The Difference Between Major and Minor Shirk
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Question:
Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them. May Allah reward you. Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah bless you and reward you for the Muslims with good. The questioner says: What is the difference between major shirk (associating partners with Allah) and minor shirk, and how do we avoid them, especially minor shirk?
Answer:
The difference between major shirk and minor shirk is clear. Major shirk takes one out of the religion and makes its practitioner a disbeliever. As for minor shirk, it does not take one out of the religion, but it makes its practitioner a sinner who has committed one of the major sins. It is obligatory for him to repent from it.
Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them. May Allah reward you. Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah bless you and reward you for the Muslims with good. The questioner says: What is the difference between major shirk (associating partners with Allah) and minor shirk, and how do we avoid them, especially minor shirk?
Answer:
The difference between major shirk and minor shirk is clear. Major shirk takes one out of the religion and makes its practitioner a disbeliever. As for minor shirk, it does not take one out of the religion, but it makes its practitioner a sinner who has committed one of the major sins. It is obligatory for him to repent from it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما الفرق بين الشرك الأكبر والشرك الأصغر؟ وكيف النجاة منهما؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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