Allah Most High says: Surely, Allah does not forgive associating anything with Him, and He forgives whatever is other than that to whomever He wills. (al-Nisa 4:48 and 116)
01. Associating anything with Allah
02. Murder
03. Practising magic
04. Not Praying
05. Not paying Zakat
06. Not fasting on a Day of Ramadan without excuse
07. Not performing Hajj, while being able to do so
08. Disrespect to parents
09. Abandoning relatives
10. Fornication and Adultery
11. Homosexuality(sodomy)
12. Interest(Riba)
13. Wrongfully consuming the property of an orphan
14. Lying about Allah and His Messenger
15. Running away from the battlefield
16. A leader's deceiving his people and being unjust to them
17. Pride and arrogance
18. Bearing false witness
19. Drinking Khamr (wine)
20. Gambling
21. Slandering chaste women
22. Stealing from the spoils of war
23. Stealing
24. Highway Robbery
25. Taking false oath
26. Oppression
27. Illegal gain
28. Consuming wealth acquired unlawfully
29. Committing suicide
30. Frequent lying
31. Judging unjustly
32. Giving and Accepting bribes
33. Woman's imitating man and man's imitating woman
34. Being cuckold
35. Marrying a divorced woman in order to make her lawful for the husband
36. Not protecting oneself from urine
37. Showing-off
38. Learning knowledge of the religion for the sake of this world and concealing that knowledge
39. Bertrayal of trust
40. Recounting favours
41. Denying Allah's Decree
42. Listening (to) people's private conversations
43. Carrying tales
44. Cursing
45. Breaking contracts
46. Believing in fortune-tellers and astrologers
47. A woman's bad conduct towards her husband
48. Making statues and pictures
49. Lamenting, wailing, tearing the clothing, and doing other things of this sort when an affliction befalls
50. Treating others unjustly
51. Overbearing conduct toward the wife, the servant, the weak, and animals
52. Offending one's neighbour
53. Offending and abusing Muslims
54. Offending people and having an arrogant attitude toward them
55. Trailing one's garment in pride
56. Men's wearing silk and gold
57. A slave's running away from his master
58. Slaughtering an animal which has been dedicated to anyone other than Allah
59. To knowingly ascribe one's paternity to a father other than one's own
60. Arguing and disputing violently
61. Witholding excess water
62. Giving short weight or measure
63. Feeling secure from Allah's Plan
64. Offending Allah's righteous friends
65. Not praying in congregation but praying alone without an excuse
66. Persistently missing Friday Prayers without any excuse
67. Unsurping the rights of the heir through bequests
68. Deceiving and plotting evil
69. Spying for the enemy of the Muslims
70. Cursing or insulting any of the Companiions of Allah's Messenger
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CONSEQUENCES!
One: The Prevention of Knowledge
Knowledge is a light which Allah throws into the heart, and disobedience
extinguishes this light. Imaam ShaafiÂ’ee said: I complained to WakeeÂ’
about the weakness of my memory so he ordered me to abandon disobedience
and informed me that knowledge is light and that the light of Allah is not
given to the disobedient.
Two: The Prevention of Sustenance
Just as Taqwaa brings about sustenance, the abandonment of Taqwaa causes
poverty. There is nothing which can bring about sustenance like the
abandonment of disobedience.
Three: The Prevention of Obedience (to Allah)
If there was no other punishment for sin other than that it prevents one
from obedience to Allah then this would be sufficient.
Four: Disobedience weakens the heart and the body.
Its weakening the heart is something which is clear. Disobedience does not
stop weakening it until the life of the heart ceases completely.
Five: Disobedience reduces the life span and destroys any blessings.
Just as righteousness increases the life span, sinning reduces it.
Six: Disobedience sows its own seeds and gives birth to itself until
separating from it and coming out of it becomes difficult for the servant.
Seven: Sins weaken the hearts will and resolve so that the desire for
disobedience becomes strong and the desire to repent becomes weak bit by
bit until the desire to repent is removed from the heart completely.
Eight: Every type of disobedience is a legacy of a nation from among the
nations which Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, destroyed. Sodomy is a
legacy of the People of Lot. Taking more than oneÂ’s due right and giving
what is less is a legacy of the People of ShuÂ’ayb. Seeking greatness in
the land and causing corruption is a legacy of the People of Pharoah.
Pride/arrogance and tyranny is a legacy of the People of Hud. So the
disobedient one is wearing the gown of some of these nations who were the
enemies of Allah.
Nine: Disobedience is a cause of the servant being held in contempt by his
Lord.
