The statement that shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the servant's injustice to his Lord
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for someone to say that shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the servant's injustice to his Lord?
Answer:
No, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) does not wrong, and no one wrongs Allah,[Al-Baqarah 2:57], so it is the servant who wrongs himself, while no one wrongs Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), because He is the One, the Subduer. Shirk (associating partners with Allah) is injustice because it is misplacement; the essence of injustice is placing a thing in other than its proper place. So shirk (associating partners with Allah) is injustice because it places worship in other than its proper place, and thus it became a great injustice.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for someone to say that shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the servant's injustice to his Lord?
Answer:
No, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) does not wrong, and no one wrongs Allah,
And they wronged Us not - but they were [only] wronging themselves.
وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَٰكِن كَانُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب السواك وسنن الفطرة — islamhouse.com (57:15)
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