Is minor shirk (associating partners with Allah) eligible for forgiveness and intercession?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: You previously stated that Allah (Exalted and Majestic) is not pleased with intercession for the mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). Does this include the one who commits minor shirk?
Answer:
The scholars differed regarding minor shirk: whether its perpetrator will be punished or whether it is eligible for forgiveness and intercession. According to their view, he must be punished, but he will not be punished as the perpetrator of major shirk is punished, nor will he remain in the Fire forever. He will be punished according to the measure of his sin and then brought out of the Fire. The second opinion is that it falls under Allah’s will and forgiveness; he will be forgiven through intercession. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: You previously stated that Allah (Exalted and Majestic) is not pleased with intercession for the mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). Does this include the one who commits minor shirk?
Answer:
The scholars differed regarding minor shirk: whether its perpetrator will be punished or whether it is eligible for forgiveness and intercession. According to their view, he must be punished, but he will not be punished as the perpetrator of major shirk is punished, nor will he remain in the Fire forever. He will be punished according to the measure of his sin and then brought out of the Fire. The second opinion is that it falls under Allah’s will and forgiveness; he will be forgiven through intercession. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [527- 4717] هل الشرك الأصغر قابل للمغفرة والشفاعة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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