I would like to know some answers,No. 1 How many kind of shirk?
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Burhan,Assalamualaikum,I would like to know some answers,No. 1 How many kind of
shirk? No.2 What is the meaning or which prophet were said as ulul azam.No.3
Where was the last jihad of prophet Mohammed (S).No.4 Where was muslims first
did the hijrat?
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Shirk and olil azm prophets
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help
and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and
whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness
that there is no one (no idol, no person,
no grave, no prophet, no
imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone,
and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of
His Messengers.
Your Question-1: How many kind of
shirk?
‘Shirk’ or associating another in God-head with Allah,
has three main parts:
1. Shirk in Allah’s
Self
2. Shirk in Allah’s
Attributes
3. Shirk in Allah’s
Rights
Shirk in Allah’s
Self:
This would be if one were to claim that Allah has a
son, or has a mother, father, brothers,
sisters, family, children; or to claim
that someone or something originated Allah!
This is committing ‘shirk’ with Allah’s Self.
Shirk in Allah’s
Attributes:
Allah has declared 99 of His Noble Attributes in
the Glorious Quran, and Allah Alone
knows how many more there are. For
example, Allah is the ‘Al Aleem’ (The
All Knowing). He Alone is the All
Knowing, of the seen and the
unseen! If one believes anybody else of
His creation knows everything, or even
has the power to know everything, then one
would have wrongfully elevated someone to the position of Allah’s
Attributes, and this is a clear form of
shirk.
Similarly,
Allah is the ‘As Samee’ (The All Hearing). He Alone is the All Hearing… We humans can
only hear upto certain decibels; below that
limit we cannot hear, and above that
limit is unbearable! Allah Alone hears
everything… If one believes anybody else of His creation hears everything, or even has the power to hear
everything, then one would have
wrongfully elevated someone to the position of Allah’s Attributes, and this is again shirk.
Similarly,
Allah is the ‘Al Qader’ (The One who is Able to do all things). He Alone has the Power to do anything and
everything! If one believes that
anybody of His creation can do whatever they want, even when Allah does not permit him, this is shirk! Everything that happens in this world, needs Allah’s permission… only when He
permits, can a thing happen. To believe that somebody can hurt someone in
the unseen, or harm someone in the
unseen, without the permission of
Allah, is a clear form of Shirk.
Shirk in Allah’s
Rights:
The biggest Right of Allah is that being our
Creator and our Sustainer, He Alone
deserves our invocation and our worship.
This is absolutely the biggest Right of Allah. No one deserves that another bow down to him,
and pray to him, or call on him, to answer their prayers … This is the Sole
Right of Allah Alone. If anyone goes to
anybody, any person, any idol,
any grave, any shrine, anything… and invokes them in the unseen to
fulfill their prayers, or even to tell
them to take their supplication to Allah, etc
this is an absolute form of Shirk!
Allah Alone deserves that we pray to Him, call upon Him, serve Him,
sacrifice for Him, fear Him, obey His laws, follow His appointed Messengers, and unconditionally obey and follow the
commandments of His Revealed Book! If one
does any of the above for anybody else other than Allah, then it would constitute a clear
manifestation of Shirk.
‘Shirk’ is
the absolute single biggest sin in Islam,
which Allah has Himself promised in the Holy Quran never to forgive if
one were to die in that state! This sin
is so heinous and so monstrous, that
Allah has promised to forgive any of the sins of man, except this one sin!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah
Maidah verse 72:
Whoever commits ‘shirk’ (invoking
anything with Allah), Allah shall forbid
for him
Allah says in the Quran: Chapter 4 Surah An-Nisa
Verse 48
Shirk (associating other deities with Allah) is the
only sin that Allah does not forgive, and He forgives, whomsoever He pleases,
sins other than this. For whosoever
associates any other partner with Allah, does indeed forge a big lie and
commits the most heinous sin
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 39
Surah Zumar verse 65-66:
If you commit ‘shirk’ all your works will
be rendered vain and you will be among the losers. Therefore,
you should worship Allah Alone, and
be among His grateful servants.
All the Prophets of Allah who were ever sent warned
the believers to beware of this heinous sin of ‘shirk’, which renders all the deeds of man worthless
in the sight of Allah Subhanah.
