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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The reason shirk is the greatest of sins

Shaykh Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan

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Question:
This questioner asks: Why is shirk (associating partners with Allah) the greatest of sins?

Answer:
Because it is worship of other than Allah, who created you, provided for you, and brought you into existence. So you worship others while He is the one who provides for you, creates you, and supports you. You worship others; this is injustice. And
Indeed, association [with him] is great injustice."إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ
[Luqman 31:13]
. Injustice is placing a thing in other than its proper place. This is the greatest of sins, and may Allah protect us from it. Because
the decree of Allah accomplished. (48) Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than thatاللَّهِ مَفْعُولًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ
[An-Nisa 4:47-48]
, meaning whatever is less than shirk (associating partners with Allah), He forgives for whom He wills. This indicates that shirk is the greatest of sins.
Indeed, he who associates others with Allah - Allah has forbidden him Paradise, and his refuge is the Fireإِنَّهُ مَن يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدْ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَأْوَاهُ النَّارُ
[Al-Ma'idah 5:72]
, Allah has forbidden Paradise for him. He can never enter Paradise. This indicates that it is the greatest of sins; because whatever is less than shirk does not cause its doer to be excluded from Paradise. Even if he is punished in the Fire, he will enter Paradise afterwards.
Source كتاب آحاديث الفتن والحوادث، أحاديث الفتن والحوادث [02] — alfawzan.live (58:15)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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