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Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 2 Greater Sins and Smaller Sins A Difficult Problem and its Solution
Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 2 Greater Sins and Smaller Sins A Difficult Problem and its Solution
A Difficult Problem and its Solution
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A Difficult Problem and its Solution
Some people raise the following objections regarding the subject of Greater Sins: -
1. Why does the Qur’an not explain in detail such an important subject as the Greater Sins?
2. Why are there conflicting reports from Ma’sumÄ«n (a.s.) with regard to the Greater Sins? Some traditions mention that the Greater Sins are five, some give the figure as seven, nine, twenty one and thirty one. One of the traditions reported from Ibn Abbas says that the total number of Greater Sins are seven hundred and seven. Let us now consider these objections so that appropriate replies can be provided.
