I come from a maturidi background and would appreciate if you can answer the question for me and they have been bugging me for a long time and I cannot seem to find a clear cut answer. Apologies in advance if the questions seem ridiculous but I need to know the answers.
1) Is it shirk Akbar to do a linguistic dua to an idol asking for a miracle such as healing with the belief that the idol has no power, ability etc to act on his its own and that it is Allah who performs the action.
2) If I go up to a dead body or an idol and say to the thing, “go make me a sandwich”, is this shirk Akbar or asghar, haram or plain stupid but not sinful etc..
3) What makes a dua of request (linguistic) different to a dua of worship? Is there a comprehensive list of what the conditions are which are agreed upon by the salaf and the Khalaf? I know of the Hadith that the prophet said all dua is worship however we know the Quran uses the word dua many times in which the context has nothing to do with worship so I want to know what makes a normal dua to something that is only exclusive to Allah.
3) If I sacrifice an animal I or make a vow to other an Allah, is this shirk Akbar?
4) What about doing Muslims doing istighatha to the so called pious individuals? Are these Muslims considered mushrik if they believe that these individuals act dependently on Allah meaning that these pious people will make dua and ask Allah for assistance. Specifically asking for things like help when my car breaks down.
Welcome to the blog. Your questions are good, but unfortunately, since they are many and are asked simultaneously, I have to restrict myself to providing short responses.
1) Yes, if to an idol, this is major shirk. All classical scholars regardless of their theological school would seem this to be major kufr because this is an actual recognized idol.
2) If you're genuinely requesting that it makes you a sandwich through supernatural means, then yes. If it's to an idol, then everyone regardless of theological school would say that this is major kufr.
3) There is much to lay out, but briefly, it depends what is being requested and how.
4) With conditions, but briefly, if the sacrifice is directed toward other than Allah to seek closeness to that entity, then yes it's shirk.
Salaam,
I come from a maturidi background and would appreciate if you can answer the question for me and they have been bugging me for a long time and I cannot seem to find a clear cut answer. Apologies in advance if the questions seem ridiculous but I need to know the answers.
1) Is it shirk Akbar to do a linguistic dua to an idol asking for a miracle such as healing with the belief that the idol has no power, ability etc to act on his its own and that it is Allah who performs the action.
2) If I go up to a dead body or an idol and say to the thing, “go make me a sandwich”, is this shirk Akbar or asghar, haram or plain stupid but not sinful etc..
3) What makes a dua of request (linguistic) different to a dua of worship? Is there a comprehensive list of what the conditions are which are agreed upon by the salaf and the Khalaf? I know of the Hadith that the prophet said all dua is worship however we know the Quran uses the word dua many times in which the context has nothing to do with worship so I want to know what makes a normal dua to something that is only exclusive to Allah.
3) If I sacrifice an animal I or make a vow to other an Allah, is this shirk Akbar?
4) What about doing Muslims doing istighatha to the so called pious individuals? Are these Muslims considered mushrik if they believe that these individuals act dependently on Allah meaning that these pious people will make dua and ask Allah for assistance. Specifically asking for things like help when my car breaks down.
wa alaykum assalam,
Welcome to the blog. Your questions are good, but unfortunately, since they are many and are asked simultaneously, I have to restrict myself to providing short responses.
1) Yes, if to an idol, this is major shirk. All classical scholars regardless of their theological school would seem this to be major kufr because this is an actual recognized idol.
2) If you're genuinely requesting that it makes you a sandwich through supernatural means, then yes. If it's to an idol, then everyone regardless of theological school would say that this is major kufr.
3) There is much to lay out, but briefly, it depends what is being requested and how.
4) With conditions, but briefly, if the sacrifice is directed toward other than Allah to seek closeness to that entity, then yes it's shirk.
5) I take the excuse of ignorance stance.