Explanation of the Hadith: Shirk is more subtle than the crawling of ants
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, it is said: "Beware of this shirk (associating partners with Allah), for it is more subtle than the crawling of ants."
Answer:
Yes. Shirk in this Ummah (Muslim community)—this is the wording of the hadith: "Shirk in this Ummah is more subtle than the crawling of ants on a black rock in the darkness of the night." This gives the believer a reason to be cautious of this hidden shirk, the shirk that the servant does not speak of and is not heard from, but which twists in his heart and his self, and Allah knows that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, it is said: "Beware of this shirk (associating partners with Allah), for it is more subtle than the crawling of ants."
Answer:
Yes. Shirk in this Ummah (Muslim community)—this is the wording of the hadith: "Shirk in this Ummah is more subtle than the crawling of ants on a black rock in the darkness of the night." This gives the believer a reason to be cautious of this hidden shirk, the shirk that the servant does not speak of and is not heard from, but which twists in his heart and his self, and Allah knows that. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع فضيلة الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7473 — youtube.com (5:25)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.