Q 47: Menene [Ash-Shirk Al-Asghar] Shirki Ƙarami (shirka ƙarama)?
Q 47: What is [As-Shirk Al-Asghar] Minor Shirk (polytheism)?
Ƙaramin shirki shi ne Ar-Riya' (watau ayyuka da ake yi don nuna wa mutane). Duk wani aikin ibada ko wani aikin addini da ake yi don samun yabo, suna ko wani amfani na duniya, yana cikin wannan rukuni. Allah Mai girma ya ce: {Saboda haka wanda ya kasance yana fatan haduwa da Ubangijinsa, to ya yi aiki na gari, kuma kada ya yi shirki da kowa cikin bautar Ubangijinsa}. (Al-Kahf, 110)
A--- The Minor Shirk is Ar-Riya' (i.e. acts performed to show off). Any act of worship or any religious deed done in order to gain praise, fame or for worldly benefit, falls under this category. Almighty Allah says: {So whoever hopes for the Meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord}. (Al-Kahf, 110)