Idol Worship
@UmerQureshi is video ek jagah kaha gaya ki murti banana woh asal masla nehi hei … aur ek jagah kaha gaya ki shetan ki 3 murti banakar pathhar marnne ki bat par ki shaitan haqiqat me hei agar na ho toh shirk hei kuch samajh nehi aya baki …?
I understand. My question still remains though. Consider the following hypothetical and perhaps bizarre situation:- If there is some sort of idol, live animal, jinn etc that a pagan culture takes as it’s God and does ritual worship to it. Having that pagan beleif system and doing the ritual is Haram and for a monotheist/Muslim to take that object of worship as also their rabb/god/wali and doing the ritual has fallen into “unforgivable shirk”. However if a monotheist or someone who is Muslim happens to visit those pagan people. Even though he is a monotheist by belief and knowledgeable in his faith. He willingly takes part in the those pagan rituals but without the beleif of the object to be a god or rabb (but maybe believing that this thing is a creation of Allah with some supernatural powers etc) for reasons other than ibadat or worship which could be to just to pay respect/ask for some material gain or any other gain in a form of ritual barter. This act of the monotheist of taking part in the ritual is Haram and a very big sin yes and it is a shirky Amal. Now my question is that even though the monotheist took part in the ritual knowingly and voluntarily, while still retaining his monotheist beliefs, does he still fall into ‘unforgivable shirk’? I already know that pagan rituals are Haram under all situations it’s just the part of falling into “unforgivable shirk” in confused about Plz clarify.