Covered in this lesson:

• Question 46 – What is Shirk Akbar (Major Shirk)? – and its answer.
• Question 47 – What is Shirk Asghar (Minor Shirk)? – and its answer.

• Text of the answers by Shaykh Haafidh Al-Hakamee and explanation from Shaykhs ‘Uthaymeen and Najmi (rahimahumullaah).
• How Shirk Akbar is committed by a servant.
• Texts from the Qur’an showing the tremendous sin of Major Shirk and its consequences; [4:48], [4:116], [5:72], [22:31].
• The three categories of people mentioned towards the beginning of Surah al-Baqarah.
• The two types of Shirk.
• Obedience to other than Allaah which entails disobedience to Allaah is not always disbelief.
• How Shirk Asghar is committed by a servant.
• Minor Shirk doesn’t expel a person from Islam.

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Lesson 23.mp3