What does Kabira mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Kabira (كبيرة) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Kabira

Kabira according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

It is what is purely unlawful, with purely prescribed punishment by decisive text, in this world and the next.

Kabira according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

What is purely unlawful, punishment prescribed by decisive text in this world and the next. Of their count, divergence: Abdallah ibn ’Oumar related them nine: associating with Allah; killing without right; slandering the chaste woman; fornication; fleeing battle; sorcery; consuming the orphan’s wealth; disobeying Muslim parents; renouncing the sacred.

Kabira according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

Every disobedience attesting the sinner’s little regard for religion and lightness of piety; or all promised specifically in Book or Sounna, or holding legal penalty or other.

Kabira according to At-Ta'rifat al-Fiqhiyya (Al-Barkati)

It is what is purely unlawful, with purely prescribed punishment by decisive text in this world and the next. Said: other definitions; the book az-Zawa’ir of al-Haythami to consult.

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