‫مناذج من الشرك والكفر املنتشر بني الناس‬

Examples of shirk and kufr which are

spread among the people

‘The knots of Islām will be untied knot for knot if someone grows up in
Islām who does not know al-jāhiliyyah.’

(’Umar Ibn Al-Khattāb)

Al-Aqeedah
 Examples of shirk and kufr of today

‫❶ إعتقاد النفع والضر يف غري هللا من األحجار واألشجار واألولياء‬

Believing that someone else than Allāh can benefit or harm, among stones, trees and
righteous men (and other things).

:‫والدليل قوله تعاىل‬

And the evidence is His – the Exalted – words:

} ‫يع الْ َعلِ ُيم‬ ِ َّ ‫ضراً والَ نَ ْفعاً واّلل هو‬

ُ ‫السم‬ َ ُ ُ‫َ ه‬ َ ‫ك لَ ُك ْم َ ه‬
ِ ِ ‫ون‬
ُ ‫اّلل َما الَ َيَْل‬ ِ ِ
‫{ قُ ْل أَتَ ْعبُ ُدو َن من ُد ه‬
“Say: ‘Do you worship besides Allāh that which holds for you no harm or benefit? And
Allāh is the Hearing and the Knowing.’” (Al-Māidah 5:76)

،‫❷ اختاذ وسائط وشفعاء من دون هللا‬

Taking intermediaries and intercessors besides Allāh.

:‫والدليل قوله تعاىل‬

And the evidence is His – the Exalted – words:

َ‫اّللَ َِِا ال‬ ِ ‫ند‬ ِ ِ ‫ون‬ِ ِ

‫اّلل قُ ْل أَتُنَ بِهُُو َن ه‬
‫ضُّرُه ْم َوالَ يَن َفعُ ُه ْم َويَ ُقولُو َن َه ُؤالء ُش َف َع ُاؤ ََن ع َ ه‬
ُ َ‫اّلل َما الَ ي‬
‫{ َويَ ْعبُ ُدو َن من ُد ه‬
ِ ‫ات َوالَ ِيف األ َْر‬
} ‫ض ُسْب َحانَهُ َوتَ َع َاىل َع َّما يُ ْش ِرُكو َن‬ ِ ‫السماو‬ ِ
َ َ َّ ‫يَ ْعلَ ُم يف‬
”And they worship besides Allāh things that harm them not, nor benefit them, and they
say: ‘These are our intercessors with Allāh.’ Say: ‘Do you inform Allāh of that which He
knows not in the heavens and on the earth?’ Glorified and Exalted be He above all that
which they associate as partners with Him.” (Yūnus 10:18)

.‫ وغريها‬،‫ والدعاء والذبح والنذر والطواف‬،‫ كاحملبة واخلوف والتعظيم‬،‫❸ التوجه ابلعبادة لغري هللا‬

Turning in worship to something else than Allāh. Such as loving, fearing, exalting, invoking,
slaughtering, making vows, making tawāf and other than these.

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:‫قال عز وجل‬

Allāh the Mighty and Majestic said:

َِّ ‫ب‬ َ ُّ‫اّللِ أَنْ َداداً ُُِيب‬ ِ ‫َّخ ُذ ِمن د‬

ِ ‫َّاس من ي ت‬ ِ
} ‫اّلل‬ ‫وَنُْم َك ُح ِه‬ َّ ‫ون‬ ُ ْ َ ْ َ ِ ‫{ َوم َن الن‬
“And of mankind are some who take (for worship) others besides Allāh as rivals
(to Allāh). They love them as they love Allāh.” (Al-Baqarah 2:165)

.‫شاهد‬
َ ‫وتتمثل هذه األنواع يف الواقع يف املتصوفة الذي يعكفون على عبادة القبور واألضرحة كما هو ُم‬
And these types of worship occurs today among the Sūfī who remain devoted to the
worship of the graves and monuments, as it can be witnessed today.

،‫ كتشريع القوانني واللوائح والتنظيمات واألحكام اليت مل أيذن هبا هللا ومل ينزل هبا سلطانه‬،‫❹ الشرك يف التشريع واحلكم‬

Shirk in legislation and judgment. Such as the legislation of manmade laws, regulations and
systems, and the judgments for which Allāh has not sent down His authority for.

