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What is the difference between ithm, dhanb, maʿṣiyah, and khaṭīʾah, and what is the meaning of "no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another," with a request for clarification through a practical example from contemporary life?

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The terms mentioned (transgression, sin, error) are synonymous in their usage, and their meaning is the violation of Allah's law. Transgression is sin and its recompense, and sin is transgression, and error is the disobedience between a servant and his Lord. As for Allah's saying: "And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another," its meaning is that every soul is responsible only for its own actions, and it is a principle of Islamic justice that rejects holding a person accountable for the crime of another.

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