Allah: The Best of All Mushrikeen (shirk committers)
Channel: Reasoned Answers
Date: 2022-09-25

In Islam, the worst sin one can commit is associating partners with Allah, or shirk.  You might think that the worst offenders of this crime would be polytheists or Christians, but it turns out if we take the Islamic texts seriously in turns out to be none other than Allah himself.  Thunderous One joins me live to discuss.

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Helpful definitions and links:
https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/cbd/o/oath.html

https://www.olsenpark.com/Bulletins17/FS19.23.html

https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/dictionary/viewtopic.cfm?topic=ET0002759,IT0006468,NT0003612,ST0000134,VT0001952,BT0003175

1 – Major shirk (from https://www.islamreconnect.com/what-are-the-types-of-shirk/)

This means ascribing to someone other than Allah something that belongs only to Allah, such as Lordship, divinity and the divine names and attributes.

This kind of shirk may sometimes be outward, such as the shirk of those who worship idols and graves, or the dead or absent.

Or it may sometimes be hidden, such as those who put their trust in other gods besides Allaah, or the shirk and kufr of the hypocrites. For even though their shirk puts them beyond the pale of Islam and means that they will abide forever in Hell, it is a hidden shirk, because they make an outward display of Islam and conceal their kufr and shirk, so they are inwardly mushriks but not outwardly.

Shirk may sometimes take the form of beliefs:
Such as the belief that there is someone else who creates, gives life and death, reigns or controls the affairs of the universe along with Allaah.

Or the belief that there is someone else who must be obeyed absolutely besides Allaah...

Or they may associate others with Allaah in love and veneration, by loving a created being as they love Allaah. This is the kind of shirk that Allaah does not forgive...

Or the belief that there are those who know the Unseen as well as Allaah... It is also shirk to believe that there is someone who bestows mercy in a manner that is befitting only for Allaah, so he shows mercy as Allaah does and forgives sins and overlooks the bad deeds of his worshippers.

Shirk may sometimes take the form of words:
Such as those who make du’aa’ or pray to someone other than Allaah...This is a kind of major shirk which puts one beyond the pale of Islam.

Or such as those who make fun of religion or who liken Allaah to His creation, or say that there is another creator, provider or controller besides Allaah. All of these are major shirk and a grave sin that is not forgiven.

Shirk may sometimes take the form of actions:
Such as one who sacrifices, prays or prostrates to something other than Allaah... or one who supports the kaafirs and helps them...

2 – Minor shirk

This includes everything that may lead to major shirk, or which is described in the texts as being shirk, but does not reach the extent of being major shirk.

This is usually of two types:
1 – Being emotionally attached to some means which have no basis and for which Allaah has not given permission...
2 – Venerating some people or things in a way that does not go so far as ascribing lordship to them, such as swearing by something other than Allaah...

The scholars have stipulated guidelines to distinguish major shirk from minor shirk when shirk is mentioned in the texts of shariah. These guidelines include the following:
(i) – When Mohammed states clearly that this action is minor shirk...
(ii) – When the word shirk is used in the texts of the Qur’aan and Sunnah in the indefinite form [without the definite article al-]. This usually refers to minor shirk...

#Shirk #mushrik #Allah

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