First Greater Sin: Shirk (Polytheism) ________________________________________ Shirk (Polytheism: To associate anyone or anything with Allah (S.w.T.)) The first of the Greater Sins is to associate anyone or anything with Allah (S.w.T.). That is to attribute partners to Allah (S.w.T.). Regarding Shirk we have received clear traditions from the Holy Prophet (S) as well as Hazrat ‘Ali (a.s.), Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.), Imam al-Kadhim (a.s.), Imam Riďa (a.s.) and Imam Jawad (a.s.). Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) says: “The greatest of the Greater Sins is to attribute partners to Allah.” (Wasa’il ul-Shia) The following verse of the Holy Qur’an asserts: “Surely Allah does not forgive that anything should be associated with him, and forgives what is besides that to whomsoever He pleases, and whoever associates anything with Allah, he devises indeed a great sin.” (Surah an-Nisā’ 4:48) “Surely whoever associates (others) with Allah, then Allah has forbidden to him the garden, and his abode is the fire; and there shall be no helpers for the unjust.” (Surah al-Mā’ida 5:72) “Do not associate aught with Allah; most surely polytheism is a grievous inequity.” (Surah Luqmān 31:13). “And whoever associates anything with Allah, he devises indeed a great sin.” (Surah an-Nisā’ 4:48) “And worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him.” (Surah an-Nisā’ 4:36) “Say (O Muhammad): All is from Allah.” (Surah an-Nisā’ 4:78) “Certainly they disbelieve who say, ‘Surely Allah is the third (person) of Three’; and there is no god but One God.” (Surah al-Mā’ida 5:73) Idol Worship is Polytheism Some people allege that there are separate gods for every phenomenon. That is, god of wind, god of sea, etc. This is another form of Polytheism. These people consider different creations to be the handiwork of different gods. These idolaters and polytheists worship multiple deities. Their polytheistic belief has also been denounced in the Holy Qur’an: “Are sundry lords better or Allah, the One, the Supreme?” (Surah Yūsuf 12:39) “O men! you are they who stand in need of Allah. And Allah is He who is self-sufficient, the praised one.” (Surah Fāt’ir 35:15) “Did he not know that Allah had destroyed before him the generations who were mightier in strength than he, and Greater in assemblage?” (Surah al-Qaŝaŝ 28:78) Later, we see that Qarūn was not able to save himself from destruction even though he claimed to possess strength and power. Thus we must understand that any qualities of the creatures are not of their own but given to them by the Most Powerful Almighty Allah. “Allah is He who created seven Heavens, and of the earth the like of them; the decree continues to descend among them, that you may know that Allah has power over all things and that Allah indeed encompasses all things in (His) knowledge.” (Surah at-Talāq 65:12) “And the stars are made subservient by His commands.” (Surah an-Nahl 16:12) “And most surely there is a lesson for you in cattle; We give to drink of what is in their bellies from betwixt the faeces and the blood -pure milk, easy and agreeable to swallow for those who drink.” (Surah an-Nahl 16:66) “Say: All is from Allah..” (Surah an-Nisā’ 4:78) “Say, if the sea were ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would surely be consumed before the words of my Lord are exhausted, though we were to bring the like of that (sea) to add thereto.” (Surah al-Kahf 18:109) “And if you count Allah’s favours, you will not be able to number them; most surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” (Surah an-Nahl 16:18) “And if Allah should afflict you with harm, then there is none to remove it but He, and if He intends good to you there is none to repel His grace; He brings it to whom He pleases of His servants; and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.” (Surah Yūnus 10:107) At another place the Qur’an says, “And whatever favour is (bestowed) on you, it is from Allah...” (Surah an-Nahl 16:53) Thus, it is clear from the above discussion that all that is present in the material and the ethereal spheres is subservient to Allah (S.w.T.). “There is no one in the heavens and the earth but will come to the Beneficient God as a servant.” (Surah Maryam 19:93) ever if this journey would cause the anger of one’s parents, it is a journey of sin and during this journey one has to pray Salāt as complete (not Qasr) and also observe the obligatory fasts. Obedience of the Husband is Wajib Upon the Wife The Almighty Allah (S.w.T.) and the Holy Prophet (S) have commanded the wife to obey her husband. The Holy Qur’an informs, “Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded.” (Surah an-Nisā’ 4:34)
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