What type of worship does the verse “Have you seen the one who takes his desire as his god?” apply to?
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Question:
In the saying of Allah the Exalted[Al-Jathiyah 45:23], what type of worship is this? And does it take one out of the religion?
Answer:
No, it does not take one out of the religion, but it diminishes the worship and diminishes the oneness of Allah (tawhid), unless he follows his desire in shirk (associating partners with Allah); that takes one out of the religion. But if he follows his desire in one of his desires from the forbidden things, that is a sin. Yes.
In the saying of Allah the Exalted
Have you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire
أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُ هَوَاهُAnswer:
No, it does not take one out of the religion, but it diminishes the worship and diminishes the oneness of Allah (tawhid), unless he follows his desire in shirk (associating partners with Allah); that takes one out of the religion. But if he follows his desire in one of his desires from the forbidden things, that is a sin. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما نوع العبادة التي ينطبق عليها ﴿أفرأيت من اتّخذ إلٰهه هواه﴾؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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