Dhambi kubwa zaidi ni Shirk. Ina aina mbili:

The worst major sin is Shirk. It is of two kinds:

a) Kuamini kwamba Mwenyezi Mungu ana mshirika sawa naye, ilhali Yeye ndiye aliyekuumba, na kuabudu mwingine pamoja naye, iwe ni jiwe, mti, jua, mwezi, nabii, sheikh, nyota, malaika au kitu kingine. Hii ndiyo shirki kubwa kabisa iliyotajwa na Mwenyezi Mungu, Mtukufu, Mwenye nguvu, Aliye juu kabisa, anasema: {Hakika Allah hasamehe kumshirikisha Yeye, lakini husamehe wampendao madhambi mengine zaidi ya hayo. Na anayemshirikisha Allah, basi amepotea upotevu wa mbali.} (An-Nisa: 116)

a) To hold that Allah has an equal, whereas He has created you, and to worship another with Him, whether it be a stone, tree, sun, moon, prophet, sheikh, star, angel or other. This is the greatest shirk mentioned by Allah, the Most High, the Almighty, says, {Allah forgiveth not (the sin of) joining other gods with Him; but He forgiveth whom He pleaseth other sins than this; one who joins other gods with Allah hath strayed far, far away (from the right).} (An-Nisa:l16)

{Hakika kuabudu kisicho sahihi ni dhuluma kubwa kabisa.} (Luqman:13)

{False worship is indeed the highest wrong-doing.} (Luqman:13)

{Yeyote anayemshirikisha Mwenyezi Mungu na miungu mingine; Mwenyezi Mungu atamharamishia Pepo, na Moto utakuwa makazi yake.} (Al-Ma'idah:72)

{Whoever joins other gods with Allah; Allah will forbid him the Garden, and the Fire will be his abode.} (Al-Ma'idah:72)

Aya za Qur'ani zinazohusu jambo hili ni nyingi sana. Ni jambo la hakika kabisa kwamba yeyote anayemshirikisha Allah na akafa katika hali hiyo ni miongoni mwa wakaaji wa Jahannamu, kama vile yeyote anayemwamini Allah na akafa akiwa muumini ni miongoni mwa wakaaji wa Peponi, hata kama atapata adhabu kwanza.

The Qur'anic verses concerning this are very numerous. It is being absolutely certain that whoever ascribes associates to Allah and dies in such a state is one of Hell's inhabitants, just as whoever believes in Allah and dies as a believer is one of the inhabitants of Paradise, even if be should be punished first.

Mtume ﷺ alisema: "Je, niwaambie dhambi kubwa kabisa? Kumshirikisha Allah na wengine, kuwafanyia wazazi wasiwatendee haki, kutoa ushahidi wa uongo, na kushuhudia kuwa uongo ni kweli." Akaendelea kulirudia neno hilo mpaka tukasema kwa huruma kwake, kwa sababu ya uchovu wa kulirudia, "Laiti angekaa kimya."1

The Prophet (pbuh) said, "Shall I tell you of the worst major sins? Worshipping others with Allah, showing disrespect to parents, giving a false statement, and testifying to the truth of a falsehood. " And he kept repeating it until we were telling ourselves (out of sympathy for him because of the strain of repeating it), "If only he would be silent.”1

"Epukeni dhambi saba kubwa za kuangamiza."2

"Avoid the seven heinous sins.”2

na alitaja kumhusisha Allah na washirika.

and he mentioned ascribing associates to Allah.

"Uueni yeyote aliyebadili dini yake (Uislamu)." 3

"Kill whoever converted his religion (Islam).” 3

Allah, Mwenye Enzi Kuu, anasema: {Basi yeyote anayetarajia kukutana na Mola wake, na afanye amali njema, wala asimshirikishe yeyote katika ibada ya Mola wake.} (Al-Kahf: 110)

Allah, the Most High, says, {Whoever expects to meet his Lord, let him work righteous, and, in the worship of his Lord, admit no one as partner.} (AL-Kahf:llO)

i.e., haonyeshi katika matendo mema "Jihadharini na shirki ndogo." Wakauliza, "Shirki ndogo ni ipi?" Akasema, "Kujionyesha katika matendo mema."

i.e., does not show off in good works "Beware of the lesser shirk." They asked, "What is the lesser shirk?" He said, "Showing off in good works.

Allah, Mwenye Nguvu Zote, atasema atakapowalipa watu kwa matendo yao: "Nendeni kwa wale ambao mlijionyesha kwao duniani, mwone kama wanaweza kuwalipa."

Allah, the Almighty will say when recompensing the mankind for their deeds: Go to those whom you showed off to in the world to see how they could recompense you. .” 1

Mtume ﷺ alisema, "Yeyote anayemshirikisha kitu pamoja nami, mimi sina uhusiano naye. Yeyote anayemshirikisha mtu yeyote pamoja nami kwa namna yoyote ile, ninamkataa yeye na tendo lake la kushirikisha."2

The Prophet (pbuh) said, "If anybody associates something with Me, I am not affected. If anyone associates somebody with Me, in any way, I reject him and his act of associating.”2

Mtume (ﷺ) alisema: "Mtu yeyote anayefanya tendo jema ili ajisifu, Allah Mtukufu atafichua kasoro zake, na mtu ambaye nia yake katika kutenda tendo jema ni kuonyesha watu, Allah Mtukufu atamtendea kama mnafiki."3

The Prophet (pbuh) said, "A person who does some good work in order to boast will have his faults exposed by Allah Most High and a person whose motive in doing some good deed is to show it, Allah the Most High will treat him as a hypocrite.”3

Mtume ﷺ alisema, "Huenda kuna mfungaji ambaye hafaidiki kutokana na funga yake isipokuwa njaa na kiu." Mtu mwenye hekima alisema, "Ni kama yule anayejionyesha katika matendo mema, ni kama yule anayejaza mkoba wake kwa kokoto kisha anaenda sokoni kununua chakula. Akiufungua mbele ya muuzaji atapigwa nao usoni. Hapati chochote isipokuwa watu kuuliza kilichojaza mkoba wake, wala hakuna zaidi ya hilo. Hivyo basi, yule anayejionyesha katika matendo mema hatakuwa na thamani isipokuwa watu kusema kwamba alifanya mema, wala hatalipwa Akhera." Allah, Mtukufu, anasema, {Na tutaelekea kwenye matendo yoyote waliyoyafanya (katika maisha haya), na tutayafanya kama vumbi linalopeperushwa kila upande.} ()