عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ مَسْعُودٍ رضي الله عنه قال: سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَيُّ الذَّنْبِ أَعْظَمُ عِنْدَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: «أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَ» قُلْتُ: إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَعَظِيمٌ، قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَيُّ؟ قَالَ: «وَأَنْ تَقْتُلَ وَلَدَكَ؛ تَخَافُ أَنْ يَطْعَمَ مَعَكَ» قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَيُّ؟ قَالَ: «أَنْ تُزَانِيَ حَلِيلَةَ جَارِكَ».
Imepokewa kutoka kwa Abdullahi Bin Masoud -Radhi za Mwenyezi Mungu ziwe juu yake- amesema: Nilimuuliza Mtume -Rehema na amani ziwe juu yake-: Ni dhambi ipi kubwa zaidi mbele ya Allah? Akasema: "Ni wewe kumuwekea Mwenyezi Mungu mshirika, na hali yeye ndiye aliyekuumba" Nikasema: Hakika hilo ni jambo kubwa, nikasema: Kisha ipi? Akasema: "Na kumuua mwanao; ukiogopea atakula pamoja nawe" Nikasema: Kisha ipi? Akasema: "Ni wewe kumzini mke wa jirani yako".
‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I asked the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him): "Which sin is the gravest in the sight of Allah?" He said: "To set an equal to Allah while He created you." I said: "This is, indeed, grave." I said: "What comes next?" He said: "To you kill your child lest he should share your food with you." I said: "What comes next?" He said: "To commit adultery with your neighbor's wife."
Kutofautiana ukubwa kwa madhambi, kama ambavyo matendo mema yanazidiana katika ubora.
Dhambi kubwa kuliko yote: Ni kumshirikisha Mwenyezi Mungu Mtukufu, kisha kumuua mtoto kwa kuchelea kula naye, kisha kumzini mke wa jirani yako.
Riziki iko mkononi mwa Mwenyezi Mungu, na amechukua jukumu -Aliyetakasika- la kuwaruzuku viumbe.
Ukubwa wa haki ya jirani, nakuwa kumuudhi ni dhambi kubwa kuliko kumuudhi mwingine.
Muumba ndiye mwenye kustahiki kuabudiwa yeye peke yake asiye na mshirika wake.