The Sin of Idolatry

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الْكَبِيرَةُ الْأُولَى الشِّرْكُ بِاللَّهِ

The First Major Sin: Associating partners with Allah.

فَأَكْبَرُ الْكَبَائِرِ الشِّرْكُ بِاللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَهُوَ نَوْعَانِ

The greatest of the major sins is associating partners with Allah the Exalted, and it is of two types.

أَحَدُهُمَا أَنْ يَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَيَعْبُدَ غَيْرَهُ مِنْ حَجَرٍ أَوْ شَجَرٍ أَوْ شَمْسٍ أَوْ قَمَرٍ أَوْ نَبِيٍّ أَوْ شَيْخٍ أَوْ نَجْمٍ أَوْ مَلَكٍ أَوْ غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ

One of them is to set up for Allah an equal and worship something else, such as a stone, tree, sun, moon, prophet, saint, star, angel, or anything else.

وَهَذَا هُوَ الشِّرْكُ الْأَكْبَرُ الَّذِي ذَكَرَهُ اللَّهُ

And this is the major shirk that Allah mentioned.

قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَنْ يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَلِكَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ

Allah the Exalted said: 'Indeed, Allah does not forgive associating partners with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills.'

وَقَالَ تَعَالَى إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ

And He said: 'Indeed, shirk is a great injustice.'

وَقَالَ تَعَالَى إِنَّهُ مَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدْ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَأْوَاهُ النَّارُ

And He said: 'Indeed, whoever associates partners with Allah, Allah has forbidden Paradise for him, and his abode is the Fire.'

وَالْآيَاتُ فِي ذَلِكَ كَثِيرَةٌ

And the verses concerning this are numerous.

فَ مَنْ أَشْرَكَ بِاللَّهِ ثُمَّ مَاتَ مُشْرِكًا فَهُوَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ قَطْعًا

So whoever associates partners with Allah and then dies as a polytheist, he is certainly among the companions of the Fire.

كَمَا أَنَّ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَاتَ مُؤْمِنًا فَهُوَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنْ عُذِّبَ بِالنَّارِ

Just as whoever believes in Allah and dies as a believer is among the companions of Paradise, even if he is punished by the Fire.