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(3) Third cause to get pleasure in sin. If pleasure is found by committing a minor sin, it turns into a major sin. Whenever the pleasure of a minor sin is great, it turns into a major sin. Even there are persons who take pride after commission of such minor sins. For instance, one may say : Have you seen how I have injured his honour and how lhavemadehima fool ?

(4) The fourth cause is to think a minor sin as trifling as it met with no punishment. God has kept his sin secret and as such F<» keeps patience at it and gives him time to repent and to seek forgiveness, if the sinner neglects it, the minor sin turns into a major sin. The sinner is unaware that God gives him time disliking it. He thinks that as the sin does not meet with punishment, God was kind to him. This is not kindness of God, but it is His plan and trick and nobody can be secure of his sin. God says : They think that God may give punishment for what they say. Hell is sufficient for them. They will enter therein. How bad in this place of entry!

(5) The fifth cause is that if a sin is disclosed, it turns into a major sin. If a man commits a sin and then discloses it or if he commits it in presence of others, he lifts the screen which God has thrown upon his sin and gives encouragement to others by his

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gin. If others hear of his sins or see his actions of sins, these are also acts of sin. It appears from this that one sin creaters another sin and hence his guilt increases. There is in Hadis that the sins of all, except those who disclose their sins, deserve to be forgiven.
A certain sage said : Don't commit sin. If by chance a sin is committed , don't commit another sin by giving encouragement to others. For this reason, God says : The hypocrite male and hypocrite female are friends to each other. They enjoin evil deeds and prohibit good deeds.