefield Severing the obligatory ties of kinship To inflict an apparent harm upon the neighbor, even if he is a blasphemer, as long as he has been granted safety To dye the hair black; some scholars state [...]
Sins of the Private Parts
Among the sins of the private parts are: To commit adultery or fornication, i.e. to insert the glans penis into the vagina. To commit sodomy, i.e. to insert the glans penis into the anus. The penalty for the free sodomite is the same as the adulterer and fornicator. However, the penalty for the sodomitee is [...]
Sins of the Feet
Among the sins of the feet are: To walk towards committing a sin, such as walking to the ruler to inflict harm on a Muslim or the like or to walk to kill a Muslim unlawfully The inexcusable escaping/walking-away of the slave, the wife, or he who owes a right to others from what is [...]
Sins of the Hands
Among the sins of the hands are: To stint when measuring by volume, weight, or arm To steal. If one stole the equivalent of one-quarter of a dinar from its secured place, one’s right hand would be amputated; if one stole again, the left foot would be amputated, then one’s left hand, then one’s right [...]
Sins of the Tongue
Among the sins of the tongue are: To commit gossip [ghibah] i.e., to say something true about a Muslim in his absence that he hates to be said Talebearing between two or more Muslims to stir up trouble between them [namimah] Stirring up trouble without passing words between others – even if it is goading [...]
Sins of the Ears
Among the sins of the ear are: To eavesdrop or listening to private conversations To listen to the flute, lute, and/or the rest of the unlawful sounds To listen to gossip about a Muslim that he hates to be said [ghibah], talebearing to stir up enmity among Muslims [namimah], and/or the like. One is not sinful if one [...]
Sins of the Eyes
Among the sins of the eye are: For men: To look at the faces and hands of marriageable women with desire To look at other parts of their bodies with or without desire For women: To look between the navel and the knees of marriageable men with or without desire To look at other parts [...]
Sins of the Stomach
Among the sins of the stomach are: To consume from usurious gain [riba] To consume from taxes on trade [maks] To consume from others taken from them by force To consume from stealing (and stolen property) To consume anything taken through a transaction considered unlawful by the Islamic law To consume alcohol. The punishment for the drinker [...]
Sins of the Heart
Among the sins of the heart are: Insincerity in performing good deeds [riya'] i.e. doing good deeds for the sake of the people to earn their praise, thus nullifying their reward Priding oneself in obeying Allah ['ujb] i.e. forgetting the grace of Allah and deeming one’s worship was by one’s own ability Havings doubts in Allah Feeling [...]
