Tuesday, October 4, 2011

list of the prohibited acts (Gunah e Kabira) in Islam

Below is a list of the prohibited acts (Gunah e Kabira) in Islam:
  1. Polytheistic belief
  2. To lose hope of receiving any mercy from Allah
  3. To completely disregard God's punishment
  4. To disrespect one's parents
  5. To commit murder, adultery and fornication
  6. To accuse a chaste woman of unchastity (fornication or adultery)
  7. To take the property of orphans by force
  8. To run away from the armed forces
  9. To take illegal interest in trade
  10. To have sexual relations beyond the limit of marriage, sexual enjoyment through homo sexuality, masturbation or lesbianism
  11. To use magic
  12. To swear falsely by the names of Allah (God) or to use his names in vain
  13. To ignore the payment of religious dues (Zakat, Khums)
  14. To testify falsely against others
  15. To drink intoxicating liquors
  16. To give up daily prayers or any other religious obligations
  17. To break one's promise
  18. To disregard one's family (rejecting them , avoiding them, not showing enough love and affection towards them or not doing them the favours that one is supposed to do)
  19. To become a resident of a place where one may lose his religion
  20. To Steal
  21. To ascribe false statement to Allah or to any of his apostles
  22. To Lie
  23. To deny or hide Allah's revelations or miracles
  24. To eat the flesh of dead animals, blood, pork or an animal that is slaughtered without being consecrated with the name of Allah, or is not slaughtered according to the prescribed rules.
  25. To Gamble
  26. To make ones living from filthy and un-Islamic ways such as money obtained from the selling of wines or any other intoxicating liquors, the money from illegal interest in trade, accepting or giving money in bribery, receiving salary for witchcraft or magic, receiving money from an unjust government, the wages for singing, the sale of prohibited things as a means to earn one's living such as the instruments of games as chess, backgammon or other instruments used for gambling, making statues of animals or human beings.
  27. To give less than due measure in business transactions
  28. Not to pay one's debts when one has the means and the payment is due
  29. To display haughtiness and pride.
  30. To be a spend thrift (Extravagant, spend lavishly)
  31. To act proudly and boastfully.
  32. To ignore a pilgrimage or abandoning it when it is due.
  33. To fight a divine leader
  34. To get involved in an un-Islamic business such as singing for fun, playing guitar, dancing just for enjoyment and other useless acts.
  35. To persist in minor sins
  36. To back bite ( to talk bad behind other's back about things which they dislike)
  37. To accuse someone of fault or a defect
  38. To abuse or hurt a believer
  39. To be a slanderer, causing discord, schism among people
  40. To become a pimp
  41. To defraud the believers
  42. To belittle one's sins
  43. To be a hypocrite
  44. To use picture, statues to represent Allah

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