Author: Om Aisha
Morjaeh Sect (19th part)
Entry: The offender of a major sin is said to someone who has committed one of the major sins, and the difference of opinion regarding the faith of the major offender was one of the first disputes among Muslims. The position of a major sin in many Islamic schools, more than it is from the religious teachings, is caused by the type of political thinking of the currents that commented in this field. The Morjaeh also went too far in making every apparent Muslim look pure and justified the oppressive behavior of the rulers of the time. In this part of the article, we want to talk about committing a major sin from the point of view of the Morjaeh sect and Ahl al-Sunnah.
The opinion of the Morjaeh sect about the perpetrator of a great sin:
Among their beliefs is that if someone has faith (verbal confession) and commits major sins such as killing people, adultery, stealing, burning the Quran and the Kaaba, his faith will not be harmed, and his faith is like the faith of Gabriel and Michael.
By examining the viewpoint of the Morjaeh sect on the issue of the perpetrator of a major sin, we find that they are sure that punishment will fall on the perpetrator of a major sin. Amadi explains this matter while presenting their point of view on this issue as follows: “Some Morjaehs believe that a believer does not deserve any type of punishment for his transgression, whether this punishment is immediate or delayed, as with shirk. To the Almighty Allah and performing obedience and worship, no one deserves reward; Therefore, despite having faith and committing sins, he doesn’t deserve to be punished. Some Morjaehs say that he won’t be punished for his mistakes in the hereafter. Rather, he is punished in the world with the pouring of pains, sufferings, and financial losses, lives, and the loss of possessions.
The thinkers of this school, in order to justify their opinions, cited verses from the Holy Qur’an, one of which can be mentioned:
The third to fifth verses of Surah Al-Baqarah declare: “الذين يؤمنون بالغيب ويقيمون الصلاة ومما رزقناهم ينفقون والذين يؤمنون بما أنزل إليك وما أنزل من قبلك وبالآخرة هم يوقنون أولئك على هدى من ربهم وأؤلئك هم المفلحون.” Translation: “Those who believe in the Unseen, perform prayer, give alms, and believe in the Qur’an and other holy books as well as the resurrection, will be on the straight path of guidance and will be saved.” Morjaeh have concluded from these verses that in these verses, not committing a major sin is not mentioned as a condition for salvation, ignoring that all the above attributes are described as the characteristics of pious people. In the second verse of the same surah, committing a major sin will not be compatible with piety.
“This wrong way of thinking to a certain extent leaves the hands of apparently Muslim people free to commit sins, which in fact, people can just declare their Islam, then commit any crime.”
The Morjaeh sects differed in defining the sins; some of them believe that every sin is a major sin, and the other sect believes that there are two types of sins: minor and major sins. Whether it is a small or a big sin, the good deeds will destroy it, according to the words of Allah, (S.W.T) who says: “إن الحسنات یذهبن السیئات”. Translation: “The good deeds destroy the bad ones.” They argue, the other sect from the Morjaeh (Ubaydiyyah) says: except for polytheism, it is any sin; it will definitely be forgiven, and when a person dies on monotheism, no matter what evil or sin he has committed, it will not harm him.
In a word, this sect has a consensus that the Muslim sinners are full of faith and the acquisition of sins will not harm them, and their sins will be forgiven. They don’t consider anyone to be a disbeliever unless the Ummah agrees that he is a disbeliever or that what they say about monotheism is against the opinion of the nation.
