Reports sometimes enumerate major sins by a particular number. A report ascribed to Ibn ʿUmar begins with associating partners with Allah; other enumerations mention murder, fornication, intoxicants, usury, theft, disobedience to parents, and other grave prohibitions. These lists need not be mutually exclusive: one may select prominent examples while another mentions additional acts.
An enumeration is not necessarily an exhaustive definition. The number seven or nine in a reported list does not automatically reclassify every unlisted offense as minor. The severity of the legal or scriptural warning and the nature of the offense also matter.