Post by Sunny on Jan 20, 2006 21:06:49 GMT -5
All sins, weather major or minor, constitute real evil simply because however small tantamounts to disobedience which naturally provokes the wrath of Allah. I decided to pick these two sins because they are becoming very common in this time and age
Usury( Interest)
Hazrat Abu Hurairah (R.A) has reported the saying of Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him), that during his ascension of Mairaj, he had noticed a group of men whose stomachs were bloated to the size of big rooms and their wanting to move from their position was not possible, they would be crushed in a stampede by the friends of Fir'aun. Our Nabi(peace be upon him) seeing their miserable condition asked Hazrath Jibraeel (A.S) about their identity and he was informed that they were the people who indulged in dealings of usury and interest.
In another hadith, Prophet Muhammed( peace be upon him) has cursed
a) the one who offers the interest
b) the one who recieves the interest
c) the one who is a witnness to an interest- bearing transaction; and
d) the one who recordes the transaction
Our Nabi( peace be upon him) said that to accept one dirham of interest intentionally is worse than commiting zina (adultery) 36 times.
According to another hadith our Nabi ( peace be upon him) has warned that to consume interest is equivalent to commiting 70 sins, the lighest of which is incest with one's own mother.
When Zina becomes widespread(which is already happening), plagues and dreadful diseases make their appearances. Similarly rains are withheld owing to the practices of dealing in short- weights anad under- measurements. Indulgences in usury leads to a spate of murders and blood-spillings.
Zina
(Adultery)
Zina is the sin of combination with some member of the opposite gender with whom nikaah hasnt taken place.
Only, doesnt zina refer to talking to the opposite gender, it also refers to gazing, touching, communicating whether by speech or writing. So to protect from commiting zina, Allah has commanded both men and women to lower their gaze. For women, a further command requires them to cover themselves with an additional, loose fitting, outer garment such that their entire bodies are concealed with the exception of a small suitable opening for their eyes.
A Sahabie (R.A) once advised,"keep away from zina, for it contains the following six evils:
1) An adulter is deprived of blessings in his sustenance
2) He looses all goodness
3) He is disliked and accursed by even the commen folk
4) Allah becomes furious with such a person
5) The adulterer's reckoning becomes very strict in the hereafter ( there is no leniency)
6) He is driven into hell
The worst type of zina is when a man divorces his wife, and continues to live with her because he doesnt want to reveal it to others( about the divorce) , due to embarrasment and shyness.
Its been said that when you see plague-type diesases becoming prevalent, then know that zina is being widely commited.
AIDS, the dreaded scourage of modern society is spreading so fast that leaders of different nations are greatly concerned over the calculations that within the next five years, the labour force of certain countries will have half its number stricken by this killer disease. One does not have to look far for the cause of this plague: it is the result of man's actions, without any doubts!
Usury( Interest)
Hazrat Abu Hurairah (R.A) has reported the saying of Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him), that during his ascension of Mairaj, he had noticed a group of men whose stomachs were bloated to the size of big rooms and their wanting to move from their position was not possible, they would be crushed in a stampede by the friends of Fir'aun. Our Nabi(peace be upon him) seeing their miserable condition asked Hazrath Jibraeel (A.S) about their identity and he was informed that they were the people who indulged in dealings of usury and interest.
In another hadith, Prophet Muhammed( peace be upon him) has cursed
a) the one who offers the interest
b) the one who recieves the interest
c) the one who is a witnness to an interest- bearing transaction; and
d) the one who recordes the transaction
Our Nabi( peace be upon him) said that to accept one dirham of interest intentionally is worse than commiting zina (adultery) 36 times.
According to another hadith our Nabi ( peace be upon him) has warned that to consume interest is equivalent to commiting 70 sins, the lighest of which is incest with one's own mother.
When Zina becomes widespread(which is already happening), plagues and dreadful diseases make their appearances. Similarly rains are withheld owing to the practices of dealing in short- weights anad under- measurements. Indulgences in usury leads to a spate of murders and blood-spillings.
Zina
(Adultery)
Zina is the sin of combination with some member of the opposite gender with whom nikaah hasnt taken place.
Only, doesnt zina refer to talking to the opposite gender, it also refers to gazing, touching, communicating whether by speech or writing. So to protect from commiting zina, Allah has commanded both men and women to lower their gaze. For women, a further command requires them to cover themselves with an additional, loose fitting, outer garment such that their entire bodies are concealed with the exception of a small suitable opening for their eyes.
A Sahabie (R.A) once advised,"keep away from zina, for it contains the following six evils:
1) An adulter is deprived of blessings in his sustenance
2) He looses all goodness
3) He is disliked and accursed by even the commen folk
4) Allah becomes furious with such a person
5) The adulterer's reckoning becomes very strict in the hereafter ( there is no leniency)
6) He is driven into hell
The worst type of zina is when a man divorces his wife, and continues to live with her because he doesnt want to reveal it to others( about the divorce) , due to embarrasment and shyness.
Its been said that when you see plague-type diesases becoming prevalent, then know that zina is being widely commited.
AIDS, the dreaded scourage of modern society is spreading so fast that leaders of different nations are greatly concerned over the calculations that within the next five years, the labour force of certain countries will have half its number stricken by this killer disease. One does not have to look far for the cause of this plague: it is the result of man's actions, without any doubts!