(al-Bukhariyy[1] and Muslim[2] related a hadith with a similar meaning). The hadith’s text is: <<A person may say a word that he does not take heed of, by which he slips into Hellfire farther than what is between east and west.>> The hadith narrated by at-Tirmidhiyy explains the hadith narrated by al-Bukhariyy and Muslim. (The hadith is an evidence that…
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The saying of the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam: <<A person may utter a) blasphemous (word that one thinks harmless), i.e., he thinks it holds no harm for him, (which results), i.e., due to his uttering it, (in one’s falling the depth of seventy years into Hellfire.>> This falling distance of seventy (70) years leads to the) very (bottom of…
(The meaning of what) Hafidh Yahya the son of Sharaf (an-Nawawiyy[1]), who died in the year 676 AH, (and others) among the scholars (said is: “Apostasy is an abhorrent), i.e., a very ugly (type of blasphemy”) in the sense that it erases all the good deeds, and that it is a transfer from truth to falsehood. The meaning behind their…
(It is obligatory upon every) accountable (Muslim to perserve one’s faith in Islam and protect it against whatever invalidates, abolishes, and interrupts it, namely, apostasy “riddah”; we seek refuge with Allah, ta^ala, from it.) Blasphemy is the most grievous sin. It is the sin that Allah does not forgive for the one who dies on it, i.e., dies as a…
Elucidating the rules of repentance (Immediate repentance from) all of (the sins) whether small or enormous, (is obligatory upon every accountable person.) (It comprises of:) i.e.the integrals of repentance are: 1- (regretting the sin,) for one to have regret and remorse for disobeying the order(s) of Allah; 2- (quitting it,) i.e. leaving the sin immediately; (and) 3- (intending not…
Among the sins of the body (and they are those which do not pertain to a specific body part),are: 1. (To harm one’s parents severely;) or one of them, by harming them with that which is according to the norm, harms them severely. 2. (To flee the battlefield, which is) for one (to run away) from between those fighting for…
Among the sins of the foot are: 1. (To walk towards committing a sin, such as walking to the ruler to inflict harm on a Muslim) unrightfully, because such a sin involves harming another Muslim; (or the like or to walk to kill a Muslim) i.e. with the purpose of killing him (unrightfully;) It is also unlawful to walk with…
Among the sins of the private parts are: 1. (To commit adultery-zina or fornication-zina, i.e., to insert the glans penis) i.e. the entire tip of the penis (into the vagina [unlawfully;) of other than his wife or female slave. 2. (To commit sodomy, i.e., to insert the glans penis) i.e. the entire tip of the penis (into the anus;) of…
Among the sins of the hands are: 1. (To short-cheat when measuring by volume, weight, or arm length;) such that when one buys from another he receives all of what he deserves completely, but when he sells to another, he short-delivers the item by cheating the buyer out of some of what he deserves, receiving from him the complete value…
Among the sins of the ear are: 1. (To listen to the private conversation) to listen to the dialogue between people, (which others) which such people do not want others to hear, rather they (meant to hide;) their conversation. Doing so is a type of unlawful spying. 2. (To listen to the flute, tambura,) because they are among the unlawful…