What is the difference between shirk (associating partners with Allah) in obedience and shirk in worship?
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the difference between shirk in obedience and shirk in worship?
Answer:
Shirk in obedience is a type of worship. Shirk in obedience is a type of worship, but shirk in obedience may be minor shirk or major shirk. It becomes major shirk if you know that the one obeyed has made lawful what Allah has forbidden or forbidden what Allah has made lawful, and you obey him and agree with him on that. This is major shirk. As for if you do not know that he has made lawful what Allah has forbidden or forbidden what Allah has made lawful, and you do not know this, you are ignorant, then this is minor shirk.
The questioner asks: What is the difference between shirk in obedience and shirk in worship?
Answer:
Shirk in obedience is a type of worship. Shirk in obedience is a type of worship, but shirk in obedience may be minor shirk or major shirk. It becomes major shirk if you know that the one obeyed has made lawful what Allah has forbidden or forbidden what Allah has made lawful, and you obey him and agree with him on that. This is major shirk. As for if you do not know that he has made lawful what Allah has forbidden or forbidden what Allah has made lawful, and you do not know this, you are ignorant, then this is minor shirk.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما هو الفرق بين الشرك في الطاعة، والشرك في العبادة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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