Ruined by Minor Sins

Hazrat Anas (R.A) reported the Messenger ﷺ of the Almighty saying as:

“Beware of the minor sins which are often thought of as insignificant, for they are like a group of people who stopped in the bottom of a valley. One of them brought a stick, and another brought a stick, until they had gathered enough to cook their food. These minor sins, if a person is called to account for them, will destroy him.” (Ahmad)

The above mentioned Hadith clearly indicates that one should not belittle its slight proportion of sins as they eventually mount up just like drops of water ultimately form an ocean. The act of not weighing minor wrongdoings in importance leads to making a habit of committing them in daily life which is the cause of being unsuccessful in front of the Creator of the universe.

When you rumored it with your tongues, and spoke with your mouths what you had no knowledge of, and you considered it trivial; but according to God, it is serious. [24:15]

Although this verse is talking about another sin we tend to take lightly; the sharing and spreading of information whose accuracy we have not or cannot determined, the concept still applies. This Quranic verse magnifies the degree of significance of small things that we do not normally put much emphasis on or care much about. The Exalted One informs about the severity of wrong acts we consider trivial.

Be wise. Be wary. Take great care in these seemingly small wrongdoings. It's not as it seems.

Narrated by Ibn Masud (R.A):

“A believer treats a sin as if it is a mountain over his head that may fall on him any moment. Whereas a regular violator looks at them as a fly that perked on his nose and he waived it away with his hand.” (Bukhari)