The Ruling on the One Who Commits Minor Shirk and Whether He Will Remain in the Fire Forever
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Does minor shirk (associating partners with Allah) not require repentance, and is its perpetrator condemned to remain in the Fire forever upon death, just as with major shirk?
Answer:
He will not remain in the Fire forever. No. But he will be punished for his shirk and will not remain in the Fire forever, because he is among the sinners who affirm the oneness of Allah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Does minor shirk (associating partners with Allah) not require repentance, and is its perpetrator condemned to remain in the Fire forever upon death, just as with major shirk?
Answer:
He will not remain in the Fire forever. No. But he will be punished for his shirk and will not remain in the Fire forever, because he is among the sinners who affirm the oneness of Allah. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل والفلاسفة لا تختص بأمة من الأمم بل هم موجودون في سائر الأمم — islamhouse.com (1:11:20)
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