Shirk and its different forms

My frd’s got serious headache recently. Her mom & frnd forcedly took her to an old man called “baba” seems pious muslim, then after reading st he said she had evil eyes on her, then he read st and blew on her. He said lemons r sadqa or 1 goat but she cn’t afford goat so bring lemon next day, also she’s to squeeze lemon daily in bath water for 5 days. I feel this is like shirk. What should she do?

15 Nov

ANSWER: She must sincerely repent to Allah for going there in the first place and not do anything he said. Such people are professional liars and they make millions out of people. Believing them takes a person out of the fold of Islam. Listening to them without believing them makes the prayers of 40 days […]

Is it permissable to visit darga ,and it’s not permissable to build it self , I know it shirk to go there , but still maulana here go there , they say we go there not to do anything but pray for them and look the interior, Like Haji Ali in Mumbai and khaja garib nawaz in Ajmer.

Shirk and its different forms

27 Oct

ANSWER: This is not permissible as such places are shrines of shirk where people come to worship the deceased and ask them for their needs.

Sheikh my question is, what’s the ruling on giving someone blessing n said may Allah n his prophet keeps you good may Allah n his prophet do this that ,may Allah n his prophet keeps you safe etc ?

Shirk and its different forms

24 Oct

ANSWER: This is not permissible at all. You cannot mention the prophet’s ,salla alaihi wasallam, name like this while Making duaa as this mounts to shirk.

Is it permitted to hang Allahu, muhammad in 2 different frames to decoration purpose in masjid? If those frames stay closer, will it be shirk/major sin?

Shirk and its different forms

12 Oct

ANSWER: It is not permissible at all to hang such frames irrespective of the place as they are not meant for decorative purpose. Besides, putting them side by side is disrespectful to Allah and is usually done by people who commit shirk in our Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam.

Sheikh, in my mother’s country, on the date of 18 Safar of every year they celebrate what they call “magal” in their language. This celebration is something related to the death of one of their pious leaders who has followed the Qur’an and Sunnah very well. They prepare for it so much than even Hajj; Is this something done in Islam or is it bidah too? Sheikh, please help as my mother’s gone too.

Shirk and its different forms

09 Oct

ANSWER: This is absolutely prohibited as it’s an innovation and can mount to shirk depending on their intention.

I always hear my mom saying that if someone’s feet touches a book one should kiss it as it is a ilm and we should respect it..but now I feel like it’s kind of a shirk regarding this as this kind of things are not meant to be existent in islam as these are followed hindu.

Innovations, Shirk and its different forms

09 Oct

ANSWER: This is baseless and an innovation, however it’s not shirk. Praise be to Allah. One of the most important obligations is to know the meaning of shirk, its seriousness and its different types, so that our Tawheed (belief in the Oneness of Allaah) and our Islam may be complete, and our faith may be […]

Is it permissible to do personality types test such as Myers Briggs (MBTI)?

Halal/Haram Matters, Shirk and its different forms

30 Sep

ANSWER: If these tests are scientific and based on observation of the behavior of an individual and checking his positive and negative inclinations and observing his actions, reactions, feelings and statements and then building a scientific profile based on facts, this is permissible in Sha Allah. But if it is based on analyzing his hand writing or […]

Sheikh my parents told me that they have asked people to make istikara for me and they seen that the marriage I will be going to will start off good but end bad shall I take this advice ?

Shirk and its different forms

21 Sep

ANSWER: This is all baseless and can mount to shirk! Istekhara should be done by yourself after making the decision to seek Allah’s counsel whether this decision is good for you or not and it’s not done by someone else for you!

Sheikh as a Muslim political leader of a state, one has to accept the invitation to attend the other religious programs offering of light,flowers, and water or food for those who believe divine, how he can deal with such situation as fellow Muslim brother’s say he has lost faith in Islam ,even though being a good practicing Muslim.

Shirk and its different forms

15 Sep

ANSWER: He can’t be practicing and answering such invitations of shirk at the same time! He must not go there and tell them that his religion prohibits him.

Sheikh……in our relatives house, onam feast was made and eaten by them…..onam is a non-muslim festival. Sheikh, is this kufr or shirk what they have committed….. they won’t repeat it….they have been making this feast since childhood because of being an Indian.

Shirk and its different forms

03 Sep

ANSWER: They must sincerely repent to Allah and never do such a thing again and Allah will forgive them if the repentance is sincere.

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