Leaving off the forbidding of evil out of shyness or social courtesy
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, when I see a man committing a sin or an evil act and I want to advise him, I feel shy, even though I condemn this evil in my heart. Does this also fall under minor shirk?
Answer:
Yes, if you are able to forbid it but leave it off out of shyness or social courtesy, this falls under major shirk. Yes. Because you feared the created being and did not fear the Creator? Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, when I see a man committing a sin or an evil act and I want to advise him, I feel shy, even though I condemn this evil in my heart. Does this also fall under minor shirk?
Answer:
Yes, if you are able to forbid it but leave it off out of shyness or social courtesy, this falls under major shirk. Yes. Because you feared the created being and did not fear the Creator? Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب قول الله - تعالى - : { إِنَّمَا ذَلِكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ يُخَوِّفُ أَوْلِيَاءَهُ فَلا تَخَافُوهُمْ وَخَافُونِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ } — islamhouse.com (1:05:21)
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