Grave Sins : Gunahe-kabeera : May Allah protect & pardon us

Grave Sins :

Gunahe- kabeera

May Allah protect & pardon us

1. Associating partners with ALLAH;

i.e. called: (Shirk)

Great Shirk: worshipping beings other than

Allah (proof all over the

Glorious Quran)

Small Shirk: Riya

The Last & Final Prophet Mohammed (sallallaho-

alaihe wassallam :

saw(peace & blessings of Allah be upon him)

said,

“Should I not inform you of that which I fear

for

you even more than the

dangers of dajjaal?

It is the hidden shirk:

A person stands to pray and he beautifies his

prayer because he sees the

people looking at him”. (Sahih; Sunan ibn

Majah)

2. Committing murder: (Furqan; 68)

3. Performing Sorcery (2: 102)

4. Not performing the Prayers (Maryam: 59)

5. With holding the Zakah (Charity) (3: 180)

6. Breaking the fast of Ramadhan or not fasting

in that month without a

valid excuse.

Prophet Mohammed (saw) said, “Islaam is built

upon five pillars:

testifying

that there is no true god except Allah and that

Mohammed is the

messenger of Allah, performing the prayers,

paying the Zakah, making

the

pilgrimage to the house, and fasting the month of Ramadhan”

(Sahih al-Jami, no. 2837)

7. Not performing the pilgrimage when one has

the ability to do so

(above hadith)

8. Disobeying one's parents (al-Isra: 23)

9. Cutting off the ties of relationships

(Mohammed: 22)

10. Committing adultery or fornication

(al-Isra: 30)

11. Committing sodomy.

The Last Holy Prophet Mohammed (saw)

said, “Allaah will not look at a

person (with pleasure) who commits sodomy

with a man or a

woman” (Sahih al-Jami # 7678)

12. Accepting or paying interest (Riba / soot)

(2: 275)

13. Devouring the wealth of orphans (4:10)

14. Forging statements concerning Allaah or

forging Hadith

(al-Zumar: 60)

15. Fleeing from the battle

(al-Anfal: 16)

16. Wrongdoing, deception or oppression on

the part of the ruler

(al-Shura: 42)

17. Being arrogant, boastful, vain

(al-Nahl: 23)

18. Giving false testimony

(al-Furqan: 72)

19. Drinking alcoholic beverages

(5: 90)

20. Gambling

(5: 90)

21. Slandering innocent women

(al-Nur: 23)

22. Misappropriating something from the booty

(3:161)

23. Stealing

(5:38)

24. Committing highway robbery

(5: 33)

25. Making false oath

Prophet (saw) said, “If someone is ordered to

take an oath and he takes

a false oath in order to take possession of

property of a Muslim, then he

will incur Allah’s wreath when he meets Him”

(Sahih al-Jami # 6083)

26. Committing oppression

(al-Shuara: 277)

27. Levying illegal taxes

Prophet Mohammed (saw) said, “Do you know who the bankrupt is?

The bankrupt form my nation is the one who appears on the Day of

Resurrection having performed the prayers, fasted and paid the zakah,

but had also abused that person, slandered that person, wrongfully taken

the wealth of that person and spilled the blood of that person. These

people will take from his good deeds. If his good deeds are thereby

exhausted, he will be given their sins and then he will be thrown into the

hell-fire”

(Sahih al-Jami #87)

28. Consuming forbidden wealth or taking it by

any means

(2: 188)

29. Committing suicide.

(4: 29)

30. Being a perpetual liar

(3: 61)

31. Ruling or enforcing laws other than Laws of

Islam.

(5: 44)

32. Engaging in bribery

(2: 188)

33. Women appearing like men and vice-versa

Prophet Mohammed (saw) said, “Allah’s curse is upon women who

appear like men and upon men who appear like women”

(Sahih al-Jami # 4976)

34. Being a dayyouth

Dayyouth: is the one who approves the indecency of his womenfolk and

who is void of jealousy or the pimp who facilitates indecency between

two people

Prophet Mohammed (saw) said, “Allah has forbidden the Paradise to

three people: the alcoholic, the runaway slave, and the one who is

complacent in the face of the evil deeds that his family is

performing” (Sahih al-Jami # 3047)

35. Marrying for the purpose of making a

woman allowable for another

(Baqarah)

