Is it true that the issue of whether persistence in committing a minor sin transforms it into a major one, or that it only becomes major through indifference and disdain, is a matter of dispute among scholars? And what are the proofs of each group, and the names of the scholars who supported each view?

The majority of jurists hold that "al-lamam" (minor sins) are those for which there is no prescribed punishment (hadd) in this world and no specific threat of a curse or wrath in the Hereafter. Scholars have differed on whether persistence in committing a minor sin elevates it to a major sin. The majority opinion is that persistence does make it a major sin, citing the saying of Ibn Abbas: "There is no minor sin with persistence, and no major sin with seeking forgiveness." Others, however, maintain that persistence does not make it a major sin, but one should be wary of trivial sins, for if they accumulate, they destroy their perpetrator.