Al-Hasan Al-Basree (radiallahu ‘anhu) said: They became contemptible in
(His sight) so they disobeyed Him. If they were honorable (in His sight)
He would have protected them. Allah the Exalted said:
And whomsoever Allah lowers (humiliates) there is none to give honor.
[Al-Hajj 22:1
Ten: The ill-effects of the sinner fall upon those besides him and also
the animals as a result of which they are touched by harm.
Eleven: The servant continues to commit sins until they become very easy
for him and seem insignificant in his heart and this is a sign of
destruction. Every time a sin becomes insignificant in the sight of the
servant it becomes great in the sight of Allah. Ibn MasÂ’ood (radiallahu
‘anhu) said: Indeed, the believer sees his sins as if he was standing at
the foot of a mountain fearing that it will fall upon him and the sinner
sees his sins like a fly which passes by his nose so he tries to remove it
by waving his hand around. [Al-Bukhaaree]
Twelve: Disobedience inherits humiliation and lowliness.
Honor, all of it, lies in the obedience of Allaah. Abdullaah ibn
al-Mubaarak said: I have seen sins kill the hearts and humiliation is
inherited by their continuity. The abandonment of sins gives life to the
hearts and the prevention of your soul is better for it.
Thirteen: Disobedience corrupts the intellect.
The intellect has light and disobedience extinguishes this light. When the
light of the intellect is extinguished it becomes weak and deficient.
Fourteen: When disobedience increases, the servantÂ’s heart becomes sealed
so that he becomes of those who are heedless. The Exalted said: But no! A
stain has been left on their hearts on account of what they used to earn
(i.e. their actions) [Al-Mutaffifeen 83:141]
Fifteen: Sins cause the various types of corruption to occur in the land.
Corruption of the waters, the air, the plants, the fruits and the dwelling
places. The Exalted said: Mischief has appeared on the land and the sea on
account of what the hands of men have earned; that He may give them a
taste of some of (the actions) they have done, in order that they may
return. [Ar-Rum 30:41]
Sixteen: The disappearance of modesty, which is the essence of the life of
the heart and is the basis of every good. Its disappearance is the
disappearance of all that is good. It is authentic from the Messenger
(sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) that he said: Modesty is goodness, all of
it. [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
A Poet said: And by Allah, there is no good in life or in the world when
modesty goes.
Seventeen: Sins weaken and reduce the magnification of Allaah, the Mighty
in the heart of the servant.
Eighteen: Sins are the cause of Allah forgetting His servant, abandoning
him and leaving him to fend for himself with his soul and his shaytaan and
in this is the destruction from which no deliverance can be hoped for.
Nineteen: Sins remove the servant from the realm of Ihsaan (doing good)
and he is prevented from (obtaining) the reward of those who do good. When
Ihsaan fills the heart it prevents it from disobedience.
Twenty: Disobedience causes the favors of Allah to cease and justify His
retribution. No blessing ceases to reach a servant except due to a sin and
no retribution is made desrving upon him except due to a sin. Ali
(radiallahu ‘anhu) said: No trial has descended except due to a sin and it
(the trial) is not repelled except by repentance.
Allaah the Exalted said:
Whatever misfortune afflicts you then it is due to what your hands have
earned and (yet) He pardons many. [Ash-Shura 42:30]
And the Exalted also said:
That is because never will Allah change the favor He has bestowed on a
people until they change what is within themselves. [Anfaal 8:53]
May Allah have mercy upon us and help us to abandon the sins that are the
causes of our problems. Ameen.
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HELLFIRE:
Depth: "If a rock is dropped into Jahannam, it will remain plummeting for 70 years before touching the pith of Jahannam". [Muslim]
4 Walls: "Four walls surround Jahannam. The width of each wall is a walking distance of 40 years".
7 Gates: "Jahannam has seven gates; one of them is for the one who unsheathes a sword against my Ummah." [Mishkat]
Atmosphere: “Jahannam was heated for a thousand years and its fire turned red; It was then heated for another thousand years and it became white; it was again heated for another thousand years and it turned black. At present, Jahannam is pitch black and dark." [Tirmidhi] "The fire in which one will burn is the 70th part of the Fire of Jahannam.” [Muslim]
Breath: "Once Jahannam complained to Allah Ta'ala against the increasing heat because one portion was eating into another. Then the Rabb of the Worlds allowed it to have two breaths -- one during summer and another during winter. Therefore the heat you feel is the effect of the heave of Jahannam (with it the breath is taken out) and similarly, the rigid cold you experience is the effect of the breath (taken in). [Bukhari]
7 Layers: Ali ibn Abi Talib (ra) has said that the gates of Jahannam are one upon each other. This denotes that Jahannam has layers. "The Hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire." [Qur'an 4:145].
How so? I need to get more clarity in this one.