36. Not keeping clean from the remains of urine

Ibn Abbas reported that Prophet (saw) passed by a grave and

said, “These two are being punished and they are not being punished for

something hard. But it is a great sin. One of them did not keep himself

clean form his urine and the other went around spreading tales”

(Sahih al-Jami # 2436)

37. Acting for show

(al-Maoon: 4-6)

38. Acquiring knowledge only for worldly gain

or concealing knowledge

(2: 160)

39. Breaching trusts

(al-Anfal: 27)

40. Reminding people of one’s kindness

(2: 27)

41. Denying predestination

(al-Qamar: 49)

“If Allah were to punish the inhabitants of the heavens and earths, then

He would punish and He would not be doing injustice to them. If He were

to have mercy on them, His mercy would be greater than from their

actions. If a person had amount of gold equivalent to Mount Uhud or

similar to Mount Uhud and spent it in the Path of Allah, (that spending)

would not be accepted form him by Allah until he believes in the

preordainment of good and evil. And until he knows that what afflicted

him was not going to miss him and what missed him was not going to

afflict him. If you were to die with any belief other than that, you would

enter the Hellfire” (Kitab al-Sunnah by Ibn Abu Asi # 245.

Albani says that ts chain is sahih)

42. Eavesdropping on other’s private

conversation

(Hujarat: 12)

43. Spreading harmful tales

(al-Qamar: 10)

44. Cursing others

Prophet (saw) said, “Abusing a Muslim is evil and fighting him is

disbelief” (Sahih al-Jami # 3598)

45. Not fulfilling one’s promises

Prophet Mohammed (saw) said, “Whoever has a four characteristic is a

complete hypocrite. Whoever posses any of these characteristics has the

characteristics of hypocrisy until he gives it up; whenever he makes a

promise, he breaks it up ” (Bukhari)

46. Believing in what soothsayers & astrologers

say.

Prophet Mohammed (saw) said, “Whoever goes to fortuneteller and asks

him about something will not have his prayer accepted for forty

nights”

(Sahih al-Jami # 5816)

47. A wife being rebellious to her husband

(4: 34)

48. Putting pictures of beings with souls on

clothing, curtains, rocks and

any other items

Prophet (saw) said, “ the people who will receive the greatest

punishment on the day of judgment are those who compete with Allah in

creation [those who make pictures or statues]“ (sahih al-Jami # 1691)

49. Striking one’s self, wailing, tearing one’s

clothing, pulling one’s hair &

similar deeds as a form of mourning

Prophet Mohammed (saw) said, “One who strikes his cheeks or tears his

clothing and shouts in the manner of pre-Islamic culture is not one of us”

(Sahih al-Jami # 5713)

50. Committing injustice

(al-Shura: 42)

51. Being overbearing or taking advantage of

the weak, slaves, wives or

animals

Prophet Mohammed (saw) said, “Allah will torture those who torture

people in this world”(Muslim)

52. Harming neighbors;

Prophet Mohammed (saw) said, “A person whose neighbor is not safe

from his mischief will not enter paradise” (sahih al-Jami # 7002)

53. Harming and abusing Muslims

(al-Ahzab: 58)

54. Wearing one's clothes too long,

i.e. below the ankles;

Prophet (saw) said, “What is below the ankles will be in the hellfire

” (Bukhari)

55. Harming the slaves of Allah

Prophet (saw) said that Allah said, “Whoever shows enmity to a slave of

Mine (Allah’s) I shall be at war with him” (Sahih al-Jami # 1778)

56. Men wearing silk & gold

Prophet Mohammed (saw) said, “Gold and silk have been permitted for

the females of my nation and forbidden for its males”

(Sahih al-Jami # 209)

Prophet (saw) said, “Men who wears silk in this world will have no

portion [of heavens] in the hereafter”

(Muslim)

57. Running away of a slave

58. Sacrificing animals for other than Allah

Prophet (Saw) said, “The one who sacrifices for other than Allah is

cursedby Allah”

(Sahih al-Jami # 4988)

59. Claiming that somebody is one’s father

while the claimant knows it is

not true

Prophet (saw) said, “One who claims that someone is his father and

knows that it is not true will be forbidden of paradise”

(Sahih al-Jami # 5865)

60. Arguing or quarreling for show & not

seeking the truth

Prophet (saw) said, “Whoever argues in support of something that is

wrong and he knows it Allah will be angry with him until he stops”

