V1:104- Explaining some manifestations of Shirk
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104- Explaining some manifestations of Shirk
Q: What are the manifestations of Shirk (associating others with Allah in His Divinity or worship), whether through words or deeds, that are present in different communities? Please explain.
A: The manifestations of Shirk can either be through spoken words or actual actions. Places where people gather to call upon the occupants of graves instead of Allah or seek their help, these are clear signs of Shirk. Likewise, people who openly invoke the dead, or the prophets, or Awliya (pious people) or idols or Jinn (creatures created from fire), these are clear signs of Shirk. They seek help from them, vow to them and slaughter sacrifices for them. It is obligatory to be cautious against this. Shirk has manifest signs, whether by invoking the dead, seeking their help at their graves, worshipping trees, stones, statues set at certain places for worship instead of Allah, invoking Jinn and seeking their help and similar acts. Also, a person who while at home, in a car on a plane say: "O master so and so, or O Prophet of Allah, make me victorious, or O master Al-Badawy support me, or O Husayn or O Hasan support me, or cure me of my disease, or O Shaykh `Abdul-Qadir Al-Jilany or so and so", all of this is major Shirk. We ask Allah to protect us.
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Q: What are the manifestations of Shirk (associating others with Allah in His Divinity or worship), whether through words or deeds, that are present in different communities? Please explain.
A: The manifestations of Shirk can either be through spoken words or actual actions. Places where people gather to call upon the occupants of graves instead of Allah or seek their help, these are clear signs of Shirk. Likewise, people who openly invoke the dead, or the prophets, or Awliya (pious people) or idols or Jinn (creatures created from fire), these are clear signs of Shirk. They seek help from them, vow to them and slaughter sacrifices for them. It is obligatory to be cautious against this. Shirk has manifest signs, whether by invoking the dead, seeking their help at their graves, worshipping trees, stones, statues set at certain places for worship instead of Allah, invoking Jinn and seeking their help and similar acts. Also, a person who while at home, in a car on a plane say: "O master so and so, or O Prophet of Allah, make me victorious, or O master Al-Badawy support me, or O Husayn or O Hasan support me, or cure me of my disease, or O Shaykh `Abdul-Qadir Al-Jilany or so and so", all of this is major Shirk. We ask Allah to protect us.
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