Erasing the Accusation of Shirk

and unlawful, and the Prophets never made anything lawful which was already forbidden
by Allah, for this reason it is not shirk, as Allah Almighty says in the Qur’an:
009.029 Fight those who believe not in Allah, and in the Last Day, and accept not as
unlawful what Allah and His messenger made unlawful.
007.157 He will bid them to do good and will forbid them from doing evil, and will
make lawful for them clean things and will forbid for them unclean things, and will
take off from them that burden and shackles which were upon them. Then those who
believe in him and honour him and help him and follow that light which has been sent
down with him, they are the persons who attained their objects.
I presented her these two verses from which we see that the Prophet Muhammad (may
Allah bless him and grant him peace) was granted the authority to make things lawful and
unlawful; so to say they have the power to do shirk is definitely not shirk!
Third Question
Another sister stood up and said that Muslims who call the Prophet of Allah ‘Hakim’ (the
judge) are committing Shirk. I then simply showed her with the following verse; as Allah
Almighty says in the Qur’an:
004.065 Then O beloved! By your Lord, they shall not be Muslims until they make
you judge in all disputes among themselves, then they find not any impediment in their
hearts concerning whatever you decide, and accept from the eve of their hearts.
In the above verse we are informed that we cannot even be Muslims unless we give the
Holy Prophet the status and name of a Hakim. So how could this possibly be Shirk! The
above questions were all asked to me on the same day! This is how frequently and easily
the word ‘Shirk’ is being used! However I do not blame the sisters themselves, most have
been brainwashed by the Khwaarij sect who have made the use of this word a custom,
though their habit of using and spreading this word is clearly not justified as they do not
even know what it means.
“SHIRK IS NOT A HAT THAT YOU CAN PLACE ON ANYONE’S HEAD!”
By now, you should have realised that I am very concerned at the frequent use of the
word shirk. One must understand that someone can only commit shirk if they are
competing with the Tawhid of Allah: it is impossible for a Muslim to have this thought!
The word Shirk is not a hat that you can place on anyone’s head! However this seems to
be an active practice of the Kharajite sect.
The First people to accuse Muslims of committing Shirk
I have come across a number of brothers and sisters who have a sincere desire to study
Islam and follow in the footsteps of the beloved Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant
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