The ruling on saying that drinking intoxicants is less severe than shirk (associating partners with Allah)
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a person says, “Were it not for Allah and so-and-so,” or if I were to tell him, “Your drinking of intoxicants and your consuming of riba (usury or interest), and other major sins, are less severe than this statement,” is my statement correct? It is correct.
Answer:
Yes, because drinking intoxicants is a sin and a major sin, but shirk is greater than the major sins. Yes. So one does not be lenient regarding shirk, even if it is minor. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a person says, “Were it not for Allah and so-and-so,” or if I were to tell him, “Your drinking of intoxicants and your consuming of riba (usury or interest), and other major sins, are less severe than this statement,” is my statement correct? It is correct.
Answer:
Yes, because drinking intoxicants is a sin and a major sin, but shirk is greater than the major sins. Yes. So one does not be lenient regarding shirk, even if it is minor. Yes.
Source
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