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ahmad:12371Bahz > Shuʿbah > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Bakr > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the major sins or what they are, and he said: associating partners with Allah, being disobedient to parents, killing a human being, and giving false testimony or uttering falsehood.  

أحمد:١٢٣٧١حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْكَبَائِرِ أَوْ ذَكَرَهَا قَالَ الشِّرْكُ وَالْعُقُوقُ وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ أَوْ قَوْلُالزُّورِ  


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bukhari:2653ʿAbdullāh b. Munīr > Wahbb. Jarīr And ʿAbd al-Malik b. Ibrāhīm > Shuʿbah > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Bakr b. Anas > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ was asked about the great sins He said, "They are:-- (1 ) To join others in worship with Allah, (2) To be undutiful to one's parents. (3) To kill a person (which Allah has forbidden to kill) (i.e. to commit the crime of murdering). (4) And to give a false witness."  

البخاري:٢٦٥٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُنِيرٍ سَمِعَ وَهْبَ بْنَ جَرِيرٍ وَعَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الْكَبَائِرِ قَالَ الإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ  

تَابَعَهُ غُنْدَرٌ وَأَبُو عَامِرٍ وَبَهْزٌ وَعَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ
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السيوطي:٤٠١١a

"أَكْبَرُ الكبائر: الإشْراكُ بالله، وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ وعُقُوقُ الْوَالدينِ، وشهادةُ الزُّورِ، أو قول الزُّورِ ".  

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