بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم بِسْمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
The GREATEST of all MAJOR SINS is SHIRK - that is to say associating ANYONE or ANYTHING with Allah Most High, and it is of two kinds.
The first is to believe that Allah سبهانه و تعالى has an equal or to worship something or someone other than Him , such as a stone, a tree, a star, the sun, the moon, or a prophet, a saint, or an angel. This is the greatest Shirk, about which Allah Most High says:
Indeed, Allah does not forgive associating anything with Him, and He forgives whatever is other than that to whomever He wills. (Al-Quran: Al-Nisa 4:48 and 116)
Indeed, associating (anything with Allah) is a great wrong. (Al-Quran: Luqman 31:13)
Indeed, the one who associates anything with Allah, Allah will forbid him the Garden, and his abode is the Fire. (Al-Quran: Al-Maidah 5:75)
Note: The number of verses containing the word "shirk" and its derivatives is approximately 165, and there are many other verses of similar meaning.
Whoever ascribes partners to Allah سبهانه و تعالى (Shirk) and dies a polytheist (Mushrik) is definitely an inhabitant of the Fire, just as anyone who believes in Allah and dies a believer is an inhabitant of the Garden, even though he may be punished in the Fire first.
Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم asked his Companions:
"Shall I not inform you about the three greatest sins? They said: "Yes, Messenger of Allah." He the continued: "Associating other objects of worship with Allah, disobedience to parents..." Thereupon he sat up from the reclining position and the continued: "...and lying under oath (deliberate perjury) and hearing false witness." (Bukhari and Muslim).
The second kind of associating anything with Allah سبهانه و تعالى is insincerity and ostentation of one's deeds, as stated by Allah Most High:
Anyone who is expecting to meet His Lord should act righteously and not make anything as a sharer in the worship of His Lord. (Al-Quran: Al-Kahf 18:110)
This is to say, in all one's deeds, one ought not to act for the sake of ostentation but sincerely, for the sake of Allah سبهانه و تعالى alone.
Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
"I warn you against the Lesser Polytheism." The Companions asked: "What is Lesser Polytheism, Messenger of Allah?" He replied: "Showing-off. On the Day when Allah Most High will reward people for their deeds, He will tell them, 'Go to those people for whose attention and praise you did these deeds and see whether they will reward you." (Muslim and Ahmad)
"Allah says 'If anyone does anything in which he associates anything with Me, his actions belongs to the one for whose sake he did it and I am clear of it.' " (Muslim)
"If anyone causes his deeds to be heard of Allah will make him heard of, and if anyone makes a hypocritical display Allah will make a display of him." (Muslim)
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
"Many a one who fasts gets nothing from his fasting but hunger and thirst, and many a one who prays during the night gets nothing from his night prayers but wakefulness."
Meaning that if prayers and fasting are not purely for the sake of Allah Most High, there is no reward for them. (Ibn Majah, Ahmad and Tabarani)
Again, it is reported that Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
"A person who does something for the sake of show and reputation is like a person who fills up his purse with pebbles and goes to the market to buy something, but when he offers them to the seller, the seller throws them in his face. Thus, there is no benefit to him from his purse excepts for people's saying that is purse is full, but he cannot buy anything. Similarly, a person who does something for the sake of show and reputation gets nothing but praise from the people but no reward in the Next."
Ibn Hajar says in Al-Zawajir that this is not a tradition of Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم but a saying of some scholars.
Allah Most High says:
We shall turn toward whatever deed they did and make them into scattered particles of floating dust. (Al-Quran: Al-Furqan 25:23)
This means that the works which they did for the pleasure of anyone other than Allah Most High will receive no reward and will become like the scattered particles of dust which are seen floating in the sun's rays.
'Adi ibn Hatim reported Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم as saying:
"On the Day of Resurrection, groups of people will be led toward the Garden until they hears its humming, smells its fragrance, see its places and whatever Allah has prepared for the inhabitants. Then a call will be made to turn them away from it, since they have no portion of in it. Then they will turn away with regret and longing for it, like other groups of people before and after them. They will say, " Our Lord! If you had admitted us to the Fire before showing us what we have seen of the reward you have prepared for your friends, it would be easier for us." Then Allah Most High will say, "That is what I intended for you. In privacy you were arrogant toward Me, but when you were among people you were humble toward them, showing them your good deeds, the opposite of what you gave to Me in your hearts. You gave to the people and not Me; you showed veneration toward people but not toward Me; your renunciation was for people but not for Me. Therefore, today I am making you taste My grievous punishment and withholding from you My abundant reward." " (Tabarani, Abu Na'im, Baihaqi)
A person asked Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم about salvation.
He replied: "Do not deceive Allah." The person asked: "How can one deceive Allah?" He replied: "You do a deed ordered by Allah and His Messenger, but intent to obtain the pleasure of someone other than Allah. Guard yourself against showing-off, because that is a form of lesser polytheism. On the Day of Resurrection, the show-off will be called, above the heads of the people, by four names: "Show off! Deceitful One! Godless One! Loser! Your deeds are wasted and your reward is cancelled. Since We do not have any reward for you, go an collect your reward from the one for whose sake you did these deeds, Pretender!" (Ibn Abu Dunya)
A scholar was asked: "Who is sincere toward Allah سبهانه و تعالى?" and he replied: "That person is sincere who conceals his good deeds in the same way as he conceals his bad deeds." Another scholar explained that the purpose of sincerity toward Allah سبهانه و تعالى is so that person may not start liking praise from people.
Fudail bin 'Iyyad said: "To refrain from doing something for the sake of people is Riya' (hyprocrisy) and to do something for their approval is polytheism, while sincerity is to ask protection against both from Allah سبهانه و تعالى. O Allah! Protect us from these two and forgive us!
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