Sahih Muslim
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Chapter 2 · The Book of Faithكَوْنِ الشِّرْكِ أَقْبَحَ الذُّنُوبِ وَبَيَانِ أَعْظَمِهَا بَعْدَهُ
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ، وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَيُّ الذَّنْبِ أَعْظَمُ عِنْدَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: «أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَ» قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَعَظِيمٌ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَيٌّ؟ قَالَ: «ثُمَّ أَنْ تَقْتُلَ وَلَدَكَ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَطْعَمَ مَعَكَ» قَالَ: قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَيٌّ؟ قَالَ: «ثُمَّ أَنْ تُزَانِيَ حَلِيلَةَ جَارِكَ».
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
Clarifying that Shirk is the worst of sins, and the worst sins after Shirk
I asked the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ): Which sin is the gravest in the eye of Allah? He (the Holy Prophet ﷺ) replied: That you associate a partner with Allah (despite the fact) that He has created you. He (the reporter) said: I told him (the, Holy Prophet ﷺ): Verily it is indeed grave. He (the reporter) said: I asked him what the next (gravest sin) was. He (the Holy Prophet) replied: That you kill your child out of fear that he shall join you in food. He (the reporter) said: I asked (him) what the next (gravest sin) was. He (the Holy Prophet ﷺ) observed: Then (the next gravest sin) is that you commit adultery with the wife of your neighbour.