Islam: Questions And Answers - Polytheism (Shirk) and Its Different Forms

218 Pages·2003·1.93 MB·English

by  Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman

ISLAM: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Polytheism (Shirk) and
Its Different Forms
Volume 5 of a Series of Islamic Books
by
Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman
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Islam: Questions And Answers
Volume 5
Polytheism (Shirk) and Its Different Forms
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Islam: Questions And Answers
Volume 5
Polytheism (Shirk) and Its Different Forms
Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman
BSc, DipHE
MSA
Publication
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© Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman, 2003
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Contents
Introduction ..............................................................................1
Chapter 1...................................................................................3
Polytheism (Shirk) and its different forms...........................3
33844: Regarding some sounds when leaving
as being bad luck.............................................................3
45694: What did the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) mean by
“No contagion (‘adwa)”? ................................................6
48993: Ruling on one who asks someone
other than Allaah for children, or to increase
his provision and not reduce it ......................................11
44730: When is slaughtering for someone
other than Allaah regarded as shirk?.............................13
34575: Seeking help from anyone other
than Allaah is shirk........................................................19
34817: What is the true meaning of shirk
and what are its types? ..................................................22
34501: Swearing by something other than
Allaah, such as one’s father or leader, or on
one’s honour and status.................................................33
9359: Showing off (riya) in worship.............................34
27192: Commentary on the hadeeth
“Bad omens are to be found in a woman,
a house and a horse”......................................................36
33842: Ruling on regarding numbers as
lucky or unlucky............................................................43
20642: Does committing a sin openly
put a person beyond the pale of Islam?.........................47
1741: Saying “Yaa Rasool Allaah”................................49
9410: Kinds of speech that we must
refrain from ...................................................................53
20207: He made an amulet with Qur’aanic
verses for his wife to wear ............................................59
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13769: Prostrating to the Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
constitutes disbelief in Allaah (kufr).............................61
Chapter 2.................................................................................66
Polytheism (Shirk) and its different forms.........................66
21524: Can the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) hear those
who call upon him when he is in his grave? .................66
13490: Praying at graves and the conditions
of intercession ...............................................................70
13245: Ruling on making fun of the hijab ....................75
10397: Making fun of some aspects of
the Sunnah.....................................................................77
21394: Ruling on praying in a mosque in
which there is a grave....................................................78
26284: Ruling on seeking blessing from
righteous people ............................................................80
26312: Ruling on building mosques over
graves ............................................................................81
22445: Astrology vs. astronomy....................................85
22292: Regarding a ringing in the ears as
a good or bad omen.......................................................88
21316: Chain letter telling lies about Zaynab ...............89
22303: Singing the Qur’aan is apostasy........................93
13631: Bad attitude of some writers towards
Allaah, may He be exalted ............................................94
13659: Ruling on one who rules by something
other than that which Allaah has revealed.....................95
12930: Islamic ruling on those who mock
the signs of Allaah and sing verses from
the Qur’aan....................................................................96
10543: Ruling on amulets and hanging
them up; do amulets ward off the evil eye
and hasad (envy)?........................................................103
Chapter 3...............................................................................114
Polytheism (Shirk) and its different forms.......................114
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11402: Du’aa’ is to be made to Allaah alone...............114
10095: A person’s believing his haraam
action to be permitted is not always a
condition for denouncing him as a kaafir....................119
8928: Is it permissible to call upon a dead
wali (“saint”) or Hazrat ‘Ali........................................121
13019: It is not permissible to swear by
salaah (prayer) or by honesty.......................................124
10083: Seeking blessing from scholars
and righteous people, and their relics..........................126
12811: The misguidance of those who
believe that kufr only means disbelief.........................130
11309: The kufr of those who rule by
man-made laws............................................................131
10045: Ruling on seeking barakah (blessing)
from the relics of the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him)................................132
10029: Is it permissible to give the reward
of an action to someone who offered sacrifices
to someone other than Allaah out of ignorance?.........134
10011: Ruling on travelling to visit the grave
of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) ...............................................................135
7431: Seeking healing from mineral waters
and slaughtering lambs at that spot.............................137
8034: The meaning of “The bonds of Islam
will be undone one by one”.........................................140
9438: Ruling on the Husseiniyahs of the
Raafidis and the sacrifices which are offered
on these occasions.......................................................145
10428: Bowing to anyone other than Allaah
is haraam .....................................................................148
11226: The one who offers sacrifices to the
jinn is not a Muslim ....................................................149
11233: Referring to the International Court
of Justice .....................................................................150
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11998: Putting items that one wants to keep
safe at the tombs of awliyaa’ (“saints”) so
that they will guard them.............................................153
10300: The atheist who does good deeds is
worse than the one who kills his mother and
takes care of dogs........................................................154
11114: Asking the help of the jinn to find
out about a sickness.....................................................156
10518: Ruling on seeking the help of the jinn ............157
11282: You are not free ...............................................160
10289: Is this durood shirk?........................................161
8291: Ruling on going to astrologers and
believing them.............................................................163
7222: Prohibition of images and erecting
statues, and the effect this has on ‘aqeedah.................165
Chapter 4...............................................................................174
Polytheism (Shirk) and its different forms.......................174
7961: Her mother told her that a fortune-teller
said that her marriage will be miserable! ....................174
1079: He got angry and cursed the pen and
paper............................................................................178
6484: Why is it not permissible to stand to
salute the flag? ............................................................178
1074: Ruling on swearing by the Prophet
peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)...............179
1439: Asking Allaah by the virtue of So
and so ..........................................................................180
5952: Complaining to created beings (i.e.,
other people)................................................................181
4044: Referring for judgement to a kaafir
judge or an imaam who, although wise, is
not a scholar ................................................................182
2538: Ruling on horoscopes........................................185
2742: Seeking the help of other people at
times of need ...............................................................186
6667: Will good deeds avail a person anything
if he dies as a kaafir?...................................................187
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3431: When does obedience to a created
being become shirk akbar?..........................................189
974: The kufr of one who rules according to
other than what Allaah revealed..................................191
3297: Tawassul: Islamic vs. bid’ah .............................197
583: Priest who uses Islam this site for reference.......202
501: Do Muslims worship Muhammad (peace
and blessings of Allah be upon him)...........................203
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