Shaykhul Islam ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullah was asked
“What are the deeds of the people of hell and what are the deeds of the people of paradise?”
He replied:
“The deeds of the people of hell are:
- associating partners in worship with Allah
- disbelieving in His Messenger
- kufr (ingratitude, disbelief)
- hasad (malicious envy)
- lying
- treachery
- oppression and wrongdoing (dhulm)
- promiscuity
- backstabbing
- cutting off the ties of kinship
- cowardice at the time of jihad
- miserliness
- inconsistency between what is in one’s heart and the face that one shows to people
- despairing of the mercy of Allah subhanu wa ta’ala
- feeling secure from the plan of Allah subhanu wa ta’ala
- panicking blindly at the time of crisis
- pride and extravagance at the time of plenty
- abandoning one’s duties towards Allah subhanu wa ta’ala
- transgressing His limits
- violating His sanctity
- fearing a created being instead of the Creator
- showing off
- going against the Qur’an and Sunnah in word or deed
- obeying a created being in some act of disobedience to the Creator
- blindly supporting falsehood
- mocking the signs of Allah subhanu wa ta’ala
- rejecting the truth
- withholding knowledge and testimony that should be revealed
- witchcraft and magic
- disobeying one’s parents
- killing any soul forbidden by Allah except for reasons of justice
- consuming the wealth of the orphan
- riba (usury)
- desertion from the battlefield
- slandering the reputation of innocent, chaste, believing women”
(Yaqadhat uli al-I’tibar, p.222)
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