Part 2

"There may be a faster who does not gain from his fasting but hunger and thirst."

A wise man said, "Just as the one who shows off in good works is the one who fills his purse with

pebbles and leaves for the market to buy food. If he opened it before the seller he will be stoned with it in

his face. He gains nothing but the people's inquiry about what fills his purse, nothing more. Thus, the one

who shows off in good works will have no value but the people's saying that he did good and he will not be

{And We shall turn to whatever deeds they did (in this life), and We shall make such deed as floating dust

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said,

"On the Day of Judgment some groups of people will be brought near Paradise. Having smelt its

fragrance, and seen palaces and blessings therein, they will hear a call saying "Take them away, it is not

for them." Accordingly, they return so sorrowful that no one could have such feeling. They will call upon

Allah, "0 Lord were we entered into the Hell-Fire before seeing what You have prepared for Your Friends,

it would have been better." Then Allah will say, " That is what I want. When you were alone you defied Me

with grievous sins, but when you meet people you showed off in good works, You only respected people not

Me, You only refrain (from things) for their sake. Hence, today, I will severely torment you in addition to

depriving you from My bountiful reward." 4

It was related that a man asked the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)

"How can I be redeemed?" The Prophet said, "If you do not deceive Allah" The man asked, "How is Allah

deceived?" He replied, "When you do something which Allah and His Messenger commanded you to do but

Reported by Muslim. It's a Qudsi Hadith.

Mentioned by A1-Siuti in "AI Laiali AI-Masnu'ah" who related that Ibn Hibban said that it is false and has no reference.

you intended other than pleasing Allah. Beware of ostentation, it is the lesser shirk (polytheism); On the

Day of Judgment, the ostentatious will be called at the presence of all creatures by four names: O

Ostentatious, O traitors, O corrupt, O loser; what you did is wasted and your reward is nullified. We will

not reward you, go and get your reward from whomever you acted to deceive?" 1

A wise man was asked, "Who is the sincere one?" He replied, "It is he who hides his good deeds as he

does with his bad deeds." Someone asked, "What is the good of sincerity?" He said, "When you dislike to

Al-Fudail Ibn Eiad, may Allah be pleased with him said, "To refrain from an action for the sake of

people is ostentation. To do something for their sake is shirk (polytheism). But sincerity is to be aware of

O Allah! Let us be away from them and forgive us.

Reported by AI-Zubaidi in lthaf

2) Killing A Human Being

{If a man kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, to abide therein (for ever); and the wrath

and curse of Allah are upon him, and a dreadful chastisement is prepared for him.}

{Those who invoke not, with Allah, any other god, nor slay such life as Allah has made sacred, except for

just cause, nor commit fornication,' and any that does this (not only) meets punishment.}

{On that account: We ordained for the children of Israel that if anyone slew a person -unless it be for

murder 'or for spreading mischief in the land -it would be as if he slew the whole people.}

{When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -for what crime she killed.}

"Avoid the seven heinous sins."

And he mentioned taking one's life which Allah has made sacred except in the course of justice.

It was related that someone asked the Prophet (pbuh),

"What is the most heinous sin in the sight of Allah?" The Prophet replied, "To hold that Allah has an equal

whereas He has created you." .The man asked, "What else?" The Prophet said, "To kill your child lest he

feeds with you." The man asked, "What else?" He said, "To commit adultery with your neighbor's wife." 1

Therefore, Allah, the Almighty, revealed,

{Those who invoke not, with Allah, any other god, nor slay such life as Allah has made sacred, except for

just cause, nor commit fornication,. and any that does this (not only) meets punishment.}

It was related that the Messenger of Allah said,

"When two Muslims meet with drawn sword, both the slayer and the slain are in the Hell." It was said, "0

Messenger of Allah, that is for the slayer. But why the slain?" He replied, "Because his intention was to kill

Abu Suliman Al-Khitabi commented, "Such punishment does not apply to a legal and justifiable combat.

They entail this abode if they fight one another out of enmity, fanaticism, to acquire some worldly benefit

or a position of leadership. Thus, out of this pole is the one who fights against an aggressive Muslim if he

follows the rules of fighting and the one who defends himself without intending to kill the opponent.

Reported by Al-Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmidhi and AnNasa'i.

Reported by Al-Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, An-Nisa'i, Ibn Majah and Ibn Hibban.

