Abstaining from sins

The following are some evil acts prohibited in Islam and for which grave warnings of punishment have been sounded by Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam):

• To mock at someone.
• To taunt a person.
• To call a person by a degrading nick-name.
• To cast suspicion against someone.
• To search for the faults of others.
• Gheebat (scandalling)
• To gossip.
• To revile a person for no proper reason.
• Double-talk, to be two-faced.
• To slander.
• To deceive.
• Pride, vanity.
• Cruelty and oppression.
• Refraining from aiding one in hardship inspite of having the means.
• To create loss for another in his wealth.
• To cast