What is Islam

SHIRK: a.         Definition: The omission of any of the above mentioned (PREVIOUS BLOG) categories of Tawheed or deficiency in the fulfillment of any criteria of Tawheed is referred to as ‘shirk’. Shirk literally means sharing or associating partners. In Islamic terms it means associating partners with Allah and is equivalent to idolatry. b.         Shirk is greatest sin which Allah will never forgive: The Holy Quran describes the greatest sin in Surah Nisa: “Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with him; but he forgives anything else, to whom he pleases; to set up Partners with Allah. Is to devise a sin Most heinous indeed” (Al-Quran 4:48) The same message is repeated in Surah Nisa: “Allah forgives not (the sin of) joining other gods with him; but he forgives whom he pleases other sins than this: one who joins Other gods with Allah, has strayed far, far away (From the Right).” (Al-Quran 4:116...