(Sahih al-Jami # 6073)

61. Not allowing excess water to flow to others

Prophet (saw) said, “Whoever doesn’t allow the access water or pasture

for others will not share in the blessings of Allah on the day of

judgment”

(Sahih al-Jami # 6436)

62. Not measuring the weights properly

(al-Mutafafifeen: 1-3)

63. Thinking that one is safe from Allah’s

planning

(al-Araf: 99)

64. Eating carrion, blood or pork meat

(al-Anam: 145)

65. Not praying in the congregation & praying

by one’s self without a valid

excuse

Prophet Mohammed (saw) said, “Whoever hears the call to prayer and

doesn’t come to prayer, there is no prayer for him say for the one who

has valid excuse” (Sahih al-Jami # 6176)

66. Continually not performing the Friday

prayers and congregational

prayers without any valid excuse

Prophet (saw) said, “If people don’t stop abandoning the Friday Prayers

Allah may seal their hearts and they will become headless” (Muslim)

67. Harming others by manipulation one’s

bequests

(4: 12)

68. Being deceitful or deceptive

(Fatir: 43)

69. Spying on the Muslims & pointing out their

secrets

(al-Kalam: 11)

70. Abusing or reviling anyone of the

Companions of the Prophet (saw)

Prophet Mohammed (saw) said, “Do not revile my companions for, by the

one in

whose hands is my soul, if you were to spend in charity a mountain of

gold

similar to mount Uhud it would not be equal to a handful or a half a

handful (or what they have done)”(Sahih al-Jami # 7187)

We believing mankind, must make sincere repentance to Allah before as

Ali (ra) said, “Today is deed without reckoning and tomorrow is reckoning

without deeds”. Sincere repentance has four conditions:

Feeling bad for the sin

Firm commitment in intention not to repeat sin (whether it happens again

is not a condition if one tried his best)

Ask for repentance from Allah by Dua and asking or better crying for

forgiveness.

If some person has been wronged because of this sin then one needs to

make up to this person.

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah; the Most Beneficent; the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

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Lo! We have given thee (O Mohammed) a signal victory,

That Allah may forgive thee of thy sin that which is past and that which is

to come, and may perfect His favour unto thee, and may guide thee on a

right path, and that Allah may help thee with strong help –

He it is Who sent down peace of reassurance into the hearts of the

believers that they might add faith unto their faith. Allah's are the hosts

of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is ever Knower, Wise –

That He may bring the believing men and the believing women into

Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide, and may

remit from them their evil deeds - That, in the sight of Allah, is the

supreme triumph –

– The Glorious Quran; 48; The Victory, 1 to 5.

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♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah; the Most Beneficent; the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

And forsake those who take their religion for a pastime and a jest, and

whom the life of the world beguileth. Remind (mankind) hereby lest a

soul be destroyed by what it earneth. It hath beside Allah no protecting

ally(friend) nor intercessor, and though it offer every compensation it will

not be accepted from it. Those are they who perish by their own deserts.

For them is drink of boiling water and a painful doom, because they

disbelieve.

---The Glorious Quran; 6; The Cattle, 70.

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah; the Most Beneficent; the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

And when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah hath chosen thee and made

thee pure, and hath preferred thee above (all) the women of creation.

O Mary! Be obedient to thy Lord, prostrate thyself and bow with those

who bow (in worship).

---The Glorious Quran; 3; The Family of Imran, 42 and 43.

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah; the Most Beneficent; the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

This is of the tidings of things hidden. We reveal it unto thee

(Muhammad). Thou wast not present with them when they threw their

pens (to know) which of them should be the guardian of Mary, nor wast

thou present with them when they quarrelled (thereupon).

(And remember) when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah giveth thee glad

tidings of a word from him, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of

Mary, illustrious in the world and the Hereafter, and one of those brought

near (unto Allah).

– The Glorious Quran; 3; The Family of Imran, 44, 45.

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

He will speak unto mankind in his cradle and in his manhood, and he is of

the righteous.

She said: My Lord! How can I have a child when no mortal hath touched

me ? He said: So (it will be). Allah createth what He will. If He decreeth a

thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.

– The Glorious Quran; 3; The Family of Imran, 46, 47.

- Successful indeed are the believers.

