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Sin (dhanb)

الذنب

Dhanb in the legal-religious terminology is sin and what incurs accountability; the Kuwaiti Fiqh Encyclopedia treats repentance from sins, their expiation through istighfar and their kaffarat 1.

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Dhanb in the legal-religious terminology is sin and what incurs accountability. The Kuwaiti Fiqh Encyclopedia treats repentance from sins, their expiation through istighfar, and the kaffarat of sins 1.

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The people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sin· The hereafter: the grave, resurrection and reckoning· Islamic eschatology· Reason and heart· The Throne (al-Arsh)· Al-din al-qayyim (the upright religion)· Absolute unseen (al-ghayb al-mutlaq)· «Be, and it is» (kun fa-yakun): creation by command, not by a mould

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  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3)
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islam.museum contributors. “Sin (dhanb)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/dhanb/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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The people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sin

al-Tahawi's principle of calling the people of the qibla Muslims and believers so long as they accept what the Prophet brought, and of not declaring any of them an unbeliever for a sin unless he declares it lawful.