Category Archives: SHIRK: ASSOCIATING OTHERS WITH GOD

To make offerings (Madhar) to the dead is shirk

Posted on October 11, 2011 by sara

To make offerings (nadhar) to the dead, be he a prophet or a saint or anybody else, or to their graves, or to those who look after them or visit them, is shirk offering and a sin against God. It … Continue reading →

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To swear by anyone other than God, whether an angel, a prophet, asaint, or a king, is shirk

Posted on October 11, 2011 by sara

As for swearing in the name of any being other than God, whoever he may be – an angel, a prophet, a Sufi sheikh, or a king, it is strictly prohibited and the oath is null and void. There is … Continue reading →

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Closing the doors to shirk

Posted on October 11, 2011 by sara

Shirk originated with the worship of pious people or their statues. The Prophet closed this door when he forbade offering prayers at the graves of prophets and pious men. Shirk in the world began with the worship of pious men … Continue reading →

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Calling upon anyone other than God is shirk

Posted on October 10, 2011 by sara

To call upon any being other than God, be he a prophet or a saint, living or dead, or to prostrate before him or before his grave, even towards his grave, is shirk. Sufi saints whom people follow are like … Continue reading →

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The root cause of shirk

Posted on October 10, 2011 by sara

Shirk appears mainly in peoples who do not have any heavenly book to guide them. The root cause of shirk in polytheistic nations is that they do not possess any revealed book; on the other hand, the main reason for … Continue reading →

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Forms of shirk

Posted on October 10, 2011 by sara

Shirk in Divinity (lahiyyah), shirk in Lordship (rububiyyah), and shirk hidden and subtle. The shirk for which one is declared an unbeliever (kafir) is of two kinds: shirk in ilahayyah and shirk rububiyyah. shirk in ildhiyyah is to associate someone … Continue reading →

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Satan impersonates the person whom one calls upon anyone other than God

Posted on October 10, 2011 by sara

When one calls upon a being other than God, Satan appears in the form of that being and immerses the supplicant deeper still into shirk. One is guilty of a kind of shirk when one calls upon anyone other than … Continue reading →

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