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Are the punishments for sins mentioned in Ibn al-Qayyim's book "Al-Da' wal-Dawa'" specific to the sin of sodomy, or do they include any major or minor sin, such as masturbation?

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Ibn al-Qayyim, in his book "Al-Daa' wal-Dawaa'" (The Disease and the Cure), divided punishments into those that are legislated (Shar'iyyah) and those that are decreed (Qadariyyah). Their severity varies according to the gravity of the sins. Decreed punishments are of two types: those affecting the heart (existential pains, or severing the sources of its life), and those affecting the body (in this world or the Hereafter). A servant may be punished with these penalties for both major and minor sins, such as masturbation, which may result in punishments affecting the heart or the body.

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