Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Avoid the seven destructive sins. The companions asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what are they?" He replied: Associating partners with Allah, practicing magic, killing a soul which Allah has forbidden except by right, consuming usury, consuming the property of an orphan, fleeing from the battlefield, and slandering chaste, innocent, believing women.