:‫قال تعاىل‬

The Exalted said:

} ‫ني‬ِِ ُّ ‫ْم إِالَّ ِهّللِ يَ ُق‬ ْ ‫{ إِ ِن‬

َ ‫احلَ َّق َوُه َو َخ ْريُ الْ َفاصل‬
ْ ‫ص‬ ُ ‫احلُك‬
“The judgment is only for Allāh. He declares the truth, and He is the Best of judges.”
(Al-An'ām 6:57)

:‫وقال عز وجل‬

And He – the Mighty and Majestic – said:

ِِ
َ ‫{ َوال يُ ْش ِرُك ِيف ُحكْمه أ‬
} ً‫َحدا‬
“And He makes none to share in His Judgment.” (Al-Kahf 18:26)

:‫وقال تعاىل‬

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And He – the Exalted – said:

ِِ ِ ِ َّ ‫{ أ َْم ََلُْم ُشَرَكاء َشَرعُوا ََلُم ِهم َن ال هِدي ِن َما َملْ َأيْ َذن بِِه‬
َ ‫ص ِل لَ ُقض َي بَْي نَ ُه ْم َوإِ َّن الظَّالم‬
‫ني ََلُْم‬ ْ ‫اّللُ َولَ ْوال َكل َمةُ الْ َف‬
} ‫اب أَلِ ٌيم‬ ٌ ‫َع َذ‬
“Or have they partners (false gods) with Allāh, who have instituted for them a religion
which Allāh has not allowed. And had it not been for a decisive Word (gone forth
already), the matter would have been judged between them. And verily, for the
dhālimūn (polytheists and wrong-doers), there is a painful torment.” (Ash-Shūrā 42:21)

،‫❺ الشرك يف الطاعة ابإلتباع والقبول واالنقياد لتشريعات غري هللا‬

Shirk in obedience by following, accepting and submitting to other legislations than the
Legislation of Allāh.

:‫قال سبحانه وتعاىل‬

He – the Glorified and Exalted – said:

ِ ‫ون اّللِ والْم ِسيح ابن مرََي وما أ ُِمرواْ إِالَّ لِي عب ُدواْ إِلَهاً و‬
ِ ِ
‫احداً َّال إِلَهَ إَِّال‬ َ ُْ َ ْ ‫{ َّاختَ ُذواْ أ‬
ُ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ‫َحبَ َارُه ْم َوُرْهبَ َاَنُْم أ َْرَابابً همن ُد ه‬
} ‫ُه َو ُسْب َحانَهُ َع َّما يُ ْش ِرُكو َن‬
“They have taken their scholars and monks as lords besides Allāh, and also the Masīh,
the son of Maryam. And they were not commanded except to worship one God; there is
no-one worthy of worship besides Him. Exalted is He above whatever they associate
with Him as partners.” (At-Tawbah 9:31)

‫ اي عدي اطرح هذا الوثن من‬: ‫أتيت النيب صلى هللا عليه وسلم و يف عنقي صليب من ذهب فقال‬: ‫عن عدى ابن حامت‬
ِ ‫ون‬
‫اّلل ) حىت فر‬ ِ ِ َّ ‫ فطرحته فانتهيت اليه و هو يقرأ سورة براءة فقرأ هذه اآلية‬،‫عنقك‬
‫َحبَ َارُه ْم َوُرْهبَ َاَنُْم أ َْرَابابً همن ُد ه‬
ْ ‫(اختَ ُذواْ أ‬
‫ أليس ُيرمون ما أحل هللا فتحرمونه و ُيلون ما حرم هللا فتستحلونه ؟ قلت بلى قال‬: ‫ اَن لسنا نعبدهم فقال‬:‫منها فقلت‬
.‫ فتلك عبادهتم‬:

From ’Adī ibn Hātim: “I came to the Messenger of Allāh (sallAllāhu alayhi wa sallam) and on my
neck was a cross of gold. So he said: ‘O ’Adī, remove that idol from your neck.’ So I removed it. I went
to him and he was reading sūrah al-Barā’ah, and he read this verse:

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ِ‫ون اّلل‬
ِ ِ
ْ ‫َّاختَ ُذواْ أ‬
‫َحبَ َارُه ْم َوُرْهبَ َاَنُْم أ َْرَابابً همن ُد ه‬
“They have taken their scholars and monks as lords besides Allāh.” (At-Tawbah 9:31)

Until he was finished with it, so I said: ‘We verily do not worship them.’ So he said: ‘Do they not
forbid that which Allāh has allowed and then you also forbid it? And they allow that which Allāh has
forbidden and then you also allow it?’ I said: ‘Yes, verily.’ He said: ‘Then that is the worship of
them.’”

