"Surely Allah will not forgive the association of partners [Shirk] with Him, but He forgives [sins] less than that of whomever He wishes.....". (Qur'an 4: 48)
Because the sin of shirk denies the very purpose of man's creation, it is to God the gravest of sins, the unforgivable sin.
Shirk literally means partnership, sharing or associating, but Islamically it refers to the act of assigning partners to Allah in whatever form it may take.
In the Yoruba religion, followed by over 10 million people in west Africa (mainly Nigeria), there is one supreme God, Olorius (Lord of Heaven) or Olodumare. Nevertheless, modern Yorubas commit Shirk in Rububiyah by turning over all of God's functions to minor gods and spirits.
The Zulus of South Africa believe in one God, unkulunkulu, meaning the ancient, the first, the most revered one. The principal specific titles for God are Nkosi yaphezulu (Lord of the Sky) and uMuvelingqanqi (the first to appear). Their supreme being is represented as a male, who, along with the earth female, brings forth the human world.
Thunder and Lightning are as acts of God, whereas sickness and other troubles in life may be caused by the ancestors, the idolizi or abaphansi (those under the earth). The ancestors also protect the living, ask for food, are pleased with ritual and sacrifice, punish neglect and take possession of fortune tellers (inyanga). Thus Shirk in Rububiyah takes place in the Zulu religion not only by their concept of the creation of the human world, but also in their attribution of good and evil in human life to the work of ancestrial spirits.
Among some Muslim people, Shirk in Rububiyah is manifested in their belief that the souls of saints and other righteous humans can affect the affairs of this world, even after their deaths. Their souls, it is believed can fulfill one's needs, remove calamities, and aid whoever calls on them. Therefore, grave worshippers assign to human souls the divine ability to cause events in this life which in fact only Allah subhana wa ta ala can cause. Common among many Sufis (Muslim mystics) is the belief in "Rijal al-Ghayb" (men of the unseen) the chief of whom occupies the station called "Qutub" from which the affairs of this world are governed.
![“Protect yourself from the Hellfire by giving even half of a date in charity.”
[Sahih Bukhari, Book 24, Number 498]
اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ](https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s403x403/1012361_10151549023436864_1412165874_n.jpg)
![صورة: "Surely Allah will not forgive the association of partners [Shirk] with Him, but He forgives [sins] less than that of whomever He wishes.....". (Qur'an 4: 48)
Because the sin of shirk denies the very purpose of man's creation, it is to God the gravest of sins, the unforgivable sin.
Shirk literally means partnership, sharing or associating, but Islamically it refers to the act of assigning partners to Allah in whatever form it may take.
In the Yoruba religion, followed by over 10 million people in west Africa (mainly Nigeria), there is one supreme God, Olorius (Lord of Heaven) or Olodumare. Nevertheless, modern Yorubas commit Shirk in Rububiyah by turning over all of God's functions to minor gods and spirits.
The Zulus of South Africa believe in one God, unkulunkulu, meaning the ancient, the first, the most revered one. The principal specific titles for God are Nkosi yaphezulu (Lord of the Sky) and uMuvelingqanqi (the first to appear). Their supreme being is represented as a male, who, along with the earth female, brings forth the human world.
Thunder and Lightning are as acts of God, whereas sickness and other troubles in life may be caused by the ancestors, the idolizi or abaphansi (those under the earth). The ancestors also protect the living, ask for food, are pleased with ritual and sacrifice, punish neglect and take possession of fortune tellers (inyanga). Thus Shirk in Rububiyah takes place in the Zulu religion not only by their concept of the creation of the human world, but also in their attribution of good and evil in human life to the work of ancestrial spirits.
Among some Muslim people, Shirk in Rububiyah is manifested in their belief that the souls of saints and other righteous humans can affect the affairs of this world, even after their deaths. Their souls, it is believed can fulfill one's needs, remove calamities, and aid whoever calls on them. Therefore, grave worshippers assign to human souls the divine ability to cause events in this life which in fact only Allah subhana wa ta ala can cause. Common among many Sufis (Muslim mystics) is the belief in "Rijal al-Ghayb" (men of the unseen) the chief of whom occupies the station called "Qutub" from which the affairs of this world are governed.](https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/p480x480/1006247_671828122831857_1839371992_n.jpg)
