Does a person commit a sin by performing the means of shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
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Question:
A person commits a sin through the means.
Answer:
It is minor shirk, and it is also a means to major shirk.
Q: Do the means, such as those you mentioned, cause the one who performs them to commit a sin, like building on graves?
A: The means of shirk are greater in kind than sins; because the means of shirk lead to shirk, and they are religious innovations. Religious innovations are greater than sins. Building on graves and making them into mosques is greater in kind than sins; because it is a means to shirk.
A person commits a sin through the means.
Answer:
It is minor shirk, and it is also a means to major shirk.
Q: Do the means, such as those you mentioned, cause the one who performs them to commit a sin, like building on graves?
A: The means of shirk are greater in kind than sins; because the means of shirk lead to shirk, and they are religious innovations. Religious innovations are greater than sins. Building on graves and making them into mosques is greater in kind than sins; because it is a means to shirk.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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