Is every person who abandons an obligatory act or commits a forbidden act considered to have committed a major sin?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Is every person who abandons an obligatory act or commits a forbidden act said to have committed a major sin among the major sins?
Answer:
Forbidden acts differ; some are major sins and some are minor sins, which are the trivial ones.[An-Nisa 4:31] Yes, so the trivial ones are the minor sins, except for the trivial ones, for which Allah forgives them. [An-Nisa 4:31] And a major sin, as the scholars mentioned, is everything for which a warning of the Fire is given; it is a major sin. Everything for which Allah has cursed the one who does it is a major sin. Everything for which a fixed punishment is established in this world is a major sin.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Is every person who abandons an obligatory act or commits a forbidden act said to have committed a major sin among the major sins?
Answer:
Forbidden acts differ; some are major sins and some are minor sins, which are the trivial ones.
If you avoid the major sins which you are forbidden, We will remove from you your lesser sins
إِن تَجْتَنِبُوا كَبَائِرَ مَا تُنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ نُكَفِّرْ عَنكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْIf you avoid the major sins which you are forbidden, We will remove from you your lesser sins and admit you to a noble entrance [into Paradise].
إِن تَجْتَنِبُوا كَبَائِرَ مَا تُنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ نُكَفِّرْ عَنكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَنُدْخِلْكُم مُّدْخَلًا كَرِيمًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 529- هل كل من ترك واجباً أو وقع في حرام يُعدّ مرتكباً لكبيرة؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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