Grave Sins and Acts That Warrant Severe Consequences
- To ascribe partners to Allah.
- To shed the blood of someone unjustly.
- To practice witchcraft and charms by childless women during the confinement of another woman so that the child of that woman may die and she may have a child. This also amounts to murder.
- To taunt or torment one's parents.
- To commit adultery.
- To devour the wealth of orphans, e.g. many women usurp the wealth and belongings of the deceased husband and deprive the children of their share.
- To deprive the daughters of their share in the inheritance.
- To accuse a woman of adultery even on the slightest doubt. (As long as an Islamic proof for adultery is not established, a person cannot be regarded as an adulterer. When any such situation arises, a pious alim (Islamic scholar) should be consulted.)
- To oppress or persecute someone.
- To backbite or slander someone.
- To despair of the mercy of Allah (سبحانه و تعالى).
- To act contrary to one's promise.
- To betray a trust (amanah).
- To discard any fard (compulsory duty) enjoined by Allah Ta'ala, eg. salat, fasting, hajj, zakat, etc.
- To forget the Holy Quran after having memorized it.
- To speak lies. Especially to take false oaths.
- To swear by the name of anyone other than Allah.
- To take an oath with such words that the person is deprived of the kalimah at the time of death, or may die without Iman.
- To prostrate before anyone other than Allah Ta'ala.
- To miss salat without a valid excuse.
- To call any Muslim a kafir, or non-believer, or to invoke the wrath or punishment of Allah on him, or to call him an enemy of Allah.
- To complain against someone, or to hear such a complaint.
- To steal.
- To take interest (usury).
- To express joy on the rise and inflation of the value of commodities or goods.
- To insist on reducing the price after having agreed to it.
- To sit in seclusion with ghayr mahrams (those with whom the observance of hijab is necessary).
- To gamble. Some women and girls play certain games with stakes on them. This is also a kind of gambling.
- To like and be attracted to the customs of the kuffar.
- To find fault with food.
- To enjoy dancing and listening to music.
- To abstain from giving advice in spite of having the power to do so.
- To ridicule someone with a view to humiliating and embarrassing him.
- To look for faults in others.
