Idol Worship
One question I have with reference to this short below:- https://youtu.be/TbsvPQ15aVE?si=XtDt7sj2F7ef_ag_ This guy said because SRK participated in these rituals, he is now outside the fold of Islam (takfir which I don’t agree with and more in line with Ghamidi Sahibs opinion) as he has done Shirk. I did research on this topic of shirk and saw a lot of vids and stuff online. After seeing Yasir Qadhi, I inferred that in order to do shirk you have to have the beleifs of polytheism and do the ritual or action for it to be considered shirk. While bowing down/invoicing/doing rituals to a statue or idol is Haram and most likely a major sin, the act itself is not shirk unless you believe that Idol/statue/depiction to be a god/rabb worthy of worship. Having said that the act of doing the ritual without the beleif is a potential gateway to shirk and thus what one would call “shirky rawaiya”. Another reality life scenario I can think of is Buddhists going to a Buddhist temple and offering gold leafs and bowing to Buddha. Since Buddhism is an agnostic religion and they don’t believe in Buddha to be any kind of god or Diety, that particular Buddhist ritual is indeed an act of shirky rawaiya but not in itself shirk. Plz correct me if I’m wrong. Looking forward to a response/clarification/enlightenment on this issue!