Dedication

Translator’s Preface

A Short Biography of Ayatullah Dastaghaib Shirazi

Preface

Thirty-third Greater Sin: Pride or Arrogance

The Humility of the Rich and the Pride of the Beggar for the pleasure of Allah (S.w.T.)

Thirty-fourth Greater Sin: To War against Muslims

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

Purification of Animals

Thirty-sixth Greater Sin: Omitting Prayer Intentionally

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

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

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

The Fortieth Greater Sin: Persistence in Minor Sins

The Forty-first Greater Sin: Backbiting

The Forty-second Greater Sin: Tale Telling

The Forty-third Greater Sin: Insulting a Believer

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

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

The Forty-sixth Greater Sin: Disrespect of Qur’an

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

The Forty-eighth Greater Sin: Disrespect to Masajid

The Forty-ninth Greater Sin: Disrespect of the Tombs of Ma’sūmīn (a.s.)

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

Tawba (Part One)

Tawba (Part Two): Ten Incidents to enlighten our minds

Glossary of Islamic Terms

Ayatullah Dastghaib has exhaustively explained the phenomenon of sin,
the classification of sins, and the necessity of avoiding them. He has
also described fifty different types of Greater Sins. See also part II
of this book. About sins and particularly the greater sins
(Gunah-e-Kabira). Covers sins such as association with God (Shirk),
fornication, drinking alcohol, and gambling. Volume I:
http://www.al-islam.org/greater-sins-volume-1-ayatullah-sayyid-abd-al-hu...
Volume II:
http://www.al-islam.org/greater-sins-volume-2-ayatullah-sayyid-abd-al-hu...


Greater Sins Volume 3

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**In the Name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful**

By the Grace of the Almighty, 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 Greater Sins (Gunahane
Kabira).

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


