Polytheism in obedience a small booklet which gives us a synthesis on the forms of minor and major polytheism .

Allah Most High tells us in the Holy Qur'an: "They took their rabbis and their monks, as well as the Messiah son of Maryam, as Lords besides Allah, when they were only commanded to worship a God One. No god but Him! Glory be to Him! He is above what they [Him] associate." (Qur'ân: Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 31).

In an authentic hadith, the Prophet (SwS) quoted this verse to 'Ady Ibn. Hatim at-Ta'i who said: "O Messenger of Allah, we do not worship them! He then said: Did they not make lawful what Allah has made unlawful and you then judge it lawful and not unlawful what Allah has made lawful and you deemed it unlawful? I say "If" The Prophet (SwS), then said: "Such is their worship" (Reported by At-Timidhi and others)

[ Major polytheism : it is the fact of devoting one's worship or part of one's worship to someone other than Allah. It is also the fact of denying a principle or an act of the legislation of Allah recognized as elementary, such as the prayer and the fasting of the month of Ramadan.

Or again, it is the fact of denying something that Allah has forbidden among the religious prohibitions recognized by all, such as adultery, the consumption of alcohol and the like. Likewise, it is obedience to a creature in disobedience to the Creator by making lawful what Allah has made unlawful and by allowing an individual to be obeyed in what contradicts the religion of Allah (Exalted be -He).

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