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Bismillah! In this time of Trial & Tribulations the Ummah of RasoolAllah [saw] as been devided among warring sects. The fundamental cause of this dis-unity and spread of Ilhad [atheism] and biddati concepts is misunderstanding of the doctrine of Tawheed & Shirk.
My objective is to deal with the fundamental problem which is deviding the Ummah, once the foundation of all disputes is corrected, Inshallah the remaining disputes which are based on this will autometically be explained.
This article will Inshallah will be expanded to include the evidences for each form of Shirk from Quran & Sunnah.
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Definition Of Shirk according to Shariah: Joining a partner with Allah in absolute terms, to believe that Allah has a equale partner, who shares with Allah power on equal terms.
Shirk Of Attributes: A form of Shirk in which attributes of Allah are given to the CREATION of Allah.
Note: Seeing, Hearing, Knowing, Sustainer, etc: All are Attributes of Allah tallah, but the Makhlooq of Allah does share with Allah these ATTRIBUTES, and stating this fact does not mount to SHIRK. Allah tallah as out of His will as confered these Atributes to His creation, and the quantity of these Attributes differes from invidual to invidual as well as between Allah and His creation.
Attributes Of Allah & Their Qauntity:
Allah, Sees, Hears, Knows ALL, none is hidden from him NOT EVEN A ATOMS WEIGHT, He Sees ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING, He Hears ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING, He Knows PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE, ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING that has happened in these THREE TIME PERIODS. Allahs Seeing, Hearing, Knowing is absolute in every term, neither He makes mistake in judgement on WHAT HE SAW, HEARD, AND KNOWS, nor its part of His Attributes to make such mistakes. He is Perfect in every Attribute.
Attributes of Creation & And Their Limitations:
Creation’s attributes variy, some can see/hear more clearly then the other, some are blind/deaf, some become blind/deaf in old age, some become blind/deaf because of exidents. Their ability of “Knowing” is dependant on the five senses. With exception to Ambiyah {AS} Awliyah-Allah, depending upon their respected position, who are instructed by Wahi {Revelation} or ‘Ilm e Ladunvi’ {<—Urdu’nised rendering,”Divine Guidance” – Surah Al Kahf {18] Verse 65} as well as their five senses which they share with human beings and Jins etc;
Since the quantity of these attributes deppences on he organs which collect the information. Then relay this information to the brain for processing, and then brain determines the quantity, what it saw, heard, and how much it knows. Due to this fact human & Jin knowledge is deffective, incomplete.
What Consitute ‘Shirk Of Attributes’:
*{}* If X claims that He/She SEES everything – JUST LIKE ALLAH
*{}* If X claims that He/She HEARS everything – JUST LIKE ALLAH
*{}* If X claims that He/She KNOWS everything – JUST LIKE ALLAH
Or takes any Attribute of Allah and implies that X is equale with Allah in this Attribute, it would be Shirk Al Akhbar, which in other words results in KUFFR. Any creation if it takes the attribute of Allah which Allah shares with creation and implies that X is ABSOLUTELY EQUALE WITH Allah is this respect, such a person is MUSHRIK & KAFFIR.
It would not mount to Shirk, if a person states that I am seeing or he is seeing, because for it to be SHIRK the similarity has be ABSOLUTE, if there is similarity on PARTIAL basis its not shirk.
{} To make Haram a Halal is, SHIRK OF ATTRIBUTES / To make Halal a Haram is, SHIRK OF ATTRIBUTES :- This right is only with Allah. Who so ever declares a HALAL as HARAM, IS KAFFIR, MUSHRIK, FILTHY KAFFIR WORSE KAFFIR THEN A HINDU KAFFIR [Surah 9:31].
Example A: A individual was TO BELIEVE IN TOTAL/ABSOLUTE independace of Malik-ul-Maut from Allah authority OR holds to the beleife that Malik-Ul-Maut takes life of out of his own choice, such person commits Shirk of Attributes, such a person is KAFFIR.
{A person who believes that “Malik ul Maut” takes life of a person with the permissision of Allah, with power given by Allah is a Muslim, and such a individual holds to the correct beleife.}
Example B: ANYONE WHO BELIEVES THAT THESE MIRACLES WERE PERFOMED INDEPENDENT OF ALLAH’S GIVEN POWER AND AUTHORITY COMMIT SHIRK OF ATTRIBUTES SUCH A PERSON TOO IS KAFFIR.
{Correct beleife about the Miracles of the Prophets is that such as Musa [as] miracle of rope turning into a snake, Isa [as] bringing the birds of clay to life, and Prophet Muhammed [saw], the beloved messenger of Allah, splitting the moon, all were performed with the power and permission of Allah.}
Shirk Of Worship: To bow down to a CREATION of Allah with the intention of worshipping that creation.
*{}* BOWING DOWN TO IDOL WITH THE INTENTION OF WORSHIP.
*{}* BOWING DOWN TO A LIVING-PERSON / DEAD-PERSON WITH THE INTENTION OF WORSHIP.
*{}* BOWING TO ANY CREATION OF ALLAH WITH INTENTION OF WORSHIP.
*{}* CONSIDERING A CREATION OF ALLAH TO BE WORTHY OF WORSHIP
Important Note: Dear readers bare in mind that in reality there is no category of ‘SHIRK AL IBADAT’. Because in Shariah the Shirk is not determined by OUTER ACTIONS but by INTENTION/AQEEDAH which is in accordance with the HADITH OF Prophet {SAW} “Qullu Amalu Min’niyat …” {“Every Actions {of a beleiver} is to be determined on INTENTION …”} and every action of a KAFFIR IS TO BE DETERMINED ON HIS AQEEDAH.
