Explaining the Categories of Shirk
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Q283: The questioner M.A. says: Shirk has categories, and the treatment for the hidden type is for a person to say: (O Allah, I seek refuge in You from associating anything with You that I know, and I seek Your forgiveness for what I do not know). But major shirk, such as hope and fear, sometimes confuses the Muslim, and he does not distinguish between shirk-based hope and permissible hope. We ask you to elaborate on this?
A283: This is said regarding minor shirk. As for major shirk, one must repent from it and stay away from it. As for hope, it is of two types: hope in a created being for what it is capable of, and there is nothing wrong with that, because it is natural hope. But hope that is accompanied by humility and submission is hope of worship, which is for Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) alone.
A283:
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from associating anything with You while I know it, and I seek Your forgiveness for the sin that I do not know
اللهم إني أعوذ بك أن أشرك بك شيئاً وأنا أعلم، وأستغفرك من الذنب الذي لا أعلم
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