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Do Not Belittle Sin (Part 1)<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Do Not Belittle Sin (Part 1): <\/strong>Man should not think that a minor sin to be a trivial thing not to worry about! However small a sin, its consequences might be very grave! When one commits minor sins, Satan emboldens and makes the person perpetuate sinful acts in the future. A time comes when the person thinks that the major sins too are trivial. Therefore not repenting minor sins is in itself a major sin. Sometimes sins assume the shape of infidelity and hypocrisy!<\/p>\n

Therefore one should treat a sin as a sin, however small or minor it might be. Therefore Amir\u2019ul-Mu\u2019mineen \u2018Ali (A.S) has said, \u201cA thing, howsoever small, that can benefit a person on the Day of Reckoning, is not small. Similarly a small thing that can bring retribution to the person on the Day of Judgement cannot be termed small.\u201d\u200c
\nImam Reza\u2019 (A.S) has said, \u201cThe minor sins are the way to commitment of the major sins! The person who commits minor sins, might indulge in major sins also! Even if Allah had not created the Heaven and the Hell, as incentive and disincentive respectively, for acts fair and foul, he would even then have made it mandatory for men to pray. His disobedience would even then be punishable because He has endowed man with lot of Blessings to thank about!\u201d\u200c
\nThe Prophet of Allah (PBU) has said, \u201cDon\u2019t consider sin minor, however insignificant that might be. Don\u2019t also rate your virtues high, however significant they might be! The major sins can be condoned with Asthghfar (Craving mercy from Allah) but repetition of minor sins might render them major!\u201d\u200c
\nImam Muhammad Al-Baqir (A.S) says, \u201cOne of the sins that may not be condoned is one saying, \u2018I wish there is no retribution for my sins other than this!\u2019\u201d\u200c
\nAmir\u2019ul-Mu\u2019mineen \u2018Ali (as) has said, \u201cForty sins of a person will remain hidden under forty curtains. Once he completes the forty sins, the curtains get torn and the angels responsible for recording the sins of men submit to Allah,\u2019 All the curtains hiding the sins of the person have gone up!\u2019 Allah asks them to hide the sins with their wings. The person continues to commit more sin and keeps bragging with his compatriots. The angels tell to Allah, \u2018O Allah! This person doesn\u2019t abstain from any type of sin! We feel ashamed of watching him commit sins!\u2019 Then Allah asks them to remove the cover of their wings. Amir\u2019ul-Mu\u2019mineen \u2018Ali (A.S) added, \u201cNow the person starts showing antagonism to us, the Ahl-ul-Bayt, and Allah makes him the subject of ridicule on the earth and in the Heavens. The angels then tell to Allah, \u2018This creature of Your\u2019s was protected for long and is facing much more ridicule now! Then Allah will say, \u2018If I had noticed any virtue in him, I wouldn\u2019t have asked you to lift the cover of your wings from his sins!\u2019\u201d\u200c
\nIt is narrated that the Prophet of Allah (PBUH) has said, \u201cIt is easier to avoid sinning than being penitent after committing them. A moment\u2019s emotion can become the cause of shame for long. Death does not leave any time for the person to make amends for his wrong acts.\u201d\u200c
\nImam Jafar Sadiq (A.S) says, \u201cWhen Allah wishes a person well, He involves him in severe hardship after he commits a sin. This hardship makes the person repent and do penance. If Allah finds no ray of virtue in the man, then He removes the desire for penitence and regret from the sinner\u2019s mind to remain in his own world of sin and abuse. Allah says in His Holy Book, \u2018We test them in a way that they don\u2019t feel that they are being tested. They indulge, more and more, in sins and We keep sending bounties to them (that they don\u2019t think of penitence for their sins.).\u2019\u201d\u200c<\/p>\n

Tawbah (repentance)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n