Shirk – The Greatest Injustice

The greatest matter that Allāh Almighty loves for His servants and is pleased with is tawhid (divine unity) and the greatest matter that He abhors and detests for His servants is shirk (associating others with Allāh). And tawhid (divine unity) is the greatest of what Allāh Almighty commanded. And shirk (associating others with Allāh) is the greatest of what Allāh Almighty prohibited. And the first command in the Book of Allāh is the command of tawhid (divine unity). And the first prohibition in the Book of Allāh is the prohibition against shirk (associating others with Allāh). Allāh Almighty said:
Al Baqarah (2) 21: O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous

This is the first command and it is the command of tawhid (divine unity). Then in the next verse is the prohibition against shirk (associating others with Allāh) and it is the first prohibition in the Book of Allāh. Allāh Almighty said:
Al Baqarah (2) 22: [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allāh equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him].

So do not attribute to Allāh equals while you know is the first prohibition in the Book of Allāh. So be conscious of Allāh Almighty and beware of shirk (associating others with Allāh), for shirk is the greatest of sins. For Allāh Almighty never ever forgives shirk (associating others with Allāh). Whoever meets Allāh with shirk (associating others with Allāh), Allāh will not forgive it for them.

Allāh Almighty said:
An Nisa (4) 48: Indeed, Allāh does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills. And he who associates others with Allāh has certainly fabricated a tremendous sin.

For it is the most tremendous sin. And Allāh Almighty said in another verse:
An Nisa (4) 116: Indeed, Allāh does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills. And he who associates others with Allāh has certainly gone far astray.

For shirk is the most severe and furthest deviation. So be conscious of Allāh, for Allāh Almighty said:
Oh son of Adam! If you come to me with sins nearly as great as the earth, and then you meet Me not associating any other with Me, I would come to you with forgiveness nearly as great as it. [Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3540, Grade: Hasan]

But if one comes to Allāh with shirk, and we seek refuge in Allāh from that, then Allāh will not forgive it. So be conscious of Allāh Almighty and beware of shirk. For the life of this world is only once and it is not repeated and is not exchanged.

Allāh forbids paradise to the one making shirk. Allāh Almighty said:
Al Maedah (5) 72: Indeed, he who associates others with Allāh – Allāh has forbidden him Paradise, and his refuge is the Fire. And there are not for the wrongdoers any helpers.

Allāh Almighty called those making shirk wrongdoers. For shirk is the greatest injustice. Allāh Almighty said:
Al Anam (6) 82: They who believe and do not mix their belief with injustice – those will have security, and they are [rightly] guided.

As was related in Al Bukhari (6937) and Muslim (124a):
This verse was difficult for the companions of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and they said, which of us does not wrong themselves? Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said, it is not as you think. Indeed it like Luqman said to his son:
Luqman (31) 13: O my son, do not associate [anything] with Allāh. Indeed, association [with Him] is great injustice.

So shirk is the greatest injustice. Oh son of Adam, Allāh Almighty created you, and provides you blessings and does good for you and then you worship other than Him and are attached to other than Him and supplicate other than Him and fear other than Him and love other than Him and have hope in other than Him while He is the Sovereign in whose Hand is the dominion, supreme is His authority, glorified is His Majesty, Exalted is He above whatever they associate with Him. So what injustice is greater than the injustice of shirk? Indeed shirk is great injustice. So be conscious of Allāh and beware of shirk for Allāh has forbidden paradise for the one making it.

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