What are the categories of shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
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Question:
A questioner says: Some scholars divide shirk into two categories, major and minor, while others divide it into three categories: major shirk, minor shirk, and hidden shirk. What is the correct view?
Answer:
The hidden type is part of the minor. The minor is divided into two: apparent minor shirk and hidden minor shirk. Minor shirk is divided into two categories: apparent and hidden. Yes, there is no third category. Shirk has only two types.
A questioner says: Some scholars divide shirk into two categories, major and minor, while others divide it into three categories: major shirk, minor shirk, and hidden shirk. What is the correct view?
Answer:
The hidden type is part of the minor. The minor is divided into two: apparent minor shirk and hidden minor shirk. Minor shirk is divided into two categories: apparent and hidden. Yes, there is no third category. Shirk has only two types.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما هي أقسام الشرك؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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