Jambo hili lina uzito mdogo zaidi, kwa sababu linajidhihirisha katika matendo ya wale wanaoamini kwamba hakuna mungu anayestahili kuabudiwa isipokuwa Allah ~, na kwamba hakuna mtu awezaye kumdhuru au kumnufaisha mtu, wala kutoa au kuondoa kitu, isipokuwa Allah ~ peke yake. Hata hivyo, si matendo yao yote yanayomwelekea Allah ~ peke yake. Matendo yao yamegawanyika kati ya Allah ~, nafsi zao wenyewe, shetani, na watu wengine. Hii ndiyo hali ya watu wengi, na ndiyo shirki iliyotajwa na Mtume ﷺ katika Hadith: "Shirki katika Ummah huu imejificha zaidi kuliko kutambaa kwa chungu." Wakauliza: "Tutajikinga vipi nayo, ee Mjumbe wa Allah?" Akasema ﷺ: "Sema: Ee Allah, najikinga Kwako nisimshirikishe chochote (katika ibada) pamoja Nawe, kwa kujua; na naomba msamaha Wako kwa lile nisilolijua." Allah ~ amesema: ({Sema: Mimi ni binadamu tu kama nyinyi. Imefunuliwa kwangu kwamba Mungu wenu ni Mungu Mmoja (yaani Allah). Basi anayetaraji kukutana na Mola wake, na atende mema, wala asimshirikishe yeyote katika ibada ya Mola wake}). Yaani, kama vile Yeye ~ ndiye Mungu pekee na hakuna mungu mwingine isipokuwa Yeye, vivyo hivyo ibada ya mtu inapaswa kuelekezwa Kwake peke yake. Shirki katika ibada ya Allah ~ huondoa thawabu ya mtu kutoka kwa Allah ~, na mtu anaweza hata kuadhibiwa kwa kitendo chochote kisichofanywa kwa ajili ya Allah ~, hasa kikiwa ni wajibu (faradhi ya kidini). Allah ameamuru ibada zote za mtu zifanywe kwa ikhlasi kwa ajili Yake peke yake; Yeye ~ amesema: ({Hawakuamrishwa ila wamwabudu Allah, wakiwa wamemtakasia dini yao})3. Kwa hiyo, yeyote asiye mkweli katika ibada yake kwa Allah hakika hajatenda kwa mujibu wa amri ya Allah. Allah ~ amesema: "Mimi ni Mwenye kujitosheleza sana, sihitaji mshirika. Basi anayefanya tendo kwa ajili ya mwingine pamoja na Mimi, Mimi nitamuachia tendo hilo yule aliyemshirikisha nami." 4 Mtu anafanya shirki kwa kuelekeza upendo wake na heshima yake kwa viumbe wengine, sawa na anavyompenda Allah. Aina hii ya shirki haisameheki, kwa sababu Allah (SWT) amesema: { Miongoni mwa watu wapo wanaojifanyia wengine badala ya Allah kuwa ni washirika; wanawapenda kama wanavyompenda Allah; lakini wale walioamini wanampenda Allah zaidi }. 5 Watu wanaokubali aina hii ya shirki watawaambia miungu yao, watakapokusanywa Motoni: { Wallahi, hakika tulikuwa katika upotovu wa wazi. Tulikufanyeni (miungu ya uongo) kuwa sawa (katika ibada) na Mola Mlezi wa walimwengu (wanadamu, majini na kila kilichopo) }. 6

This aspect is less serious, because it is manifested in the actions of those who believe that there is no god worthy of worship but Allah ~. and that no one can harm or benefit someone, or give or remove something, except Allah ~. Alone; however not all their actions are devoted entirely to Allah ~- Their actions are divided between Allah ~. themselves, the devil and other people. This is the case of the majority of people, and is the polytheism mentioned by the Prophet ~ in the Hadith: "Polytheism in this Ummah is more hidden than the creeping of ants." They asked: "How do we save ourselves from it, 0 Messenger of Allah?" He ~ replied: "Say: 0 Allah, I seek refuge in You that I should associate anything (in worship) besides You, knowingly; and I seek Your Forgiveness for what is beyond my knowledge." 1 Allah ~ said: ( Say: I am only a man like you. It has been revealed to me that your God is One God (i.e. Allah). 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) 2 i.e. just as He ~ is the only God and there is no other god but Him, then likewise one's worship should be devoted to Him, Alone. The polytheism in one's worship of Allah ~ cancels one's reward from Allah ~. and one may even be punished for any act which is not performed for the Sake of Allah ~ especially if it is an obligation (religious duty). Allah commanded that all of one's worship should be performed sincerely for Him, Alone; He ~ said: ( They were only ordered to worship Allah, making their religion sincerely His)3. Therefore, whoever is not sincere in his/her worship of Allah has certainly not acted according to the Command of Allah. Allah ~ said: "I am so Self-Sufficient that I am in no need of having an associate. Thus he who does an action for someone else's sake as well as Mine will have that action renounced by Me to him whom he associated with Me."4 One commits polytheism by devoting one's love and honour to other creations, just as much as one loves Allah. This type of polytheism is unforgivable, because Allah has ~ said: ( There are of mankind some who take (for worship) others besides Allah as rivals. They love them as they love Allah; but those who believe, love Allah more) 5. The people who adopt this kind of polytheism say to their gods, as they are gathered in the Hell-Fire: ( By Allah, we were truly in a manifest error. We held you (the false gods) as equals (in worship) with the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind,jinn and all that exists)) 6

