The Sin of Shirk
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meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As
Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy
and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has
asked this question:
In an article on your web site, on the Internet,
in reply to Question 59 you have raised
certain questions. As a reader, I found the questions interesting and as such have made my observation on the same. In
this article you have disclosed that you are a follower of Allah and Quran and a dawoodi only due to your birth
in dawoodi family or else you would have been a Muslim - Be it as is.You have
asked that " which is that Sin, for which Allah Himself has declared that
He will never forgive ?As per Ayat 14 of Chapter 87 or Sajda as per Ayat 13 of
Chapter 7 You have also asked "
what is that sin, for which Allah has declared that paradise is 'haraam' for peaple who died in that state? As per
the above answer - Ayat 13 of chapter 7 After my above referred observations,
if you deem fit you may elaborate, as
per the Quran the above subject is described in various
ways. This communication may become
lengthy !In the earlier era, before Ayat 30 of Chapter 2 no sin is known. Only
after that the question of Sin due to
Inkar or Ikrar has arisen. Therefore in
short the answers to the question, that the most sinful act is that
ofShirk and not offering sajda. Whom to
offer Sajda is a different issue. Who is
the masjood? Allah, Rab or Haadi ? As per Ayat 171 of chapter 2
Idol worship is not jaez
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Answer:
In the name of Allah,
We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides
none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them
aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no
prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we
bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Your Comment: Therefore in
short the answers to the question, that the most sinful act is that of
Shirk
Although I have
been unable to comprehend your answers from your given aayah references, you
are absolutely right the most heinous and grave sin in the sight of Allah is
the concept of ‘shirk’. This sin is so
heinous and so monstrous, that Allah has promised to forgive any of the sins of
man, except this one sin!
Allah
says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah Maidah verse 72:Whoever commits ‘shirk’
(invoking anything with Allah), Allah shall forbid for him Paradise, and Hell
shall be his abode. And for such wrong
doers there will be no one to help.
Allah says in
the Quran: Chapter 4 Surah An-Nisa Verse 48:Shirk (associating other deities
with Allah) is the only sin that Allah does not forgive, and He forgives,
whomsoever He pleases, sins other than this.
For whosoever associates any other partner with Allah, does indeed forge
a big lie and commits the most heinous sin
Allah
says in the Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumar verse 65-66:If you commit ‘shirk’
all your works will be rendered vain and you will be among the losers. Therefore,
you should worship Allah Alone,
and be among His grateful servants.
All the
Prophets of Allah who were ever sent warned the believers to beware of this
heinous sin of ‘shirk’, which renders all the deeds of man worthless in the
sight of Allah Subhanah.
Thus it becomes
our duty to recognize and be aware of ‘shirk’ and all the manifestations of
this horrendous and grave sin. Allow me
to just give you an example of what constitutes ‘shirk’:
1.
Bowing down to anybody or anything
other than Allah is shirk.
2.
Bowing down to the Syedna is
shirk.
3.
Bowing down to the graves of his
ancestors is shirk.
4.
Bowing down to the graves of even
the Prophet (saws), Hadrat Ali (saws),
Hadrat Fatema (saws), etc. is shirk.
5.
Believing that the dead people in
their graves can hear and answer our duas is shirk.
6.
Believing that anybody other than
Allah can do us any harm is shirk.
7.
Believing that anybody other than
Allah can bring us some good is shirk.
8.
Believing that anybody other than
Allah knows everything is shirk.
9.
Believing that anybody other than
Allah sees everything is shirk.
10.
Believing that anybody other than
Allah listens to our prayers is shirk.
11.
Believing that anybody other than
Allah can help us is shirk.
12.
Believing that anybody other than
Allah can guide us is shirk.
13.
Believing that anybody can
influence Allah to give us health is shirk.
14.
Believing that anybody can
influence Allah to give us wealth is shirk.
15.
Believing that anybody can
influence Allah to give us children is shirk.
16.
Believing that anybody can
influence Allah to help us is shirk.
17.
Believing that anybody has any
power with Allah is shirk.
18.
Believing that anybody has any
power with Allah to take us out of the fire of Hell is shirk.
19.
Believing that anybody has any
power with Allah on the Day of Judgement is shirk.
20.
Believing that anybody has any
power to change the decision of Allah is shirk.
21.
To worship anybody with Allah is
shirk.
22.
To invoke anybody with Allah is
shirk.
23.
To raise anybody to the rank of
Allah is shirk.
24.
To give any of Allah’s attributes
to anybody else is shirk.
25.
To believe that anybody has the
power to bring about any miracles on his own is shirk.
26.
To go to somebody to take our
message or supplication to Allah is shirk.
To associate other beings or things with Allah
is ‘shirk’! To share any of the noble
Attributes of Allah with anyone is ‘shirk’!
To invoke or worship anyone or anything with Allah is ‘shirk’!
The Glorious
Quran is the Book which absolutely details each and every manifestation of
shirk and makes the readers aware of what exactly is this most hated of crimes
in the sight of Allah. It also details
on how one has to avoid all the acts of shirk, and believe and invoke and
worship the Lord of the Worlds, Allah Subhanah Alone.
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and well wisher in
Islam,
Burhan
