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GREATER SINS (Volume III)

Shaheede Mehraab Ayatullah-ul-Uzma

Al-Haaj Sayed Abdul Husain Dastghaib Shirazi (r.a.)

Translated By:

Syed Athar Husain S.H. Rizvi

sayedathar@hotmail.com

Published By:

ISLAMIC STUDY CIRCLE

P.O. Box No.5011

Mumbai - 400 009. (India)

Title:           Greater Sins - Volume III

Publisher:           Islamic Study Circle,

English Translation:           Syed Athar Husain S.H. Rizvi

First Edition:           Rabi-us-Sani 1418A.H. (1998)

D.T.P.:           Al Qalam Translators & Writers Bureau

Contents

Dedication 4

Preface 5

Thirty-third Greater Sin: PRIDE OR ARROGANCE 6

Thirty-fourth Greater Sin: To War against Muslims 30

Thirty-fifth Greater Sin: Eating of Carrion, Pork, and Blood 35

Thirty-sixth Greater Sin: Omitting Prayer Intentionally 47

The Thirty-seventh Greater Sin: Non-Payment of Zakat 61

The Thirty-eighth Greater Sin: Not Giving Importance to Hajj 78

The Thirty-ninth Greater Sin: To Neglect any one Obligatory Act 89

The Fortieth Greater Sin: Persistence in Minor Sins 101

Part Two of the Book “Greater Sins” 110

The Forty-first Greater Sin: Backbiting 112

The Forty-second Greater Sin: Tale Telling 121

The Forty-third Greater Sin: Insulting a Believer 125

The Forty-fourth Greater Sin: Intrigue, Deception and Breaking Covenants 137

The Forty-fifth Greater Sin: Hoarding and Black-marketing 143

The Forty-sixth Greater Sin: Disrespect of Quran 144

The Forty-seventh Greater Sin: Disrespect of Ka’ba 148

The Forty-eighth Greater Sin: Disrespect to Masjids 152

The Forty-ninth Greater Sin: Disrespect of the Tombs of Masoomeen (a.s.) 154

The Fiftieth Greater Sin: Disrespect to the soil of Imam Husain’s Grave (Turbah) 156

Tawbah (Part One) 162

Tawbah (Part Two) 174

GLOSSARY OF ISLAMIC TERMS 184

Dedication

Our sin strikes him like an arrow.

When he examines the scrolls of deeds

He weeps at our sins.

We dedicate the book

To this same Infallible Personality.

May Allah hasten his Reappearance.

In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful

Preface

Alhamdolillaah, Islamic Study Circle is pleased to announce the publication of the third and the final volume of the English Translation of Ayatullah Dastghaib’s Gunahaane Kabeera.

The delay in bringing out this last volume was mainly due to our emphasis on perfection, especially in the language of the book. This not only enhances the value of a book but the English reader also feels at home when he reads an English translation of a book that was originally written in one of the oriental langauges.

All the credit for lucid and flawless language goes to Sister Zainab Muljiani who spent hours rewriting many portions that did not satisfy her. She also went out of her way to confirm and check any point that seemed doubtful or unclear. May the Almighty shower His choicest blessings on this noble lady. We can only thank her for all this but the actual rewards for these labours is with the Lord of the Worlds.

Our readers had been impatiently waiting for the last volume and we are sure they would find it as useful and as informative as the previous volumes.

Islamic Study Circle

Mumbai

India

January 2004