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Do not trivialize your sins for they gather up and destroy you

ahmad:3818Sulaymān b. Dāwud > ʿImrān > Qatādah > ʿAbd Rabbih > Abū ʿIyāḍ > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Beware of the trivialization of sins, for they gather upon a person until they destroy him.”

And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave an example regarding them, saying “It is like a man who was traveling in a barren land when he visited a workman of a people. So the man started to bring a piece of firewood, and the other man brought a piece of firewood, until they had gathered a large quantity and ignited a fire, that burned up everything thrown in.”  

أحمد:٣٨١٨حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ عَنْ أَبِي عِيَاضٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: «إِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحَقَّرَاتِ الذُّنُوبِ، فَإِنَّهُنَّ يَجْتَمِعْنَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ حَتَّى يُهْلِكْنَهُ.»

وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ضَرَبَ لَهُنَّ مَثَلًا: «كَمَثَلِ قَوْمٍ نَزَلُوا أَرْضَ فَلَاةٍ، فَحَضَرَ صَنِيعُ الْقَوْمِ، فَجَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ يَنْطَلِقُ فَيَجِيءُ بِالْعُودِ وَالرَّجُلُ يَجِيءُ بِالْعُودِ حَتَّى جَمَعُوا سَوَادًا، فَأَجَّجُوا نَارًا وَأَنْضَجُوا مَا قَذَفُوا فِيهَا.»  


Major sins are erased through repentance and minor sins become major if they remain persistent

suyuti:25680aIbn ʿAbbās and Anas

"No sin is ˹considered˺ major that is ˹followed up˺ with seeking forgiveness, and no sin is ˹considered˺ minor if it remains persistent."  

Daylamī
السيوطي:٢٥٦٨٠aعن ابن عباس وعن أَنس

"لا كَبِيرَةَ مَعَ الاسْتِغْفَارِ، وَلا صَغِيرَةَ مَعَ الإصْرَارِ".  

الديلمي عن ابن عباس وعن أَنس