(Sunan At-Tirmidhī)

،‫❻ حتكيم القوانني الوضعية بدالً من شريعة رب الربية‬

Arbitration with the manmade laws instead of the Law of the Lord of the creation.

:‫قال تعاىل‬

The Exalted said:

ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫{ أَفَغَري‬
} ً‫صل‬ َ َ‫اّلل أَبْتَغي َح َكماً َوُه َو الَّذي أَنََزَل إِلَْي ُك ُم الْكت‬
َّ ‫اب ُم َف‬ ‫َْ ه‬
“Shall I seek a judge other than Allāh while it is He Who has revealed the Book (The
Qurān) to you, explained in detail?” (Al-An'ām 6:114)

:‫وقال عز وجل‬

And He – the Mighty and Majestic – said:

} ‫اّللِ ُحكْماً لهَِق ْوٍم يُوقِنُو َن‬ ِ

‫َح َس ُن م َن ه‬
ِ ِ ِ ْ ‫{ أَفَحكْم‬
ْ ‫اْلَاهليَّة يَْب غُو َن َوَم ْن أ‬ َ ُ
“Do they then seek the judgement of (the Days of) Ignorance? And who is better in
judgement than Allāh for a people who have firm Faith.” (Al-Māidah 5:50)

:‫وقال عز وجل‬

And He – the Mighty and Majestic – said:

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} ‫ك ُه ُم الْ َكافُِرو َن‬

َ َُِ‫اّللُ فَأ ُْول‬ ِ
َ ‫{ َوَمن َّملْ َُْي ُكم َِا أ‬
‫َنزَل ه‬
“And whosoever does not judge by what Allāh has revealed, such are the kāfirūn
(disbelievers).” (Al-Māidah 5:44)

‫ فاهلل عز وجل يقول ( إن‬،ً‫وتتمثل هذه األنواع يف الواقع يف تبديل الشرائع و حتكيم شريعة غري هللا والتحاكم إليها أفواجا‬
.)‫احلكم إال هلل‬

And these types occur today in changing the laws, and arbitration with other than the
Sharī’ah of Allāh and seeking judgment with them in groups (and individually). Because
Allāh – the Mighty and Majestic – says: Verily the judgment is for no-one except Allāh.

‫❼ شرك الوالية وهو إختاذ القومية والوطنية رابطة دون رابطة اإلسلم‬

Shirk in allegiance. And this is taking racism and nationalism as bond, besides the bond of
Islām.

:‫قال تعاىل‬

The Exalted said:

ِ ِ ِ ‫السماو‬ ِ ِ َِّ َِّ ‫{ قُل أَ َغري‬

ُ ‫ض َوُه َو يُطْع ُم َوَال يُطْ َع ُم قُ ْل إِِهن أُم ْر‬
‫ت أَ ْن أَ ُكو َن أ ََّوَل َم ْن‬ ِ ‫ات َو ْاأل َْر‬ َ َ َّ ‫اّلل أَخت ُذ َوليًّا فَاط ِر‬ َْ ْ
ِ ِ
} ‫ني‬َ ‫َسلَ َم َوَال تَ ُكونَ َّن م َن الْ ُم ْش ِرك‬
ْ‫أ‬
“Say (O Muhammad): ‘Shall I take as a walī (helper, protector, etc.) anyone other than
Allāh, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, while it is He Who feeds but is not fed.’
Say: ‘Verily, I am commanded to be the first of those who submit themselves (to Allāh as
Muslims).’ And be not you (O Muhammad) of the mushrikūn (those who commit shirk).”
(Al-An'ām 6:14)

‫وهذه النوع يتمثل يف الوالء لألنظمة الطاغوتية واألحزاب العلمانية والدَيوقراطية واْلماعات أدعياء السلفية اليت تبعد كل‬
.‫البعد عن منهج السلف‬

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And this type occurs in the allegiance to the systems of tāghūt and the secular and
democratic parties, and also those groups who claims ‘as-salafiyyah’ for themselves, while
they actually drive every slave further away from the manhaj of the salaf.

.‫❽ االستهزاء ابهلل أو رسوله أو دينه وشرعه أو كتابه وسنة نبيه أو ثوابه وعقابه‬

Making fun of Allāh or His Messenger or His Religion or His Law or His Book or the Sunnah
of His Messenger or His reward or His punishment.

