Preface


Muslim scholars divided Shirk into different categories, which may be given different names, yet are similar in essence:The chosen opinion is that there are two main categories of Shirk:
1- Major
2- Minor [62] See: ((Sharh Al-Usool Al-Sittah in Majmoo‘ Fataawa wa Rasaa’il Ibn ‘Uthaymeen)) (7/115), ((Al-Shirk Fee Al-Qadeem wa Al-Hadeeth)) by Aboo Bakr Muhammad Zakaariyya (1/138)