The Prohibited

Worship alongside consumption of the prohibited is like erecting a building on sand-or on water [according to other narrations].

 

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  تَرْكُ لُقْمَةِ حَرامٍ أحَبُّ إلى‏ اللَّهِ من صلاةِ ألفَي رَكْعَةٍ تَطَوُّعاً . تنبيه الخواطر : 2 / 120 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Abstaining from eating even one morsel of prohibited food is dearer to Allah than performing two thousand units of voluntary prayers.' Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 120

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  العِبادَةُ مَع أكْلِ الحَرامِ كالبِناءِ على‏ الرَّمْلِ - وقيلَ : على‏ الماءِ - . عدّة الداعي : 141 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Worship alongside consumption of the prohibited is like erecting a building on sand-or on water [according to other narrations].' Uddat al-Dai, p. 141

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  لا يَقْدِرُ رَجُلٌ على‏ حَرامٍ ثُمَّ يَدَعُهُ ، لَيس بهِ إلّا مَخافَةُ اللَّهِ ، إلّا أبْدَلَهُ اللَّهُ في عاجِلِ الدُّنيا قَبْلَ الآخِرَةِ ما هُو خَيرٌ لَهُ مِن ذلكَ . كنز العمّال : 43113 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'No sooner does a man who is able to commit a prohibited act abandon it, only for fear of Allah, than Allah gives him in lieu of it something that is better for him in this present world before the Hereafter.' Kanz al-Ummal, no. 43113

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  مَن قَدرَ على‏ امرأةٍ أو جاريَةٍ حَراماً فَتَركَها مَخافَةَ اللَّهِ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عزّوجلّ علَيهِ النّارَ ، وآمَنَهُ اللَّهُ تَعالى‏ مِن الفَزَعِ الأكْبَرِ ، وأدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ‏الجَنّةَ . ثواب الأعمال : 334 / 1 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'He who has unlawful access to enjoy a woman or a maid but leaves her for fear of Allah, He - Mighty and Exalted - will keep him safe from the Fire, preserve him from the Great Terror, and make him enter Paradise.' Thawab al-Amal, p. 334, no. 1