Thus it becomes our duty to recognize and be aware
of ‘shirk’ and all the manifestations of this horrendous and grave sin. Allow me to just give you an example of what
constitutes ‘shirk’:
1. Bowing down to
anybody or anything other than Allah is shirk.
2. Bowing down to the
graves of any pious slaves of Allah, or one’s ancestors is shirk.
3. Bowing down to the
graves of even the Prophet (saws), Hadrat Ali (saws), Hadrat Fatema (saws),
etc. is shirk.
4. Believing that the
dead people in their graves can hear and answer our duas is shirk.
5. Believing that
anybody other than Allah can do us any harm in the unseen is shirk.
6. Believing that
anybody other than Allah can bring us some good in the unseen is shirk.
7. Believing that
anybody other than Allah knows everything is shirk.
8. Believing that
anybody other than Allah sees everything is shirk.
9. Believing that
anybody other than Allah listens to our prayers in the unseen is shirk.
10. Believing that
anybody other than Allah can help us in the unseen is shirk.
11. Believing that
anybody other than Allah can guide us is shirk.
12. Believing that
anybody can influence Allah to give us health is shirk.
13. Believing that
anybody can influence Allah to give us wealth is shirk.
14. Believing that
anybody can influence Allah to give us children is shirk.
15. Believing that
anybody can influence Allah to help us is shirk.
16. Believing that
anybody has any power with Allah is shirk.
17. Believing that
anybody has any power with Allah to take us out of the fire of Hell is shirk.
18. Believing that
anybody has any power with Allah on the Day of Judgement is shirk.
19. Believing that
anybody has any power to change the decision of Allah is shirk.
20. To worship anybody
with Allah is shirk.
21. To invoke anybody
with Allah is shirk.
22. To raise anybody to
the rank of Allah is shirk.
23. To give any of
Allah’s attributes to anybody else is shirk.
24. To believe that
anybody has the power to bring about any miracles on his own is shirk.
25. To go to somebody to
take our message or supplication to Allah is shirk.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 42
Surah Shura verse 11 (part):
11 ….there
is absolutely nothing whatsoever like unto Him (Allah)!
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 112
Surah Ikhlaas verse 4:
4 And there is absolutely none like unto Him (Allah)!
To associate any beings
or things whatsoever with, or compare any being or thing unto Allah is
‘shirk’! To share any of the noble
Attributes of Allah with anyone is ‘shirk’!
To invoke or worship anyone or anything with Allah is ‘shirk’!
The Glorious Quran is the Book which absolutely
details each and every manifestation of shirk and makes the readers aware of
what exactly is this most hated of crimes in the sight of Allah. It also details on how one has to avoid all the acts of
shirk, and believe, trust, follow, invoke
and worship none save the Lord of the Worlds, Allah Subhanah Alone.
Your Question-2: What is the
meaning or which prophet were said as ulul azam.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 46
Surah Ahqaaf verse 35:
35 Therefore (O Prophet (saws)) patiently persevere as did (all) Messengers
of ‘olil adhm’ (inflexible purpose); and be in no haste about the
(unbelievers). On the Day that they see
the (punishment) promised them (it will be ) as if they had not tarried more
than an hour in a single day. (Thine
but) to proclaim the Message: but shall any be destroyed except those who
transgress?
The literal meaning of the Quranic and Arabic term
‘Olil adhm’ is one who has great or unshakeable determination or one who
possesses absolutely inflexible purpose and resolve.
Although all the Prophets and Messengers of Allah
had great determination the ones amongst them who are specially recognized for
their ‘olil adhm’ are:
- Prophet
Nuh (a.s.)
- Prophet
Ibraheem (a.s.)
- Prophet
Moosa (a.s.)
- Prophet
Isa (a.s.)
- Prophet
Mohamed (saws).
Your Question-3: Where was the
last jihad of prophet Mohammed
History records that the last Jihad or ‘Ghazwa’
where the Messenger of Allah (saws) himself participated was the Expedition of
Tabuk.
Your Question-4: Where was muslims
first did the hijrat?
To save themselves from the atrocities and
oppression of the disbelieving Quraysh of Makkah, the Prophet (saws) permitted
a handful of believers under the leadership of Hadrat Jaafar ibn Abu Taalib
(r.a.) to migrate to the Christian kingdom of Abyssinia (Arabic=Habsha) in
present day Ethiopia.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due
to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and well
wisher in Islam,
Burhan