The criterion for a supplication that constitutes shirk (associating partners with Allah)
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Question:
He also asks, may Allah reward you: What is the criterion by which we know whether supplication to other than Allah is shirk?
Answer:
All supplication to other than Allah is shirk; all supplication to other than Allah is major shirk. This is because supplication is the greatest of the types of worship. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Jinn 72:18], and Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Mu'minun 23:117]. So supplication to other than Allah, may Allah protect us from that, is major shirk. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
He also asks, may Allah reward you: What is the criterion by which we know whether supplication to other than Allah is shirk?
Answer:
All supplication to other than Allah is shirk; all supplication to other than Allah is major shirk. This is because supplication is the greatest of the types of worship. Allah the Exalted said:
And [He revealed] that the masjids are for Allah, so do not invoke with Allah anyone.
وَأَنَّ الْمَسَاجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ أَحَدًاAnd whoever invokes besides Allah another deity for which he has no proof - then his account is only with his Lord. Indeed, the disbelievers will not succeed.
وَمَن يَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ لَا بُرْهَانَ لَهُ بِهِ فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُ عِندَ رَبِّهِ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْكَافِرُونَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/195 — archive.org (16:55)
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