What Is Shirk? The Definition of Shirk in Islam | Shaykh Dr. Salih al-Fawzan

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What is shirk in Islam, and how is shirk defined? In this short explanation, the Shaykh gives a clear and concise definition of shirk: calling upon other than Allah alongside Allah. He explains that dua, prayer, vows, and every other form of worship must be devoted exclusively to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. This beneficial explanation clarifies the meaning of shirk in Islam, the importance of Tawhid, and why all acts of worship belong to Allah alone. Topics covered: • What is shirk? • The definition of shirk in Islam • Calling upon other than Allah • Dua as an act of worship • Prayer and vows to Allah • Tawhid and worshipping Allah alone • The meaning of shirk and Tawhid ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ The methodology of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jamaah: The outward ruling is based exclusively on statements and actions. Matters of the heart are only considered in punishment and the final judgment, in this world by the judge and in the Hereafter by Allah. ✍️ Al-Hafidh Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (d. 852H) in Fath al-Bari (12/272), transmitting consensus: وكلهم أجمعوا على أن أحكام الدنيا على الظاهر، والله يتولى السرائر “THEY ALL UNANIMOUSLY AGREED that worldly rulings are based upon what is outwardly apparent, while Allah alone takes charge of what lies within.” End Quote ✍️ Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728H) said in As-Sarim al-Maslul (2/339): فمن قال أو فعل ما هو كفر, كفر بذلك، وإن لم يقصد أن يكون كافرًا، إذ لا بقصد الكفر أحدّ إلًّا ما شاء الله. “Whoever says or does that which is kufr, then he becomes a kafir by that itself, even if he did not intend to become a disbeliever, for no one intends kufr except whom Allah wills.” End Quote ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✦ Authentic and True — From the Scholars to You ✦ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #Islam #Muslim #Islamic #Allah #Quran #Sunnah #IslamicReminder #IslamicVideos #IslamicShorts #MuslimTikTok #Dawah #IslamicKnowledge #IslamicLecture #IslamicTeachings #IslamicQuotes #IslamicReminderDaily #Tawheed #Tawhid #Aqeedah #Salafi #Salafiyyah #Shirk #Dua #Worship #IslamicMonotheism #IslamicStudies #SeekingKnowledge #MuslimReminder #IslamicEducation #IslamicContent