--The Holy Quran; 23, The Believers 1 .

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VERILY, IN THE REMEMBRANCE OF ALLAH, DO HEARTS FIND REST.

[Holy Quran; 13, 28.]

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♥*☆*♥ AsSalaamuAlaiKum Wa RehMatullahi Wa Barakatuhu ♥*☆*♥

♥*☆*♥ Peace and blessings of Allah the Almighty be upon you and all.

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♥*☆*♥ ALMIGHTY ALLAH PARDON US ALL OUR SINS, INSHAALLAH ♥*☆*♥

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♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

And He will teach him the Scripture and wisdom, and the Torah and the

Gospel,

And will make him a messenger unto the Children of Israel, (saying): Lo! I

come unto you with a sign from your Lord. Lo! I fashion for you out of

clay

the likeness of a bird, and I breathe into it and it is a bird, by Allah's leave.

I heal him who was born blind, and the leper, and I raise the dead, by

Allah's leave. And I announce unto you what ye eat and what ye store up

in your houses. Lo! herein verily is a portent for you, if ye are to be

believers.

– The Glorious Quran; 3; The Family of Imran, 48, 49.

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

And Noah verily prayed unto Us (Allah), and gracious was the Hearer

(Allah) of his prayer

And We (Allah) saved him and his household from the great distress,

And made his seed the survivors,

And left for him among the later folk (the salutation):

Peace be unto Noah among the peoples!

Lo! thus do We reward the good.

Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves.

Then We did drown the others.

– The Glorious Quran; 37; 75 to 82.

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

By the snorting courses,

Striking sparks of fire

And scouring to the raid at dawn,

Then, therewith, with their trail of dust,

Cleaving, as one, the centre (of the foe),

Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lord

And lo! he is a witness unto that;

And lo! in the love of wealth he is violent.

Knoweth he not that, when the contents of the graves are poured forth

And the secrets of the breasts are made known,

On that day will their Lord be perfectly informed concerning them.

– The Glorious Quran; 100; The Coursers; 1 to 11.

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah; the Most Beneficent; the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

Say: O disbelievers!

I worship not that which ye worship;

Nor worship ye that which I worship.

And I shall not worship that which ye worship.

Nor will ye worship that which I worship.

Unto you your religion,

and unto me my religion..

--The Glorious Quran; 109; The Unbelievers, 1 to 6.

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

The guilty will be known by their marks, and will be taken by the forelocks

and the feet.

Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

This is hell which the guilty deny.

They go circling round between it and fierce, boiling water.

Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

But for him who feareth the standing before his Lord there are two

gardens.

Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

The Glorious Quran; 55; The Merciful, 41 to 47.

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

Man is (self-) destroyed: how ungrateful!

From what thing doth He create him ?

From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

Then maketh the way easy for him,

Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.

Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.

☆ The Glorious Quran; 80; He Frowned, 17 to 23. ☆

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

And whoso is not able to afford to marry free, believing women, let them

marry from the believing maids whom your right hands possess. Allah

knoweth best (concerning) your faith. Ye (proceed) one from another;

wed them by permission of their folk, and give unto them their portions in

kindness, they being honest, not debauched nor of loose conduct. And if

when they are honourably married they commit lewdness they shall incur

the half of the punishment (prescribed) for free women (in that case).

This is for him among you who feareth to commit sin. But to have

patience

would be better for you. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

Allah would explain to you and guide you by

the examples of those who were before you,

and would turn to you in mercy.

Allah is Knower, Wise.

And Allah would turn to you in mercy; but those who follow vain desires

would have you go tremendously astray.

☆ The Noble Quran; 4; The Women, 25 to 27. ☆

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee

(O Mohammed), open-eyed,

On the right and on the left, in groups?

Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight?

☆ The Noble Quran; 70; The Ascending Stairways, 36 to 38. ☆

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

Nay, but everyone of them (guilty) desireth that he should be given open

pages (from Allah).

Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

So whosoever will may heed.

And they (the guilty) will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount

of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.

☆ The Noble Quran; 74; The Cloaked One, 52 to 56. ☆

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there

and

that remembereth?

☆ The Noble Quran; 54; The Moon, 17. ☆

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And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there

any

that remembereth?

☆ The Noble Quran; 54; The Moon, 22. ☆

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And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there

any

that remembereth?