Whoever fights against an aggressive Muslim or a highway robber, should not seek to kill them. Rather he

should try to deter him as much as he can. When they refrain we should refrain. The Prophet (pbuh) said,

"You should not turn an unbeliever when I am no more (among you) and start killing and shedding blood

"The first thing among human beings to be adjudicated on the Day of Judgment, will be the blood claim." 2

"Taking a believer's life is more grievous in Allah's sight than the perishing of this world." 3

"The major sins are worshipping others with Allah, showing disrespect to parents, killing a human being,

and the breaking one's oath."4

It is termed engulfing because it overwhelms its swearer in the Fire.

"For all the murders committed in this world without any justification, prophet Adam's son, Qabil will get

a share of punishment, because it was he who inaugurated the method of killing by murdering his brother

If this is the abode of he who kills a covenant man then what about killing a Muslim?

"Whoever killed anyone of the people of the covenant will never get the aroma of paradise which can be

smelt from forty years away."6

"Whoever helps in killing a Muslim even by just a part of a word, he will meet Allah with the written phrase

on his forehead "Despondent of Allah's Mercy."7

"Every sin might be forgiven by Allah except for a man dying an unbeliever or a man killing a believer

Reported by Bukhari and Muslim.

Reported by Bukhari and Muslim

Reported by Bukhari and Muslim

Reported by Bukhari and Muslim

Reported by Ibn Majah. It is a weak Hadith.

Sorcery is a major sin because the sorcerer must necessarily disbelieve and the accursed Devil

has no other motive for teaching a person witchcraft than that he might thereby ascribe associates

{Solomon did not disbelieve but Satan disbelieved, teaching men magic, and such things as came

down at Babylon to the angels Harut and Marut. But neither of these taught anyone (such things) without

saying, 'We are only for trial,' so do not blaspheme.' They learned from them the means to sow discord

between man and wife. But they could not harm anyone except by Allah's permission. And they learned

what harmed them, not what profited them. And they knew that the buyers of (magic) would have no share

in the happiness of the Hereafter.} (AIBaqarah: 102)

Thus, you might find some people who are astray delving in learning sorcery and thinking that

it is just unlawful. Actually, they do not consider what they do as disbelief, but it is! They embark

on learning all kinds of sorcery: Pure sorcery, increasing or decreasing the love between a man

and a woman, making a man important and the like.

All of these practices are done by means of some unknown words, most of which lead to

The penalty for a sorcerer is to be killed. This is because he is an unbeliever. The Prophet

"Avoid the seven heinous sins."1

"The penalty for a sorcerer is the sword."2

Bijalah Ibn Abah related, 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came to us one year before his

"Kill every sorcerer (male or female)."3

Wahb Ibn Munabbih said, "I read in a book: 'Allah the Almighty says, 'There is no god but Me. He is not of

Me who practices sorcery, or asks someone to practice with him. The one who foretells or the foretold, the

one who seeks an omen or for whom an omen is sought." 4

`Ali Ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said, A fortuneteller is a sorcerer, a sorcerer is a

Abu Musa AI-Ashari, may Allah be pleased with him, related that the Prophet (pbuh) said,

Reported by AIHaythami in "Majma' Az-Zawa'id to Al-Bazzar

"The drunkard, the one who severs the ties of kinship, and whoever believes in sorcery will not enter

Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) related that the Prophet (pbuh) said,

"Incantations, amulets and spells are Shirk (polytheism)."2

These are treated as Shirk because the ignorant believes that these things can affect what has been

predetermined by Allah. However, AIKhattabi said, "Incantations or healing words are permitted if they

consist of the Quran or the Most Beautiful Names of Allah."

The Prophet (pbuh) used to recite (incantate) AI-Hasan and AlHusain by saying,

"I seek refuge for you in Allah's Perfect Words from every Devil, beast or envious ." 3

Reported by Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Ahmad.

4) Not Performing the Prayer

Allah, the Most High, says,

{But after them there followed a posterity who missed Prayers and followed after lusts soon, then, will they

face destruction, except those who repent and believe, and work righteousness.}

Commenting on the above verses (Ayat), Ibn 'Abbas said,

"Allah's statement, "Who missed Prayers does not

mean that they did not perform it at all but rather they did not perform it in its due time."

Sa'id Ibn AI-Mussaiyyib, Imam of the Tabi'een (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "It is he who