As we know , in this catergory of Shirk , acts of worship are directed to other than God and the reward for worship is sought ( researched) from the creation ( people) instead of the Creator. Shirk in al 'Ibaadah has two main aspects. A) Ash-Shirk al Akbar ( Major Shirk ) This form of shirk occurs when any act or worship is directed to other than Allah.It represents the most obvious form of idolatry which the Prophets were specificially sent by Allah to call the masses of mankind away from. Allah states :" Surely we have sent to every nation a messenger saying to worship Allah and to avoid taaghoot ( false gods) ( Surat an-Nahl ) ( 16:36) What actually is the meaning of Taaghot? Taghoot means anything which is worshipped along with Allah or instead of Allah. Love , as an example, is a form of worship which in its perfection , must be only directed to Allah. In Islaam , the love of God is expressed by total obedience to Him. It is not the type of love which man naturally feels toward creation , towards , parents , food and so on. If we were meant to direct that type of love to Allah it would mean that we lower God to the level of His creation which is Shirk in Asmaa was Sifaat. For that , Allah told the Prophet to tell the believers : " Say : If you love Allah , follow me and Allah will love you" ( Surat al Imraan (3:31) The Prophet also told his companions " None of you is a true believer untill I become more beloved to him than his child , his father and the whole mankind" ( Reported by Anas and collected by al Bukhari ( Sahih al Bukhari) But , how is the love expressed to our Prophet ? by total obedience to his commands because love of the Prophet is not based on his humanity but on the divine origin of his message. and He said " Whoever obeys the Messenger has obeyed Allah" ( Surat an Nisaa(4:80) If a man allows the love of anything or anyone to come between himself and Allah , then he has worshipped that thing , as if someone love Money too much to the point of becoming one's god or even one's desires could become a god. The Prophet ( peace be upon him ) said , " Worshipper of the dirham will always be miserable" ( Reported by Al Bukhari) and Allah said in the Qu'ran " Have you not seen the one who takes his desires as his god"? ( Surat al Furqaan ( 25:43) Meaning that the person who love money , do everything on the bases of money , thinking from money in all his actions. This is the reason we should revise and ask ourselves of our emotions to Allah are lower , equals or increased to His creations. Talking of which , Major shirk represents the greatest act of rebellion against our Lord , and thus is placed as the ultimate sin. This sin is so great to the point of canceling out all good a person may do and guarantees its doer eternal damnation in Hell. Hence , false religions is based primarily on this form of shirk. B) Ash-Shirk al Asghar ( Minor Shirk) Mahmood ibn Lubayd reported that Allah's Apostle said : " The things i fear for you the most is the minor shirk. The companion asked " O Messenger of Allah , what is the minor shirk ?" He replied " Ar Riyaa ( showing off) , for verily Allah will say on the Day of Resurrection when people are recieving their rewards " Go to those for whom you were showming off in the material world and see if you can find any reward from them " The Prophet also said " O people , beware of secret shirk ! people asked " what is the secreat shirk O messenger of Allah ?" He answered " When a man gets up to pray and strives to beautify his prayer because people are looking at him , that is shirk" ( collected by Ibn Khuzaymah) The real question is , what is Riyaa'? Riyaa' is a practice of performing any of the various forms of worship in order to be seen and praised by people and brings on the one who commits it a serious punishment. Why is it dangerous? Because is it natural for man to desire and enjoy the praised of others. In fact , the likelihood that knowledgeable true believers would commit Major Shirk is small since its pitfalls ( traps) are so obvious compared to Riyaa' because the chance of commiting it is great as it's so hidden. It only involves the simple act of changing one's intention. Ibn 'Abbas alluded " Shirk is more hidden than a black ant creeping on a black stone in the middle of a moonless night" What a comparison ! But , thanks to the beautiful and complete teachings of Islaam , a series of du'aas ( informal prayers) have also been prescribed by the Prophet before and after all natural habits such as : eating , going to the toilet , drinking ,sleeping ..... for which reason? In order to turn these everyday habits into acts of worship and develop in Muslims a keen awareness of Allah , this awareness is called "Taqwaa" which insures the remains of pure intentions To give you an example , calling someone a " martyr" is like saying that they are going to Paradise , whereas we absolutely don't know if they fought for the spoil or not , exept if the Prophet Muhammad ( peace be upon him) mentionned names of who's going to Paradise or Hellfire though Revelation. This is the reason why we don't have the right to say these kinds of things. As well as saying that people of Good who were righetous as Mother Theresa goes to Hell because she served Jesus instead of Allah and died in this state. We cannot say that she will forever be in Hell , Allah knows only The Prophet devided protection against the inevitable acts of shirk by teaching certain specific prayers which may be said anytime " Abu Moosa said : " One day Allah's Messenger delivered a sermon , saying " O people , fear shirk for it is more hidden than the creeping of an ant" Those whom Allah wished asked , " and how do we avoit it when it is more hidden than the creeping of an ant ?" He replied : " Say : Allahumma innaa na'oodhu bika an nushrika bika shy'an na'lamuh wa nastaghfiruka limaa la na'lamuh ( O Allah , we seek refuge in You from knowingly comminting shirk with You and we ask Your forgiveness for what we do it unknowingly" How is our religion detailed and full <3 !
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