Explanation of Seeking Forgiveness for Hidden Shirk
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Question:
O Shaykh, do you justify the general phrasing in the Muslim's supplication regarding major shirk: "O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for whoever I ask You to forgive that he does not associate partners with You, and I seek Your forgiveness for the sin of which I am not aware"?
Answer:
If he believes in it and acts upon it, I exonerate him. As for the one who commits shirk, even if it is hidden or minor, he has not acted upon it in its complete form; he acted upon it, but not in its complete form; rather, there was a defect in its meaning. As for the one who acts upon it in its complete form, I exonerate him from shirk.
O Shaykh, do you justify the general phrasing in the Muslim's supplication regarding major shirk: "O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for whoever I ask You to forgive that he does not associate partners with You, and I seek Your forgiveness for the sin of which I am not aware"?
Answer:
If he believes in it and acts upon it, I exonerate him. As for the one who commits shirk, even if it is hidden or minor, he has not acted upon it in its complete form; he acted upon it, but not in its complete form; rather, there was a defect in its meaning. As for the one who acts upon it in its complete form, I exonerate him from shirk.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية [14] — alfawzan.live (4:17)
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