Islamic views on sin

In Islam, sin (gunāh)[1] is an action violating the laws of God (sharīʿah) and an important subject in Islamic ethics.[2][3]

The Quran describes sins throughout the texts. Some sins are more grievious than others. Therefore, Muslim scholars (ʿulamāʾ) – theologians and jurists – distinguish between lesser sins (al-Sagha'ir) and greater sind (gunah-i kabīʿrah).[4] The latter refers to unequivocal actions against God's law, and for which punishment is ordained.[4] Sources differ which sin belongs to which category.[5]

  1. ^ Marsden, Magnus (19 December 2005). Living Islam. Cambridge University Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-521-85223-4.
  2. ^ Wang, Jiangping (12 October 2012). Glossary of Chinese Islamic Terms. Routledge. pp. Section: Gunah. ISBN 978-0-203-03670-9.
  3. ^ Esposito, John L., ed. (2003). "Sin". The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512558-0.
  4. ^ a b Hughes, Thomas Patrick. A Dictionary of Islam. Deutschland, Otbebookpublishing, 2020. section: Khabirah
  5. ^ Alwazna, Rafat Y. (1 June 2016). "Islamic Law: Its Sources, Interpretation and the Translation of It into Laws Written in English". International Journal for the Semiotics of Law – Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique. 29 (2): 251–260. doi:10.1007/s11196-016-9473-x. ISSN 1572-8722.

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