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What are the most comprehensive books that compile the forbidden, the prohibited, the disliked (makrooh), the major sins (kaba'ir), and the minor sins (sagha'ir), as well as the commanded, the obligatory (wajib), the fard (divinely ordained duties), the recommended (mandub), the sunnah, and the desirable (mustahabb), even if only as headings, without mentioning the evidence?

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Among what has been written regarding major sins: "Al-Kaba'ir" by Al-Dhahabi, and "Al-Zawajir" by Al-Haytami. And concerning prohibitions in general: "Al-Manhiyyat" by Al-Hakim Al-Tirmidhi, and "Muharramat Ustuhina Biha Al-Nas" (Prohibitions People Take Lightly), and "Al-Manhiyyat Al-Shar'iyyah" (Shar'i Prohibitions), both by Al-Munajjid. And regarding encouragement for acts of worship and deterrence from prohibitions: "Riyadh Al-Salihin" by Al-Nawawi, and "Al-Targhib wa Al-Tarhib" by Al-Mundhiri, and "Fada'il Al-A'mal" by Al-Maqdisi. And fiqh books generally explain the five rulings, and among the easiest and most comprehensive of them is: "Fiqh Al-Sunnah" by Sayyid Sabiq.

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