Loving the sight of forbidden images on mobile phones and the internet
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is loving the sight of the forbidden images that appear on mobile phones and the internet, and constantly wishing for that, considered shirk (associating partners with Allah) in which a person becomes a slave to these images?
Answer:
Yes, it is shirk of desire, because he desires these images, so they take hold of his heart and he follows them. This is a type of minor shirk.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is loving the sight of the forbidden images that appear on mobile phones and the internet, and constantly wishing for that, considered shirk (associating partners with Allah) in which a person becomes a slave to these images?
Answer:
Yes, it is shirk of desire, because he desires these images, so they take hold of his heart and he follows them. This is a type of minor shirk.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأما نجاسة الذنوب والمعاصي — islamhouse.com (48:09)
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