The Evidence That Shirk (Associating Partners with Allah) Is the Greatest of Sins
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Your Excellency the Shaykh, one of the brothers says: Allah the Exalted said:[Luqman 31:13] And He the Exalted said: [An-Nisa 4:48].
He asks and says: There is no doubt that shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the greatest of sins. What are the matters that indicate this? Yes.
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From Riyadh. He says: In His saying, the Exalted:[Luqman 31:13] And He says: [An-Nisa 4:48]. The questioner says: There is no doubt that shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the greatest of sins. He asks: What are the matters that indicate this?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. And I ask him: What is meant by his saying “that indicate this”? What does it indicate? What is “this”?
The questioner:
He means: What are the matters that indicate that shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the greatest of sins? He is asking for clarification: What are these things? Is this brother Muhammad a resident of the Kingdom?
The Shaykh:
These verses he recited: “Indeed, shirk is great injustice.” Is this not evidence that shirk is the greatest of sins?
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
[An-Nisa 4:48] Is this not evidence that shirk is not forgiven except through repentance?
The presenter:
Yes. May Allah bless you. If
May Allah reward you. Your Excellency the Shaykh, one of the brothers says: Allah the Exalted said:
Indeed, association [with him] is great injustice."
إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌIndeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَاءُHe asks and says: There is no doubt that shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the greatest of sins. What are the matters that indicate this? Yes.
This is the first question from the brother Abu Badr from Riyadh. He asked this question for you, Your Excellency the Shaykh. We are with you live on air, receiving your calls on the program’s phone: zero, one, one, four, four, two, eight, three, one, three. We ask Allah the Mighty and Majestic to benefit us all with what we hear, and we ask Him the Mighty and Majestic to make us and you among
Who listen to speech and follow the best of it
الَّذِينَ يَسْتَمِعُونَ الْقَوْلَ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ أَحْسَنَهُWe also receive these calls and present them to the guests of this program, who answer your questions, whether via the program’s phone: zero, one, one, four, four, two, eight, three, one, three, or via the program or via the program’s mobile phone: zero, five, three, four, seven hundred, seven hundred. We receive these calls, and we are at your service throughout this program, as well as with your questions that reach us in succession. We are still with you, dear ones, and shortly, Your Excellency the Shaykh, Dr. Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan, a member of the Committee of Senior Scholars, will join us again. May Allah bless you. I will present to you the question of the brother Muhammad.
From Riyadh. He says: In His saying, the Exalted:
Indeed, association [with him] is great injustice."
إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌIndeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَاءُThe Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. And I ask him: What is meant by his saying “that indicate this”? What does it indicate? What is “this”?
The questioner:
He means: What are the matters that indicate that shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the greatest of sins? He is asking for clarification: What are these things? Is this brother Muhammad a resident of the Kingdom?
The Shaykh:
These verses he recited: “Indeed, shirk is great injustice.” Is this not evidence that shirk is the greatest of sins?
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِThe presenter:
Yes. May Allah bless you. If
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاو ى على الهواء صالح فوزان الفوزان 22-07-1438هـ — youtube.com (1:11)
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