The Difference Between Major and Minor Shirk
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is there a criterion that distinguishes between major shirk and minor shirk?
Answer:
Major shirk is that which expels one from the religion. It causes its perpetrator to remain in the Fire forever and makes his blood lawful to be shed. Minor shirk does not expel one from the religion; even if he is punished for it, he will not remain in the Fire forever, and his blood is not made lawful to be shed.
Honorable Shaykh, is there a criterion that distinguishes between major shirk and minor shirk?
Answer:
Major shirk is that which expels one from the religion. It causes its perpetrator to remain in the Fire forever and makes his blood lawful to be shed. Minor shirk does not expel one from the religion; even if he is punished for it, he will not remain in the Fire forever, and his blood is not made lawful to be shed.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 14 من 60 / شرح كتاب قرة عيون الموحدين / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:06:00)
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