Defining Major and Minor Shirk
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I ask you to give us a general definition of major shirk (associating partners with Allah), and then to define minor shirk. Is it among the major sins or not?
Answer:
All shirk, whether minor or major, is a form of religious innovation. Major shirk is directing any part of worship to other than Allah, even if... this is the matter. Allah does not forgive major shirk, and its perpetrator will remain in the Fire. Major shirk is what is mentioned in the Sunnah, or what is named as shirk in the Qur'an or Sunnah but does not reach the level of major shirk. What is named as shirk in the Book and the Sunnah but does not reach the degree of major shirk is minor shirk. Major shirk takes one out of the religion, while minor shirk does not take one out of the religion. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I ask you to give us a general definition of major shirk (associating partners with Allah), and then to define minor shirk. Is it among the major sins or not?
Answer:
All shirk, whether minor or major, is a form of religious innovation. Major shirk is directing any part of worship to other than Allah, even if... this is the matter. Allah does not forgive major shirk, and its perpetrator will remain in the Fire. Major shirk is what is mentioned in the Sunnah, or what is named as shirk in the Qur'an or Sunnah but does not reach the level of major shirk. What is named as shirk in the Book and the Sunnah but does not reach the degree of major shirk is minor shirk. Major shirk takes one out of the religion, while minor shirk does not take one out of the religion. Yes.
Source
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