Does Allah forgive the one who falls into minor shirk?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the stronger position regarding the issue of the forgiveness of minor shirk? Is it forgiven or not? Minor shirk is forgiven.
Answer:
What is not forgiven is major shirk. As for minor shirk, the scholars differed on it, but it is correct that it is forgiven if his good deeds outweigh his bad deeds; then what he has of sins is forgiven, even if it includes minor shirk. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the stronger position regarding the issue of the forgiveness of minor shirk? Is it forgiven or not? Minor shirk is forgiven.
Answer:
What is not forgiven is major shirk. As for minor shirk, the scholars differed on it, but it is correct that it is forgiven if his good deeds outweigh his bad deeds; then what he has of sins is forgiven, even if it includes minor shirk. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يغفر الله لمن وقع في الشرك الأصغر؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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