Baadhi ya watu huingia katika shirki pale maneno yao, nia zao na matendo yao yanapoelekezwa kwa miungu mingine ya uongo badala ya Allah ~ -. Shirki katika matendo hudhihirika kwa kusujudu kwa mwingine asiyekuwa Allah, kufanya tawaf kwa ajili ya mwingine asiyekuwa Allah, kubusu mawe mengine isipokuwa Jiwe Jeusi lililo katika Al-Ka'bah (Msikiti Mtukufu wa Makkah), kubusu makaburi na kuyasujudia wakitafuta baraka za wafu. Mtume ﷺ aliwalaani wale waliofanya makaburi ya manabii na watu wema kuwa misikiti ili kuswali huko; sasa itakuwaje kwa wale wanaofanya makaburi kuwa mahali pa kuabudu masanamu, badala ya Allah ~? Mtume ﷺ alisema: "Allah aliwalaani Mayahudi na Wakristo kwa sababu waliyafanya makaburi ya manabii wao kuwa mahali pa kuswali." 1 "Miongoni mwa watu waovu kabisa, ambao Kiyama kitawafikia wakiwa bado hai, ni wale wanaofanya makaburi yao kuwa misikiti." 2 "Ghadhabu za Allah kwa wale waliofanya makaburi ya manabii wao kuwa mahali pa kusujudia zilikuwa kali mno." 3 "Mtu wa kidini akifa miongoni mwa watu waliokuwa kabla yenu, walijenga mahali pa ibada juu ya kaburi lake na kuchora picha ndani yake. Hao watakuwa viumbe waovu kabisa mbele ya Allah Siku ya Ufufuo." 4 Hii ni hali ya yule aliyemsujudia Allah kando ya kaburi; sasa itakuwaje kwa yule aliyelisujudia kaburi lenyewe? Mtume ﷺ alisema: "Ee Allah! Usiifanye kaburi langu kuwa sanamu inayoabudiwa." 5 Mtume ﷺ alilinda Tawhidi kwa nguvu na bidii kubwa, hivyo akakataza kuswali swala za sunna kwa lengo la kumwabudu Allah ~ wakati wa kuchomoza au kuzama kwa jua, ili kuzuia kitendo hicho kisiwe kuiga wale wanaoabudu jua, katika nyakati hizo maalum. Mtume ﷺ alisema: "Hakuna yeyote anayepaswa kusujudia chochote isipokuwa Allah." ﷺ6

Some people fall into polytheism when their words, intentions and actions are devoted to other false gods, besides Allah ~ -.Polytheism in actions is manifested in their prostration to others besides Allah, making circumambulation for others besides Allah, kissing other stones, apart from the Black Stone in the Ka'bah (the Haram mosque in Makkah), kissing graves and prostrating to them seeking the blessings of the dead. The Prophet ~ cursed those taking the graves of prophets and pious people as mosques, to perform Salat there; so what about those who take graves as places of idol worship , besides Allah ~ ? The Prophet ~ said: "Allah cursed the Jews and the Christians because they took the graves of their prophets as places for praying." 1 "Among the most evil people, to whom the Hour will come while they are still alive , are those who take their graves as mosques."2 "The anger on those who took the graves of their Prophets as places of prostration was terrible."3 "If any religious man died, amongst the people before you, they would build a place of worship at his grave and make these pictures in it. They would be the worst creatures in the sight of Allah on the Day of Resurrection.',4 This is the case of one who prostrated to Allah at a grave ; so what about the one who prostrated to the grave itself? The Prophet ~ said: "O Allah! Do not make my grave an idol that is worshipped."5 The Prophet ~ strongly and vigorously protected Monotheism, and so he ~ forbade performing optional Salat, to worship Allah ~ . at the time of the rising or setting of the sun, to prevent it from becoming an act of imitation of those who worship the sun, at those particular times. The Prophet ~ said: "No one should prostrate to anything except Allah '.m .''6