What are the types of shirk (associating partners with Allah) that expel one from the religion? And is everyone who performs an act of it considered a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah), or only the one for whom there is shari'ah evidence?
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The questioner : What are the types of shirk (associating partners with Allah) that expel one from the religion? And is everyone who performs an act of it considered a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah), or only the one for whom there is shari'ah evidence? I hope for your guidance, may you be rewarded.
The Shaykh : The shirk (associating partners with Allah) that expels one from the religion is when a person takes a god alongside Allah to worship, drawing near to Him through bowing, prostration, slaughter, fasting, and the like. Or when he takes a lord alongside Allah to call upon for aid, to seek help from, or to seek rescue from. The first is shirk in al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), and the second is shirk in al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship). Whoever does any of that is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah); this is the principle. However, there may be a barrier for a person that prevents us from ruling that he is a mushrik, such as if a person is ignorant and does not know. He sees people doing something and he does it. If we alert him, he leaves what he is doing and guides himself. Then this person is not a mushrik who will be eternally in the Fire because he is ignorant. However, he may not be excused for this ignorance, such as if he is negligent in seeking knowledge. For example, it is said to him, "This is shirk and it is not permissible," but he is careless and does not ask. Then this person is not excused for his ignorance because he is negligent and careless. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. He has another question, he says.
The Shaykh : The shirk (associating partners with Allah) that expels one from the religion is when a person takes a god alongside Allah to worship, drawing near to Him through bowing, prostration, slaughter, fasting, and the like. Or when he takes a lord alongside Allah to call upon for aid, to seek help from, or to seek rescue from. The first is shirk in al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), and the second is shirk in al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship). Whoever does any of that is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah); this is the principle. However, there may be a barrier for a person that prevents us from ruling that he is a mushrik, such as if a person is ignorant and does not know. He sees people doing something and he does it. If we alert him, he leaves what he is doing and guides himself. Then this person is not a mushrik who will be eternally in the Fire because he is ignorant. However, he may not be excused for this ignorance, such as if he is negligent in seeking knowledge. For example, it is said to him, "This is shirk and it is not permissible," but he is careless and does not ask. Then this person is not excused for his ignorance because he is negligent and careless. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. He has another question, he says.