The Concept of Shirk

 The Concept of Shirk,
[A5] Booklet - 21 pages,
by Manazir al-Islam Prof Saeed Ahmed Asad,
English Translation by Sajid Younis.




Description :  The Concept of Shirk :


Today, some people, who obviously have no fear of Allah, accuse the simple Muslim of Shirk. This is in spite of the fact that Islam and Shirk are two opposing and mutually exclusive phenomenon - Islam came to seek out the roots of Shirk! Further, just as committing Shirk is a major crime, falsely accusing a Muslim of Shirk is also a severe crime.


 
The Beloved Prophet, Salla Allahu 'alayhi wa Sallam, said "Verily, I fear about a man from you who will read the Qur'an so much that his face will become enlightened and he will come to personify Islam. This will continue until Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, desires. Then these things will be taken away from him when he will disregard them by putting them all behind him and will attack his neighbour with the sword accusing him of Shirk.



The Prophet, Salla Allahu 'alayhi wa Sallam, was asked - which of the two was commuting Shirk - the attacker or the attacked. The Prophet, Salla Allahu 'alayhi wa Sallam, replied - the attacker (the one accusing the other of Shirk). The classification of this Hadith is Jayyid. (_{Tafsir ibn Kathir; Vol.2 p265, Amjid Academy, Lahore Pakistan})

 

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Rendered into English by Mawlana Sajid Younus