NEVER OVERLOOK SMALL SINS

06 April 2010 00:32

In the journey of life .....Never overlook your small Sins  

Once the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) during a journey camped at a desert place absolutely bereft of any vegetation.  

He (saw) told the companions (Sahabah) to collect sticks.  

All of them said that they were in such a desolate place that it was not possible to find any sticks.  

Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) ordered each of them to collect as many twigs as he can. - companions (Sahabah) scattered in every direction.  

In the due course each companion brought a small quantity of twigs and put them before Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw).  

When all of them had made a pile of twigs, the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) said,  

"Do you know - Sins also accumulate in this way!"  

Even though we may be unaware of our small sins, and may forget them after a while,  

but when they accumulate they could make a big heap.  

If ever we calculate the sins we commit in our life they shall reach a staggering figure.  

Hence, it is very difficult to do Tawbah for the sins which seem small because we forget and take them for granted.  

That's why Imam Ali (as) has said:  

"The biggest sin is that which the doer considers to be the smallest."  

In the words of Shaikh Saadi, the Persian Poet:  

An increase of drop on a drop makes a stream  

An increase of a stream upon a stream makes an ocean  

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