What is the criterion for distinguishing between major shirk and minor shirk?
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Question:
A questioner asks: Is there a difference between minor shirk and major shirk, and if there is a difference, what is the criterion for it?
Answer:
Yes, there is a difference between major shirk and minor shirk. Major shirk takes one out of the religion, and its perpetrator is eternally in the Fire, may Allah protect us from that, if he dies upon it. As for minor shirk, it does not take one out of the religion; it is a sin among the other sins that does not take one out of the religion and does not cause its perpetrator to be eternally in the Fire. If he is punished for it, he is not eternally in the Fire, and he is considered a Muslim.
A questioner asks: Is there a difference between minor shirk and major shirk, and if there is a difference, what is the criterion for it?
Answer:
Yes, there is a difference between major shirk and minor shirk. Major shirk takes one out of the religion, and its perpetrator is eternally in the Fire, may Allah protect us from that, if he dies upon it. As for minor shirk, it does not take one out of the religion; it is a sin among the other sins that does not take one out of the religion and does not cause its perpetrator to be eternally in the Fire. If he is punished for it, he is not eternally in the Fire, and he is considered a Muslim.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما ضابط الفرق بين الشرك الأكبر والشرك الأصغر؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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