Proliferation of Sins

Question:
Regarding sins and transgressions, do they vary in degree? And does one sin lead to another?

Answer:
Answer: Sins—may Allah protect us from them—have a bad effect; and a person should not be lax in them, because some of them lead to others. A small sin leads to a major one, and if sins proliferate for a servant, they destroy him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave an example for this, so he ordered his Companions at one of the stops during a journey that each of them bring a piece of firewood. They gathered a pile of firewood, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: "If a person is lax in sins, they will proliferate for him just as this firewood proliferates for him." He intended to give them a tangible example so that they would repent to Allah. So a Muslim does not belittle a sin; he repents to Allah no matter what it is, and if a sin occurs from him, he hastens to repentance and seeking forgiveness.