:‫قال هللا تعاىل‬

Allāh – the Exalted – said:

‫) الَ تَ ْعتَ ِذ ُرواْ قَ ْد‬65( ‫آايتِِه َوَر ُسولِِه ُكنتُ ْم تَ ْستَ ْه ِزُؤو َن‬ ِ
َ ‫ب قُ ْل أَ ِاب َّّلل َو‬
ِ
ُ ُ‫{ َولَُن َسأَلْتَ ُه ْم لَيَ ُقولُ َّن إَِّمنَا ُكنَّا ََن‬
ُ ‫وض َونَ ْل َع‬
} ‫َك َف ْرُمت بَ ْع َد إَِيَانِ ُك ْم‬
“If you ask them, they will verily say: ‘We were only talking idly and joking.’ Say: ‘Was it
at Allāh, and His āyāt (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and His
Messenger that you were mocking? Make no excuse; you have verily disbelieved after
you had believed.” (At-Tawbah 9:65-66)

‫ أو‬،‫ أو تصحيح دينهم ومذهبهم‬،‫ أو التوقف عن تكفريهم‬،‫❾ عدم تكفري املشركني وكل من مل يسلم هلل ويؤمن به وحده‬
.‫إعتقاد أن تكفريهم ليس من أصل الدين وال علقة له به كعوام الناس وأغلبهم الذين يذمون التكفري وُياربون املوحدين‬

Not declaring takfīr upon the mushrikūn and upon everyone who does not submit to Allāh
and believe in Him alone. Or hesitating in declaring takfīr upon them or claiming that their
religion and way is correct. Or believing that declaring takfīr upon them is not from aslud-
dīn (the foundation of religion, i.e. the meaning of Lā ilāha illā Allāh) and that it has no
relation to it, such as most of the common people believe; those who criticize takfīr and fight
against the muwahhidūn (with their words and actions).

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.‫ بيد أو بلسان أو بقلب أو ِال‬،‫ ومعاونتهم ضد اإلسلم واملسلمني‬،‫❿ مظاهرة املشركني‬

Assisting the mushrikūn and supporting them against Al-Islām and the Muslims, with the
hand, the tongue, the heart or with money.

‫ومن املعلوم بيقني أن االَنلع من الشرك الذي نصت عليه اآلايت أنه شرط يف ختلية السبيل يسبقه العلم به وبقبحه حىت‬
.‫يتم الرباءة منه‬

And what is known with certainty is, that a condition for removing oneself from the shirk –
which has been mentioned by the verses (in the Qurān) – is that before leaving it one must
have knowledge about it and its repulsiveness in order for the disassociation from it can be
completed.

Ibn Al-Qayyim – rahimahullāh – said:

‫ وال سبيل إىل‬.‫ واألمر الذي مدارمها عليه‬،‫ وهو قطب رحى اخللق‬،‫ ونصبت القبلة‬،‫وعلى هذا األمر العظيم أسست امللة‬
‫وال بعثت الرسل وأنزلت الكتب إال ابلعلم وال‬..‫الدخول إىل ذلك إال من ابب العلم فإن حمبة الشيء فرع عن الشعور به‬
‫ وال عرف فضل اإلسلم على غريه إال‬،‫ وال عرف احللل من احلرام إال ابلعلم‬،‫عُبد هللا وحده وأُثىن عليه وجمد إال ابلعلم‬
. ‫ابلعلم اه‬

”And upon this mighty issue (the love for Allāh) the millah (religion) was founded and the qiblah
was established, and it is that which keeps the creation going and the issue which they circuit about.
And there is no way for entering upon this except by way of knowledge. Because verily loving
something is a branch from the feelings for it.. And the messengers were not sent, nor were the books
revealed except with knowledge. And Allāh was not worshipped alone, praised and glorified except
with knowledge. And the allowed and forbidden was not known except with knowledge, nor was the
precedence of Islām known over what is besides it except with knowledge.”

