{"id":7558,"date":"2014-03-30T14:15:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T14:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=7558"},"modified":"2014-03-30T14:15:43","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T14:15:43","slug":"how-to-stay-away-from-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/how-to-stay-away-from-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"How to stay away from evil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 13px; text-align: right;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 01608<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Answered by <\/strong>Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Question:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">How to stay away from evil<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.6em;\">Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Bismillah.jpg\" rel=\"\" target=\"\" title=\"\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Bismillah\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6518 alignnone\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Bismillah.jpg\" title=\"\" width=\"267\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">To disobey Allah <img title=\"sub\u1e25\u0101nahu wa ta'\u0101la (glorified and exalted be He)\" alt=\"sub\u1e25\u0101nahu wa ta'\u0101la (glorified and exalted be He)\" class=\"islamic_graphic\" src=\"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/islamic-graphics\/img\/black\/20\/swt.png\" height=\"12px\"> and to oppose His Will is a grave sin in itself. Hence, many scholars are of the view that every disobedience of Allah is nothing but a major sin. The distinction between minor and major sins is made only when these are compared to each other.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">In short, a sin which is technically known as minor does not mean that people should go about indulging in it neglectfully. On the contrary if minor sin is done with nerve or heedlessness or even continuously it will become a major sin.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">The definition of major sins, as indicated by the Qur&rsquo;an and Hadith and as explained by our pious elders, is that sin on which a Hadd or punishment has been prescribed in the Quran or Sunnah to be enforced in this present life or on which words of curse have appeared or on which stern warning of Hell has been mentioned, are all major sins. (Extracted from Maariful Qur&rsquo;an p.406- p.408 v.2)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><u>Major Sins<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Worshiping others, or associating partners with Allah (shirk)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Believing in superstition, fortune telling and astrology<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Using magic or sorcery<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Committing murder<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Committing suicide<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Bearing false witness<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Committing adultery or fornication<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Cheating, stealing, and lying<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Charging or paying interest or usury (riba)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Consuming pork or alcohol<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Consuming the wealth of an orphan<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Not fasting in the Month of Ramadan<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Not observing daily prayers<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Not paying zakat<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Gambling<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Bribery, betraying trusts and breaking contracts<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Backbiting and slandering<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Breaking the ties of kinship<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Disobeying or not honouring one&rsquo;s parents (Mazahirul Haqq p.110 v.1)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><u>Minor Sins <\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Not lowering your gaze. i.e. looking at unlawful women<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Cursing<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Bullying<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Imitating immoral people in dress, behaviour and lifestyle<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Try doing the following things to keep you away from sins and evil:<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Keep good company and stay in the company of pious people.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Be consistent in your Salah. Allah <img title=\"sub\u1e25\u0101nahu wa ta'\u0101la (glorified and exalted be He)\" alt=\"sub\u1e25\u0101nahu wa ta'\u0101la (glorified and exalted be He)\" class=\"islamic_graphic\" src=\"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/islamic-graphics\/img\/black\/20\/swt.png\" height=\"12px\"> says, &ldquo;Verily, Salah prevents from lewdness and evils. And indeed, the remembrance of Allah (by you) is greatest. And Allah knows what you do.&quot; (Surah Ankabuut v.45)&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Make Zikr and Tasbih abundantly.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Only Allah Knows Best<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 01608 Answered by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah Question: How to stay away from evil Answer: In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}