In ISlam, What is shirq?

Question

What is shirq which counts the most to go to hell or heaven? Which shirq that Christians did normally commit?

Answer 1

Shirq is associating partners with allah. Since christians worshi the trinity they are associating partners with Allah according to Islam!

Answer 2

Thank you for this question.

Shirq means polytheism, which has incorrectly been translated as "ascribing partners to God." In other words it means actually worshipping many Gods in addition to the one God. In Islam God is considered to be a Unity without any divisions and without any other Gods. This unity, called Tawheed is the one and only God.

When one worships anthing other than God, such as an Idol, one commits shirq because one worships false Gods.

The reason it is a guaranteed trip to Hell is because we are told in the Quran that the only unforgiveable sin is shirq.

As far as the case of Christians goes, this is a debatable topic. Some scholars feel that the trinity represents three separate Gods and therefore is shirq, but others feel that these are only really three aspects of the One God and that it is not shirq. Added to that is the problem that not all Christians view the trinity in the same way, and you see it is far more complicated than it at first seems.

In the end Allah knows best.

Peace and blessings,

Salim

PS Marissa, your list is very very incorrect, please stop talking about what you do not know.

S

Answer 3

I would go for Slim's answer except for the part addressed to Marissa.

Marrissa, on behalf of Salim and other muslims, I am sure Salim did not mean to sound this harsh but really your list is not accurate.

Marrissa is right that there are two kinds of Shirq; major and minor. The Major Shirk is that Salim described and it is unforgiveable. The minor Shirk is very tricky and many muslims fall into it and that is related to intentions.

In Islam, everything we do has to be purely for the sake of Allah. For example, a muslim should not go to the mosque to pray with the intention that people would say that he is very pious or give the poor money to be perceived as generous. This way there were other partners, along with Allah, in our intention.

This is tricky because we are only human and Ash-Shaytan finds his way to spoil our good deeds through spoiling our intention.

This is as far as I humble know and Allah knows best.

Peace be upon you all.

Answer 4

Shirk is a word for forbidden things, acts. No one can tell you what will send you to Paradise or the Hell fire, that is God's decision and He is the All knowing, Most Merciful.
Christians commit the same sins as anyone else. Sins are the same for all humans, and you will be judged upon your actions and thought on the Day of Judgment

Answer 5

The word shirk is derived from the Arabic root Š-R-K (ش ر ك). This consonantal root has the general meaning of "to share" (A. A. Nadwi, Vocabulary of the Qur'an).

In the context of the Qur'an, the particular sense of "sharing as an equal partner" is usually understood, so that polytheism is "attributing a partner to God". In the Qur'an shirk and the related word (plural Stem IV active participle) mushrikun (مشركون) "those who commit shirk" often clearly refers to the enemies of Islam (as in verse 9.5) but sometimes it also refers to erring Muslims (verse 6.122).

Muslims are phobic of the Trinity because they believe it promotes "shirq". I think that's why they attack is so often here on Yahoo Answers with statements disguised as questions.

"We mock what we don't understand" - Austin Millbarge
"We fear what we don't understand" - John Haldane
"We fear most what we cannot see" - Raz Al-Gul

Answer 6

Shirk --2 types -- major and minor.

major --
associating false Gods with Allah
to supplicate prayers/ivoke blessings to others apart from Allah

minor --
giving no charity
not helping ur society
comitting adultary
committing usury or Riba
commiting stealing or killing or murdering
lying and giving false witness
mocking someone
dealing unjustly with women
snatching the RIGHTS of orphans
disrespecting parents and better-halfs
leaving ur fast if unable to
leaving ur prayer if unable to
hypocrisy
magic and witchcraft and spells and Ruqya

there are many. u can ask a Muslim scholar from the local mosque if u want.

Answer 7

"Shirk" is an awkward swipe that the Quran tries to take at Christianity. Mohammed never really got the trinity doctrine and always treated it like it was some sort of polytheism when attacking Christians, rather than the hypostasic monotheism it in fact is.

So proceeding from this false assumption, his Quran makes a sin out of anyone who says God has "partners" (although Islam itself, by essentially deifying Mohammed's personal conduct as reported in the Hadith and by inserting his very name into the Shahadah, the most important prayer, itself comes more dangerously close to shirk than Christianity ever does.)

Of course, the Christian response to the shirk accusation is simply to point out that Jesus isn't so much "partnering" with God. He IS God.

Answer 8

Shirq is the worst of the sins- worshiping anybody or anything except God..
Christians worship and pray to icons, statues, saints, crosses, prophets- so they do commit shirq every day

Answer 9

Muslims believe in the oneness of God. that there is only one Allah and that Allah has no partners.

Shirq is ascribing partners to Allah.
The Christians believe in the holy trinity. they beliave god has 3 parts/forms. this is considered shirq in Islam.

Answer 10

if u will worship of Allah and believe that Allah is only one and Muhammad PBU is his prophet this will take u in heaven if u will not believe on this and worship of any body other except Allah then it will call shirq and koufar