SHIRK (POLYTHEISM) Know, may Allah guide you to his obedience,that Haneefiyah is the religion of Ibraheem; that you worship Allah making the religion purely for Him. Allah says, “I (Allah) created not the Jinn and humans except that they should worship Me (Alone).” [Soorah add Dhariyaat(51):56] So, if you have acknowledged that Allah has created you for His worship then know that the worship is not called worship unless it is accompanied by Tawheed, just like Salaat cannot be called Salaat except with purification. If you recognize that when Shirk enters worship, it corrupts the worship, destroys all actions, and the doer is doomed to eternal fire, then you will (also) realize what is the most important matter for you(to learn). It is to learn this issue (i.e., Tawheed and Shirk) so that Allah purifies you from this snare of Shirk. Verily, Allah forgives not Shirk (i.e., associating partners with Him in worship), but He forgives except that (anything else) to whom He pleases. [Soorah an-Nisa (4): 48] Knowing Shirk comprises of knowing four principles that Allah has mentioned in His book; The First Foundation The disbelievers, whom the Messenger fought, affirmed that Allah is the Creator and Disposer of all affairs, yet their affirmation did not enter them into Islam and the proof of that is the saying of Allah,“Say, Who provides for you from the sky and from the earth?Or who owns your hearing and sight? And Who brings out the living from the dead and brings out the dead from the living? And who disposes the affairs?’They will say,Allah.”[SoorahYunus(10):31] TheSecondFoundation They (the Arab pagans) said, “We do not call upon them and turn towards them except to seek nearness and intercession (with Allah).” The proof of (the fact that they sought) nearness with Allah is, “Those who take awliya besides Him (say), We worship them only that they may bring us near to Allah. Verily, Allah will judge between them concerning that wherein they differ. Truly, Allah guides not him who is a liar, and a disbeliever.” [Soorah az-Zumar (39):3] Shafaah (intercession) is of two kinds, (i) The Forbidden Shafaah and (ii) The Affirmed Shafaah. The forbidden Shafaah is the one that is sought from other than Allah concerning a matter which only Allah is able to do and the proof is the Saying of Allah, “O you who believe, Spend of that with which We have provided for you, before a Day comes when there will be no bargaining, nor friendship, nor intercession. And it is the disbelievers who are the Dhalimoon (wrongdoers, etc.)” [Soorah al- Baqarah (2):254] The affirmed Shafaah is that which is sought from Allah, and the intercessor is honored with the intercession and the one on behalf of whom the intercession is sought is someone whose deeds and speech are pleasing to Allah, (all of these conditions should be fulfilled) after Allah has given the Permission for intercession as Allah says, “Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His Permission?...” [Soorah al-Baqarah (2): 255] Source [ Four Foundations of SHIRK Original book by Shaikhul-Islam Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab (d.1206 AH) Explanation by Shaikh Salih ibn Fawzan ibn Abdullah al-Fawzan Member of the Permanent Committee of Major Scholars Translated by Shawana A. Aziz]
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