The Sin of Shirk and Why It Is A
Major Sin In Islam
BY:
Ruqayyah Lamara
IBADAH:-all acts
of worship/any
permissible
actions
performed to
obey Allah.
And
Mariam Akbar
SHIRK:- the
sin of
regarding
anything as an
equal or
partner of
Allah.
WHAT IS SHIRK?
The literal meaning of shirk is ‘association’. It is the idea of
associating anyone or anything with Allah or thinking that
anyone or anything can be equal to Allah or is worthy of
worship.
Shirk can also mean giving someone or something
attributes of Allah as He can only have them and they are
unique to Him only.one way of performing shirk can be
idolatry(worshipping an idol). It is the worst sin a Muslim
can commit and will not be forgiven by Allah.
WHY IS SHIRK SUCH A MAJOR SIN?
 Belief in tawheed, the oneness of Allah is the most basic foremost belief in
Islam. Allah is divine and nothing in this world is as great as Him or can be
associated with Him. To make anyone or anything equal with Allah or give
them some of Allah's attributes, is classed as shirk as it goes against that
most basic and foremost principal.
 Shirk breaks the testimony of shahadah that ‘There is no God but Allah’.
 Because Islam is the only true and pure religion and shirk takes you out of
fold of Islam.
 Every action must be for the sake of Allah and to glorify Allah
How do Muslims avoid shirk?
 Making sure they concentrate in Allah during salah by
refraining from keeping pictures that may be a
distraction
 Don’t get distracted by worldly materials/desires as it
may take you away from worship of Allah
 Don’t become obsessed with anyone or anything as it
may lead to worshipping/ idolising the person or thing
leading to you loving it more than Allah, it is shirk!
 Avoid spending too much time watching TV as it is a tool
of shaytaan and it can easily take you away from salah,
dhikr or Quran as you may find yourself unable to get
away from the TV (wastes time)
 Money can be a distraction from Allah as well