Between Prayers / Chapter 02
The Minor Sins That Aren't Minor
Both men have the same sins. What separates them is entirely a matter of perception.
What this chapter turns on
- "You do deeds that are finer in your eyes than a hair, which we used to count, in the time of the Prophet ﷺ, among the destroyers.…Narrated from Anas ibn Mālik. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6492 (Kitāb ar-Riqāq).
- "The believer sees his sins as though he were sitting beneath a mountain, fearing it may fall upon him. And the corrupt one sees h…Narrated from ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6308 (Kitāb ad-Daʿawāt).
- "O ʿĀ'ishah, beware of the deeds deemed insignificant, for they have a pursuer from Allah."Narrated from ʿĀ'ishah. Sunan Ibn Mājah 4243 (Kitāb az-Zuhd); graded ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī.
