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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.

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The ill effects of sin.

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It is rare for a sin to occur in isolation.

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Rather, it is usually preceded or accompanied by,

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or followed by, various other sins.

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For example, the envy and resentment the brothers of Yusuf (peace be upon him) felt toward him

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led them to commit multiple sins.

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It began with their accusation against their father,

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who was a noble prophet, claiming he was in clear error.

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“When they said: Verily Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than we are, many though we be. Lo! our father is in plain aberration.” (12:8)

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Then came their lying to their father,

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and their deception to take Yusuf with them.

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Then they forcibly took Yusuf’s shirt to use it in another crime.

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Then they cast Yusuf into the well,

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exposing him to the danger of death.

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They followed this up with repeated lies.

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They feigned tears hypocritically to sell their fabricated story about a wolf killing their brother,

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and lied by smearing blood on Yusuf’s shirt.

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Similarly, take the sin of adultery, for instance.

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It is preceded by the sin of forbidden gazing and all the other precursors to adultery.

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It is often accompanied by the consumption of alcohol and drugs,

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and by deception and lying to conceal that sin.

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A person might even resort to theft to obtain the money needed to commit it.

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A pregnancy may result from it,

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leading the woman, alone or with her partner, to seek to get rid of the fetus and kill it.

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Or, if their affair is exposed, they might eliminate whoever discovered and revealed it.

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And so on, it continues.

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Thus, a sin rarely stops at the point of its initial commission.

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Another ill effect of sin is that when a person commits it for the first time,

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they feel a sense of unease and their conscience pricks them for doing it.

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Yet, it is not long before they repeat it a second and third time,

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until they become accustomed to it and their internal rejection of it fades away.

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Then, their attachment to it intensifies until it becomes difficult for them to abandon it.