سورة آل عمران

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Amr ibn Ubayd came to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) and said: "I wish to know the major sins from the Quran of Allah the Mighty and Majestic." The Imam (peace be upon him) said: "Yes, O Amr! The greatest of the major sins is associating partners with Allah ... and the false oath sworn for the sake of wickedness and iniquity, for Allah the Mighty and Majestic says: الَّذِینَ یَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللهِ وَ أَیْمانِهِمْ ثَمَناً قَلِیلًا أُولئِکَ لا خَلاقَ لَهُمْ فِی الْآخِرَة [Those who take a small price for the covenant of Allah and their own oaths — they shall have no portion in the hereafter]."

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): إِنَّ الَّذِینَ یَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللهِ وَ أَیْمانِهِمْ ثَمَناً قَلِیلًا [Indeed those who take a small price for the covenant of Allah and their oaths] — the intended ones are those who draw close to Muslims and make use of them but betray them. In reality they are not Muslims.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Abdullah narrates from the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Whoever swears an oath and by that false oath takes his brother's property for himself will meet Allah the Mighty and Majestic while Allah is angry with him. Then Allah revealed the confirmation of this statement in His Book: إِنَّ الَّذِینَ یَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللهِ وَ أَیْمانِهِمْ ثَمَناً قَلِیلًا [Indeed those who take a small price for the covenant of Allah and their oaths]. After the revelation of the verse, al-Ash'ath ibn Qays came forward and said: "This verse was revealed concerning me. I brought a case before the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) so that he would rule in our matter, and the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) ruled against me because of the oath of the opposing party."

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): And al-khalaq is the portion, and one who has no portion in the hereafter — by what means shall he enter Paradise?!

Imam Hasan (peace be upon him): People are of four groups: some of them possess good character (khulq) but have no portion (khalaq); some have a portion but have no character; some have neither character nor portion — these are the worst of people; and some have both character and portion — these are the best of people.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): The least form of disbelief is that a man hears a statement from his brother and retains it against him, intending to disgrace him with it. أُولئِکَ لا خَلاقَ لَهُم [Those shall have no portion].

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): The Qa'im (may Allah hasten his noble relief) will not rise until the eye of the world is pierced and redness appears in the sky — and that is the tears of the bearers of the Throne, weeping over the people of the earth — and until people appear among them who have no share [of the divine bounties]; they call people to follow my descendant, while they themselves disown my descendant.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): وَ لا یَنْظُرُ إِلَیْهِمْ [And He will not look upon them] means He does not look upon them with good — that is, He does not have mercy on them. The Arabs sometimes say to a great man or a king, "You do not look upon us," meaning you do not bring us any good; and this is the meaning of Allah's looking upon His creation.

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): Ishaq ibn Ammar al-Sayrafi narrates from Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): There are three groups upon whom Allah will not cast the look of mercy, nor purify them, and they shall have a painful punishment. I said, "May I be your ransom! Who are they?" He said, "One who claims imamate while it is not from Allah; one who reviles an imam appointed by Allah; and one who supposes that those two have any share in Islam."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): On the Day of Resurrection Allah the Mighty will not speak with three factions, nor purify them from defilement, and they shall be afflicted with a painful torment. First: whoever wrongly claims imamate. Second: whoever denies the rightful imam. Third: whoever imagines that the first two factions have any share or portion in the Muhammadan Islam.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): It is narrated from Ibn Abi Ya'fur who said: "I was in the presence of Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) when Musa ibn Ja'far (peace be upon him) entered and sat down. Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'This is the best of my children and the most beloved of them to me, except that Allah will lead astray a group of our Shia because of him; they are those who have no portion in the hereafter, nor will Allah speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them, and they will suffer a painful punishment.' I said: 'May I be your ransom, my heart has become disgusted with them!' He said: 'A group of the Shia will be led astray because of him after his death, due to the intensity of their grief over him they will say he has not died, and for this reason they will deny the Imams after him and invite others to their misguidance, which causes the destruction of our right and the religion of Allah. O son of Abi Ya'fur! Allah and the Prophet and we are free of them.'"