(Miftāh Dar As-Sa’ādah vol. 1 p.87)

:ً‫وقال أيضا‬

And he also said:

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."‫ "إمنا تنقض عرى اإلسلم عروة عروة إذا نشأ يف اإلسلم من مل يعرف اْلاهلية‬:‫ولكن األمر كما قال عمر بن اخلطاب‬
‫ أنه‬:‫ وما عابه القرآن وذمه وقع فيه وأقره ودعا إليه وصوبه وحسنه وهو ال يعرف‬،‫وهذا ألنه إذا مل يعرف اْلاهلية والشرك‬
،ً‫ منكرا‬:‫ ويعود املعروف‬.‫ فينقض بذلك عرى اإلسلم عن قلبه‬.‫الذي كان عليه أهل اْلاهلية أو نظريه أو شر منهم أو دونه‬
‫ بتجريد متابعة‬:‫ ويبدع‬،‫ وجتريد التوحيد‬،‫ ِحض اإلَيان‬:‫ ويك هفر الرجل‬،‫ بدعة‬:‫ والسنة‬،‫ سنة‬:‫ والبدعة‬،ً‫ معروفا‬:‫واملنكر‬
. ‫اه‬. ‫الرسول صلى هللا عليه وسلم ومفارقة األهواء والبدع‬

”But the issue is as ’Umar ibn Al-Khattāb said: ‘The knots of Islām will be untied knot for knot if
someone grows up in Islām who does not know al-jāhiliyyah.’ And this is because if he doesn’t know
jāhiliyyah and shirk and what the Qurān has rebuked and criticized then he will fall into it,
acknowledge it, call towards t, call it correct and call it good while he doesn’t know that this is what
the people of jāhiliyyah were upon, or something similar to it, or worse or something else than it. So
with this he undoes the knots of Islām from his heart, and what is good becomes evil and the evil
becomes good. And the bid’ah becomes Sunnah, while the Sunnah becomes bid’ah. And a man is
declared takfīr upon, merely for his īmān and the pure tawhid, and he is declared an innovator simply
for following the Messenger (sallAllāhu alayhi wa sallam) and separating from the lusts and the
innovation.”

(Madārij As-Sālikīn vol. 1 p. 351-352)

‫ خبري ابلشريعة ومقاصدها فكيف يتوب من الشرك من ال يعرفه وال يعلم قبحه؟! وكيف‬-‫ هذا كلم –بفضل هللا‬:‫قلت‬
‫ وما‬:-‫يعبد هللا من ال يعرف حد العبادة والتوحيد والطاعة له وحده ال شريك له؟! وهذا كما قال الشيخ –رمحه هللا تعاىل‬
.‫وجمد إال ابلعلم‬
ُ ‫عبد هللا وحده وأثىن عليه‬
I say: These words – by the Grace of Allāh – inform very well about the Sharī’ah and its
meanings, because how can a person seek repentance from shirk while he does not have
knowledge about it or its repulsiveness?! And how can a person worship Allāh when he
doesn’t know the limits of the worship and Tawhīd and the obedience to Him alone who
has no partners?! And this is how the Shaykh – rahimahullāhu ta’ālā – said: ‘And Allāh was not
worshipped alone, praised and glorified except with knowledge.’

‫ وأكثر من يقول ال إله إال‬،‫ يف البلد اليت تنتسب لإلسلم وغريها‬،‫عم وانتشر يف سائر بقاع األرض‬
َّ ‫وهذه األنواع كلها مما‬
‫نسأل هللا النجاة فكان والبد لكل من يريد الدخول يف هذا الديهن أن يربأ إىل‬، ‫هللا ويدَّعي اإلسلم قد وقع يف شيء منها‬
.‫هللا من هذا الشرك وممن فعله فل يتم إسلم عبد كره الشرك وأبغضه وأىب أن يك هفر فاعليه‬

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 Examples of shirk and kufr of today

And all of these types are from that which have become normal and widespread in all
corners of the world. In the countries that ascribe themselves to Islām and others than them.
And the most of those who say Lā ilāha illā Allāh and claim Islām for themselves (i.e. to be
Muslims) have verily fallen into some of it. We ask Allāh for salvation. So it is and must be,
for everyone who want to enter into this religion, to free himself in front of Allāh from this
shirk and from whoever commits it (i.e. commits shirk). Because verily the Islām of a slave is
not completed if he hates shirk, but refuses to declare takfīr upon those who commit it.1

Translated by: Abū Hājar

1 Translator: For further details regarding the issue of declaring takfīr upon the mushrikūn and its importance
for the correctness of a person’s Islām and Tawhīd, see the text: “Takfīr on the mushrikūn and its relation to Al-
Kufr Bit-Tāghūt” by Shaykh Ahmad ibn ‘Umār Al-Hazimī – fakkAllāhu asrahu – which can be found in the
telegram group ‘Al-Aqeedah’.

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