☆ The Noble Quran; 54; The Moon, 32. ☆

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And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there

any

that remembereth?

☆ The Noble Quran; 54; The Moon, 40. ☆

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.

Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He (ALLAH) built ?

He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.

And after that He spread the earth,

And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,

And He made fast the hills,

A provision for you and for your cattle.

☆ The Glorious Quran; 79; Those Who Drag Forth; 26 to 33. ☆

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

Alif. Lam. Mim. Ra. These are verses of the Scripture. That which is

revealed unto thee from thy Lord is the Truth, but most of mankind

believe not.

Allah it is Who raised up the heavens without visible supports, then

mounted the Throne, and compelled the sun and the moon to be of

service, each runneth unto an appointed term; He ordereth the course;

He detaileth the revelations, that haply ye may be certain of the meeting

with your Lord.

And He it is Who spread out the earth and placed therein firm hills and

flowing streams, and of all fruits He placed therein two spouses (male

and female). He covereth the night with the day. Lo! herein verily are

portents for people who take thought.

☆ The Glorious Quran; 13; The Thunder, 1 to 3. ☆

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

And they (People of the Scripture) are ordered naught else than to serve

Allah, keeping religion pure for Him, as men by nature upright, and to

establish worship and to pay the poor-due.

That is ture religion.

☆ The Glorious Quran; 98; The Proof, 5. ☆

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

And whoso bringeth the truth and believeth therein - Such are the dutiful.

They shall have what they will of their Lord's bounty. That is the reward

of the good:

That Allah will remit from them the worst of what they did, and will pay

them for reward the best they used to do.

Will not Allah defend His slave ? Yet they would frighten thee with those

beside Him. He whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no guide.

And he whom Allah guideth, for him there can be no misleader. Is not Allah

Mighty, Able to Requite (the wrong) ?

☆ The Glorious Quran; 39; The Troops, 33 to 37. ☆

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

They say: Yea, verily, a warner came unto us; but we denied and said:

Allah hath naught revealed; ye are in naught but a great error.

And they say: Had we been wont to listen or have sense, we had not

been among the dwellers in the flames.

So they acknowledge their sins; but far removed (from mercy) are the

dwellers in the flames.

Lo! those who fear their Lord in secret, theirs will be forgiveness and a

great reward.

☆ The Glorious Quran; 67; The Sovereignty, 9 to12. ☆

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

Say: Who delivereth you from the darkness of the land and the sea? Ye

call upon Him humbly and in secret,

(saying): If we are delivered from this (fear) we truly will be of the

thankful.

Say: Allah delivereth you from this and from all afflictions. Yet ye attribute

partners unto Him.

☆ The Glorious Quran; 6; The Cattle, 63, 64. ☆

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.

☆ The Glorious Quran; 102; Rivalry in the world increase; 8. ☆

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah; the Most Beneficent; the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

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Woe unto every slandering traducer,

Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it.

He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.

Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One.

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is!

(It is) the fire of Allah, kindled,

Which leapeth up over the hearts (of men).

Lo! it is closed in on them

In outstretched columns.

--The Glorious Quran; 104; The Slanderer; 1 to 9.

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah; the Most Beneficent; the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

Say (unto them, O Mohammed): Then bring a scripture from the presence of Allah that giveth clearer guidance than these two (that) I may follow it, if ye are truthful.

And if they answer thee not, then know that what they follow is their

lusts.

And who goeth farther astray than he who followeth his lust without

guidance from Allah. Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.

And now verily We (Allah) have caused the Word to reach them, that

haply they may give heed.

---The Glorious Quran; 28; The Narrative; 49 to 51.

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah; the Most Beneficent; the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

Lo! Those who disbelieve, and die in disbelief, the (whole) earth full of

gold will not be accepted from such a one if it were offered as a ransom

(for his soul). Theirs will be a painful doom and they will have no helpers.

--The Glorious Quran; 3; The Family of Imran; 91.

♥*☆*♥ In the name of Allah; the Most Beneficent; the Most Merciful: ♥*☆*♥

O ye who believe! Let not a folk deride a folk who may be better than they (are), nor let women (deride) women who may be better than they are; neither defame one another, nor insult one another by nicknames. Bad is the name of lewdness after faith. And whoso turneth not in repentance, such are evil-doers.

--The Glorious Quran; 49; the private apartment, 11.