In reality the Shirk Al Ibadaat does not exist, because once a KAFFIR, MUSHRIK, TAKES A OBJECT AS GOD OTHER THEN ALLAH, HE BECOMES MUSHRIK, WEATHER HE BOWS TO IT WITH INTENTION OF WORSHIP WILL NOT MATTER … BECAUSE THE ACTION DOESNT DETERMINE HIS AQEEDAH … THE AQEEDAH HE PROFESS DETERMINES HIS STATUS …thus he will be Mushrik even if he doesnt worship it or not. Shirk is not determined by looking at the actions of people, but its determined by the AQEEDAH WHICH THEY PROFESS.
This form Shirk is Kufar.
Shirk of Relations: A form of Shirk in which Allah is associated with partner.
*{}*In which Allah is Associated with Daughters.
*{}*In which Allah is Asscoiated with Parents.
*{}*In which Allah is Associated with Children.
This form of Shirk is KUFFAR.
Shirk of Pride: [Ar-Riya]- A form of Shirk in which a person takes pride because of certain acheivement.
This form of shirk is NOT KUFFAR.
Hidden “Shirk”: This form of Shirk, is of when a person UNINTENTIONALLY attributes with a X object, a attribute which is not its own [Zati] ATTRIBUTE, but it has been conferred [Atah/Atahi] to it by Allah. And that ATTRIBUTE remains in the control of Allah.
*{}* Its is said that knife cuts,
*{}* Its said that fire burns
{<>} Aqeedah of Ahlus Sunnah Wal-Jammah is that its not knives nature to cut, because had that been the case, then it would have cut Hazrat Ismail [as] when his father wished to sacrifise him in the cause of Allah.
{<>} Aqeedah of Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jammah is that fire does not burn because had the nature of fire been to burn it would have burnt Ibrahim [as] when he was thrown into the pit of fire by Mushriqeen.
Important Note: This definition of “Shirk” should not be used in connection with: Ambiyah [as], Awliyah-Allah [ra], Sahabah [rta], Muhammedur’RasoolAllah [saw], who so ever does so, has transgressed the boundaries of Quran and Sunnah. When reffering to this group of people make refference of it has Tawheed Al Akbar, say they believed that EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IS IN CONTROL OF ALLAH.
Ibrahim [as] believed that nothing happens without the will of Allah, Knife wont cut without the will of Allah, Ismail [as] believed that Knife will not until Allah wishes so. When Allah commanded the knife to cut, then Allah subsituted Ismail [as] with a lamb.
Ibrahim [as] was thrown in fire, he didn’t call on his relatives to save him from the burning fire, he sat in fire, and when Gibraeel [as] came to help, Ibrahim [as] said O Gibraeel [as] as Allah sent you or have you come out of your own choice, he replied out of my own choice. Then Ibrahim [as] told Gibraeel [as] then don’t assist me, its Allah’s decision. Allah ordered the fire to be COOL. This is Tawheed Al Akhbar.
Second Note: All excluding the above are included in this definition of shirk. This form of “shirk” is neither KUFFAR nor offensive in anyway, because its part of our fitrah. Allah does not hold us accountable for whats our Fitrah, but we are only accountable which are can be controlled by us.
{<>} Its quite dangerous to clasify this as “shirk”. I seek reffuge in Allah from misguidance of Iblis. O Allah I seek your forgiveness if I be the cause of Fitna or play a part in someone being mislead.
IMPORTANT NOTE: There is a verse in the Quran which states that RasoolAllah [saw] rejection is rejection of all the prophets [cant recall the passage in the Quran] that came before him. How can rejection of one Rasool [saw] be reject of all the Messengers that had come before him? Answer is very simple prophets had brought different Sharia, which suited to the conditions of a nation and those who acted upon this Shariah indeed fallowed the Shariah of the all former Messengers [as]. And the difference in the Shriah of RasoolAllah [saw] would not mean that those people who adhered to the Sharia of former Prophets rejected the Shariah of RasoolAllah [saw]. But all PROPHETS had brought one thing which was unchanged throught ages from ADAM [as] to the time of Muhammed [SAW], and that is the understanding of “Tawheed & Shirk”. In this context one who rejects the message of Tawheed [Shirk] given by RasoolAllah [saw] has rejected all the Prophets. Because every prophet was sent by Allah to take people back to the very reason for which Allah created us, His Worship. Without sound understanding of Allah’s Attributes, and without understanding fundamentals of Tawheed the worship of Allah would have been vain. Therefore Allah sent Prophets/Messengers to distinguish between Tawheed & Shirk and then commonded them to teach their fallowers ways of worship of Allah. Therefore the fundamental message of all Prophets/Messengers was TAWHEED, rejection of RasoolAllah’s [saw] Tawheedi message, would mount to rejecting all the Prophets/Messengers that had come before him.
Definition of Shirk does not change according to time. What WAS shirk at the beginning of the creation WILL REMAIN shirk till the DAY OF JUDGEMENT, because Allah does not change, He remains One and will remain One. The ihkaam which He has subjected His Creation to, will change. Halal will become haram, haram will become halal according to particular situation of a people, but this change of ihkaam, will not be in the regards to the understanding of “Shirk & Tawheed”. One who believes that definition of Shirk was improved upon by Allah attributes ignorance to Allah, and such a person is KAFFIR.
Muhammed Ali
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