QUESTION: Venerating something, seeking nearness to it and hanging something on it for blessing, are all acts of major shirk, right?

Shirk and its different forms
25 Jan

ANSWER: Generally speaking, yes, depending on the intention

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QUESTION: There is a Barelvi masjid near my home where, on every 11th of the month, they use loudspeakers to recite words that seem like shirk. The imam also recites these words with them, they deny believing in them. These recitations are from their well-known book Awrad-e-Fatah. Another masjid is about 2 km away, so I go there but not regularly, and sometimes I pray at home. What should I do

Prayer, Rulings on mosques, Shirk and its different forms
18 Nov

ANSWER: You must not pray in a Barelvi masjid. Find a masjid that follows the Quran and Sunnah. If there is no masjid in your vicinity, pray home.

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QUESTION: Sheikh, one day I heard my mother telling to my teacher that ‘First Allah, then you’. Did my mother commit shirk by saying such thing?

Halal/Haram Matters, Shirk and its different forms
20 Oct

ANSWER: This is a very bad statement and inappropriate but there is no shirk in it in sha Allah

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QUESTION: Sheikh, is it from Islam or a form of sadaqah to take meat of chicken and swirl it around a person 3 times and throw it out so “balayen” i think evil things? will leave that person?

Shirk and its different forms, Superstitions
19 Oct

ANSWER: This is absolutely prohibited and a form of shirk!

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QUESTION: I know that reading regarding horoscopes is haram , so sometimes you get posts like what does your birth month say about you or what kind of a person you are according to your birth month. Is reading stuff like this also haram?

Shirk and its different forms
15 Sep

ANSWER: This is absolutely haram! Believing it takes a person out of the fold of Islam. Reading or watching it without believing makes the prayers of 40 days void.

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QUESTION: Is giving money to a mazar shirk if it’s done to please Allah? What about just donation? Is just giving money regardless of any type of reason makes it kufur?

Shirk and its different forms
31 Jul

ANSWER: Giving money to a dargah or a place where shirk is committed is an act of shirk 

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QUESTION: I found a small pouch in my father’s car that seems to contain soil or sand. He believes it offers protection for him or the car — essentially, it appears to be a taweez. Would it be permissible for me to discreetly empty the contents and replace them with regular soil, so that he doesn’t notice the change?

Basic Tenets of Faith, Fiqh of Marriage, Shirk and its different forms, Superstitions
21 Jun

ANSWER: This is not permissible and it won’t change his aqeedah!  Speak to him directly about it. 

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QUESTION: Whats the ruling on stones on rings for men and saying that those stones have any significance?

Beautification & Cosmetic Suregry, Shirk and its different forms
13 Jun

ANSWER: Believing it has significance is a form of shirk that can be minor or major

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QUESTION: Many non muslims in India look out for houses constructed according to `vastu shastra’ before purchasing. During selling i don’t know i can come accross such customers as well. Am I permitted to construct houses according to vastu shastra even though I don’t believe in it ? Vastu is a hindu belief

Halal/Haram Matters, Religions, Shirk and its different forms
22 May

ANSWER: No, this is totally prohibited! Why don’t you include a small temple inside the houses as well??

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QUESTION: My wife’s family practices non-Sunnah rituals like Khatam on the 3rd, 7th, 40th day and yearly for the deceased, and seek help from Hazrats against evil. I avoid these as they aren’t from Quran or Sunnah. They call me Wahabi or extreme. I stay respectful, attend normal visits, and my wife supports me. Am I wrong for avoid their invitations?

Dealings and Attitudes with In-Laws, Innovations, Sects, Shirk and its different forms
18 May

ANSWER: No, you’re not wrong! In fact, what you’re doing is what needs to be done. Your wife shouldn’t also go to such gatherings. Calling the dead for protection is shirk.

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