Avoiding Major Sins to Attain the Promise
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Q: Is it a condition for attaining this promise to avoid major sins, as is well known?
A: Yes, and this is a great principle agreed upon by the people of the Sunnah. It is that the promise from Allah the Exalted and Majestic, or from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), of forgiveness, Paradise, or salvation from the Fire is conditioned upon avoiding major sins. For Allah the Exalted says: [Al-Nisa: 31]. The Exalted made it clear that the condition for entering Paradise and the expiation of sins is avoiding major sins, so He said: [An-Nisa 4:31] This indicates that whoever does not avoid them will not attain this reward. This is because the word: is a condition, and the reward is: [An-Nisa 4:31] This is a principle that the reward is contingent upon the condition. So whenever the condition is present, the reward and recompense are present; otherwise, they are not. Therefore, the believer must stay away from major sins and fear them, and so must the believing woman.
Major sins are the great transgressions for which a threat of curse, anger, or the Fire has come, or for which a fixed punishment (hadd) has been established in this world, such as unlawful sexual intercourse, theft, undutifulness to parents, severing family ties, usury or interest, consuming the wealth of orphans, backbiting, talebearing, cursing, and insulting... and other such major sins. It is obligatory to fear them with the utmost fear and to repent from what has passed of them. Among this is what came in the authentic hadith: He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Mishkat al-Masabih 564 And in another wording: It was narrated by Muslim in his Sahih. This indicates that these great acts of worship expiate sins if major sins are avoided. This hadith corresponds to the noble verse. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the prescribed ablution one time, it was mentioned that whoever performs ablution and perfects it, his sins that preceded it are forgiven, provided that he does not commit a major sin.
Therefore, the believer, and so the believing woman, should strive to acquire good deeds and compete in righteous works, while being cautious of sins and not engaging in them, especially major sins, for their danger is great unless Allah pardons their doer, if they are less than associating partners with Allah, as He (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: :[An-Nisa 4:48] The verse [Al-Nisa: 48].
A: Yes, and this is a great principle agreed upon by the people of the Sunnah. It is that the promise from Allah the Exalted and Majestic, or from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), of forgiveness, Paradise, or salvation from the Fire is conditioned upon avoiding major sins. For Allah the Exalted says:
If 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].
إِنْ تَجْتَنِبُوا كَبَائِرَ مَا تُنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ نُكَفِّرْ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَنُدْخِلْكُمْ مُدْخَلًا كَرِيمًاIf 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].
إِنْ تَجْتَنِبُوا كَبَائِرَ مَا تُنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ نُكَفِّرْ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَنُدْخِلْكُمْ مُدْخَلًا كَرِيمًاIf you avoid
إِنْ تَجْتَنِبُواWe will remove from you your lesser sins
نُكَفِّرْ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْMajor sins are the great transgressions for which a threat of curse, anger, or the Fire has come, or for which a fixed punishment (hadd) has been established in this world, such as unlawful sexual intercourse, theft, undutifulness to parents, severing family ties, usury or interest, consuming the wealth of orphans, backbiting, talebearing, cursing, and insulting... and other such major sins. It is obligatory to fear them with the utmost fear and to repent from what has passed of them. Among this is what came in the authentic hadith: He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The five [daily] prayers, Friday to Friday and Ramadan to Ramadan make atonement for what has happened since the previous one when major sins have been avoided
الصلوات الخمس والجمعة إلى الجمعة ورمضان إلى رمضان مكفرات لما بينهن ما لم تغش الكبائرIf you avoid the major sins.
إذا اجتنبت الكبائرTherefore, the believer, and so the believing woman, should strive to acquire good deeds and compete in righteous works, while being cautious of sins and not engaging in them, especially major sins, for their danger is great unless Allah pardons their doer, if they are less than associating partners with Allah, as He (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: :
Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَغْفِرُ أَنْ يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَلِكَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ
Source
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