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Major sins in Islam are defined as what is forbidden by Allah and His Messenger in the Qur'an and the Sunnah in addition to what is narrated on the authority of early Muslims. Allah promised that whoever avoids the major sins, He will expiate his minor sins. Allah says: If you avoid the great sins which you are forbidden to do, We shall remit from you your (small) sins, and admit you to a Noble Entrance (i.e. Paradise). Quran 4:31 The Prophet (pbuh) said, "The five prescribed Prayers, and from one Friday prayer to another and from Ramadan to another entail forgiveness for what is between them as long as you do not commit the major sins.” We are obliged to learn about what the major sins are in order to avoid them. Scholars of Sacred knowledge are of different opinions about the number of major sins. It is argued that they are only seven owing to the Prophet's (pbuh) saying, "Avoid the seven heinous sins: Worshipping others with Allah, sorcery, taking a life which Allah has made sacred except in the course of justice, devouring usury, appropriating the property of the orphan, fleeing from the battlefield, and charging believing women, unmindful though innocent, with adultery.” Ibn Abbas holds that they are likely counted as seventy, not seven. That is a good point of view because enumeration is not intended in the Hadith. See Also: 10 dangers of a single sin10 steps to overcome any sinHow to seek forgiveness from Allah As a matter of fact, any sin entailing either a threat of punishment in the Hereafter explicitly mentioned by the Qur'an or Hadith, a prescribed legal penalty is called a major sin. We have to bear in mind that some major sins are most heinous than another. Below is the list of the 70 major sins in Islam. Ascribing Associates to Allah, The Most High (Shirk)Killing a Human BeingSorceryNot Performing the PrayerNot Paying ZakatBreaking One's Fast During Ramadan without an ExcuseNot Performing the Hajj When Able to do soShowing Disrespect to One's ParentsSevering the Ties of One's RelativesAdulterySodomyAccepting Usurious GainWrong Consuming an Orphan's PropertyLying About the ProphetFleeing From the BattlefieldThe Leader Who Misleads His Followers, the Tyrant, and the OppressorArrogance, Pride, Conceit, Vanity, and HaughtinessBearing False WitnessDrinking AlcoholGambling (Qimar)Accusing a Woman of AdulteryMisappropriating Spoils of War, Muslim Funds or ZakatTheftHighwaymen Who Menace the RoadThe Engulfing OathTaking People's Property through FalsehoodCollecting TaxesThe Consumption of HaramSuicideTelling LiesThe Dishonest JudgeBriberyWomen Imitating Men and Vice VersaThe Pimp and the One Who Permits His Wife to FornicateMarrying Solely to Return to the Previous HusbandNot Freeing Oneself of All Traces of UrineShowing off in Good WorkLearning Sacred Knowledge for the Sake of this World or Concealing ItBreach of FaithReminding Recipients of One's Charity to ThemDisbelieving in DestinyListening to the People's Private ConversationsThe Talebearer Who Stirs Up Enmity between PeopleCursing OthersBreaking One's Promise or PledgeBelieving Fortunetellers and AstrologersA Wife's Rebellion against Her HusbandPicture-makingLoudly Lamenting For the Dead or When Afflicted With an AdversityExcess Against OthersOverburdening and Arrogance against OthersHurting One's NeighborHurting or Reviling MuslimsHarming the Servants of AllahDragging the Hem of One's Garment Out of ConceitMen Wearing Silk or GoldFleeing of the SlaveSlaughtering in Other Than Allah's NameFalsely Claiming Someone is One's FatherArguing, Picking Apart Another's Words, and QuarrelingWithholding Excess Water from OthersStinting When Weighing or Measuring Out Goods and Similar MerchandiseFeeling Secure From Allah's DevisingDespairing of the Mercy of Allah and Losing of HopeForgoing the Congregational Prayer to Pray Alone Without a Legal ExcuseConstantly Missing the Friday and Congregational Prayer without a Valid ExcuseBringing Loss to the BequestDeception and Evil SchemesSpying on the Muslims and Revealing Their WeaknessesDisparaging the Companions of the Prophet May Allah forgive us our sins and protect us from all kind of sins.