The limits of God and the major sins (hudud Allah wa-l-kaba'ir)

حدود الله والكبائر

This record unites two joined Qur'anic themes in the museum: the 'limits of God' — the boundaries God set for His rulings, among them the prescribed penalties the jurists call hudud — and the 'kaba'ir', the major sins and the destroyers of the hadith lists. Its foundation verses are «these are the limits of God, so do not approach them» and «whoever transgresses the limits of God has wronged himself», the hadd of fornication in al-Nur 2 and the hadd of theft in al-Ma'ida 38, and the hadith «avoid the seven destroyers». The Hudud Allah and Kaba'ir Browser gathers it with every mention across the Qur'an, the Sunnah, the seerah and the harvested books.

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Era: The Prophetic Era
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Mentioned in: Sunan Abi Dawud 4458 — Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)· منهج السنة — ابن تيمية — p. 1821· Bulugh al-Maram 465 — What are the major sins· Sunan Ibn Majah 1086 — forgiveness of past sins· al-Qastallani's al-Mawahib al-Laduniyya — correspondence with his Companions· Mishkat al-Masabih 584 — Cursing one's parents is among the major sins· Mishkat al-Masabih 99 — My intercession is for the people of major sins of my community· Muslim 57 — The adulterer is not a believer while he commits the act· Muslim 89 — Avoid the seven destructive sins· Muslim 90 — Among the great sins is a man's reviling his parents· Muslim 94 — Jibril's glad tidings: even if he steals or sins· Sahih Muslim 550 — forgiveness of past sins· Sahih Muslim 552 — forgiveness of past sins· Muwatta Malik 1527 — Hudud· Muwatta Malik 1532 — Hudud· Sunan al-Nasa'i 3361 — The Book of Marriage· Qur'an 2:187· Qur'an 2:229· Qur'an 2:230· Qur'an 20:71· Qur'an 24:2· Qur'an 24:4· Qur'an 26:116· Qur'an 26:49· Qur'an 4:13· Qur'an 4:14· Qur'an 4:31· Qur'an 42:37· Qur'an 5:33· Qur'an 5:38· Qur'an 53:32· Qur'an 58:4· Qur'an 60:12· Qur'an 65:1· Qur'an 7:124· Qur'an 9:112· Qur'an 9:97· Riyad al-Salihin 1614 — Shun the seven destructive sins· Riyad al-Salihin 1714 — The major sins: shirk, defying parents, killing, the false oath· Jami' al-Tirmidhi 214 — forgiveness of past sins· Jami' al-Tirmidhi 2625 — bad deeds erased and sins shed· Jami' al-Tirmidhi 3534 — a stated number of good deeds; the writing of good deeds· الإتقان — السيوطي — p. 385· المستصفى — الغزالي — p. 452· الموافقات — الشاطبي — p. 422· الموافقات — الشاطبي — p. 166· الموافقات — الشاطبي — p. 422· الموافقات — الشاطبي — p. 166

People and things also explored

Sayyi'at (evil deeds and sins)· Correspondence (al-mukatabat)· Muhammad· The reckoning of good and bad deeds· Abu Hurayra· Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz· The good deeds (al-hasanat)· Iman (faith)

Sources

Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
Sahih al-Bukhari
al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3)

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Sayyi'at (evil deeds and sins)

In the sources' idiom, al-sayyi'at are the evil deeds, sins and disobedience written against the servant and requited. This record gathers their theme in the museum: the verse good deeds annul ill-deeds، the hadith qudsi of Sahih Muslim 128 «if My servant intends an evil deed…»، the division of sins into major and minor in al-Najm 32، and what attaches to them of repentance، seeking forgiveness and expiation. The Sayyi'at Browser gathers it with every mention across the Qur'an، the Sunnah، the seerah and the harvested books.