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Paradise has been forbidden to whoever wrongs my Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them) and fights against them, and to whoever violates their sanctity, and to whoever insults them. أُولئِکَ لاخَلاقَ لَهُمْ فِی الْآخِرَةِ وَ لا یُکَلِّمُهُمُ اللهُ ... یَوْمَ الْقِیامَةِ وَ لا یُزَکِّیهِمْ وَ لَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِیمٌ [Those shall have no portion in the hereafter, and Allah will not speak to them ... on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them, and they shall have a painful chastisement].

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Allah the Mighty and Majestic will not speak to three persons on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He look at them, nor will He grant them worthiness, and they will be afflicted with a painful torment: "A man who pledges allegiance to an imam only for the sake of worldly gain — if the imam gives him what he wants from the world, he remains loyal to his pledge, otherwise he withdraws from it; a man who after the afternoon sells goods and swears by Allah that he bought this merchandise for such and such a price, and the buyer believes him and purchases it, but in truth the seller had not bought that merchandise at that price; and a man who has surplus water in the desert beyond his own need and withholds it from a traveller."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): There are three groups upon whom Allah will not look on the Day of Resurrection, وَ لا یُزَکِّیهِمْ وَ لَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِیمٌ [nor will He purify them, and they shall have a painful chastisement]: men who bring others to commit adultery with their own wives, the foul-mouthed or the evildoer who speaks obscenely in vain, and one who begs from people while he is wealthy.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): There are three groups whom Allah will not speak to on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them, and for them there is a punishment. (Baqarah/174) The old adulterer; a man who brings others to commit adultery with his wife; and a woman who brings a stranger man to her husband's bed (commits adultery).

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): It is narrated from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) who said: "Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said: 'Shall I not inform you of the greatest of adulteries? It is the adultery of the woman who brings another man to her husband's bed and bears a child from someone other than her husband, and then imposes that child upon her husband (making it her husband's child). She is the one with whom Allah will not speak, nor will He look upon her on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify her from sin, and for her is a painful chastisement.'"

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will not turn to three persons, nor will He purify them, and He will afflict them with chastisement: an old man who commits adultery; a tyrannical king; and a poor man who is arrogant.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): There are four groups upon whom Allah will not look on the Day of Resurrection: one who is disobedient to his parents; one who reminds others of his favours; one who denies divine decree; and one who is addicted to wine.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): The worst of people is the one who hates the believing people, and their (the people's) hearts hate him; they engage in much tale-bearing and are those who cause separation between friends and seek out the faults of the pure. Allah will not turn to them on the Day of Resurrection nor will He count them as pure.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): There are three persons upon whom Allah will not cast a look of kindness on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them, and they shall have a painful chastisement: the one who trails his garment out of arrogance; the one who praises his merchandise with lies; and the one who meets you with friendliness in his chest, then when he is out of sight his heart is full of deceit.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): There are three with whom Allah will not speak on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He look at them, nor will He purify them, and for them is a painful punishment: the one who confers favours [reproachfully], who gives nothing except with reminders of his favour; the one who promotes his merchandise by false oaths; and the one who walks trailing his garment out of arrogance.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): There are three with whom Allah will not speak on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He acquit them, and for them is a painful punishment: the one who plucks out his grey hair, the one who has intercourse with himself, and the one in whose backside intercourse is performed.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Woe to those who are heedless of their prayers, who sleep in seclusion, and who mock Allah and His verses in [times of] weakness and slackness; أُولَئِکَ الَّذِینَ لاخَلاقَ لَهُمْ فِی الْآخِرَةِ وَ لا یُکَلِّمُهُمُ اللهُ وَ لا یَنْظُرُ إِلَیْهِمْ یَوْمَ الْقِیامَةِ وَ لا یُزَکِّیهِمْ وَ لَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِیمٌ [Those are they who shall have no portion in the hereafter, and Allah will not speak to them, nor will He look upon them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them, and for them is a painful punishment].

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): Alqamah ibn Wa'il narrates from his father who said: A man from Hadramawt brought a complaint against Imru' al-Qays before the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) about a piece of land and said: "This man, in [the time of] Jahiliyyah, took possession of my land by deceit." The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: "Do you have a witness?" He said: "No!" He said: "Then put him on oath." He said: "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family), with a false oath he will take away my land." He said: "If he takes away your land, he will be among those upon whom Allah will not look on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify him, and for him is a painful punishment."