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The Thirty-ninth Greater Sin: To Neglect any Obligatory Act
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Chapter 41
The Thirty-ninth Greater Sin: To Neglect any Obligatory Act
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The thirty-ninth Greater Sin is to omit or not to perform any single obligatory religious duty which has been made obligatory. It is mentioned in the Sahifa of Abdul AzÄ«m which quotes traditions from Imam Jawad, Imam RiÄa, Imam Kadhim and Imam Sadiq (a.s.) that to forgo any act which is made incumbent upon us by Allah (S.w.T.) is a greater sin.
The Messenger of Allah (S) said,
“One who omits Prayer intentionally has indeed gone out of the refuge (beyond the pale) of Allah (S.w.T.) and His Messenger (S)”.
Imam Sadiq (a.s.) says that neglecting a divine command is infidelity as mentioned in the following words of the Almighty,
“Do you then believe in a part of the Book and disbelieve in the other? What then is the reward of such among you as do this but disgrace in the life of this world and on the day of resurrection they shall be sent back to the most grievous chastisement and Allah is not at all heedless of what you do.”
(Surah al-Baqarah 2: 85)
Imam (a.s.) said,
“Allah has considered as infidels those who neglect His commands. He refers to them as believers but does not accept their belief and did not consider it beneficial for them. Rather He says that their recompense in this world is disgrace and in the Hereafter is a terrible punishment.”
In addition to this Imam (a.s.) also said,
“The Almighty shall not cast a glance of Mercy upon one who leaves a Wajib duty or commits a greater sin. And He shall not cleanse him of his sins.”
The narrator asked in surprise, “Does Allah (really ) not look at this person with mercy?”
Imam (a.s.) replied,
“This is because he has become a polytheist assigning a partner.”
“Did he (really) become a polytheists?” asked the narrator in astonishment.
Imam (a.s.) continued,
“This is because Allah has issued a command and Shaitan had issued another (that is Shaitan Commanded not to do what Allah had ordered). This person neglected Allah’s command and accepted the order of Shaitan (that is he left a Wajib and performed a HarÄm act)
Thus this person shall abide in the seventh layer where abide the hypocrites of Hell with Shaitan because he had obeyed the latter.”
(Wasa’il ul-Shia, Vol. 1 page 25)
The words of Imam (a.s.) imply that polytheism here denotes polytheism in obedience as mentioned previously in the discussion of Polytheism.
