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Tawheed & Shirk

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Bad Omens

Authenticity of Hadith "Run from the leper as you run away from a lion"

Being superstitious of months, days, birds and the like

Taswir

Photographs taken for necessity or for decorative purposes

Taking photographs of living creatures

Photography and keeping photographs

Photography in Islam

Taking photographs of humans and other beings

Taking photographs of creatures with souls using cameras or the like

Taking photos of living beings is unlawful whether the photo is three-dimensional, photographic, manual, or sculpture

Photography and buying magazines that have pictures in them

Photography

Suspicions about the unlawfulness of photography

Televised images on TV and videotapes

Drawing living beings

Taking photographs of living creatures

Absolute prohibition of taking photographs of living creatures

China decorated with pictures and used only when necessary

Cursing both Musawwir and the one whose photo is taken

Earning living from photography and putting photos of living beings at homes

The passion for the physical form

Illustrative images in academic and scientific books and magazines

Drawing illustrative images on the board during teaching

Using drawings and shapes of living beings such as humans and the like

Taswir of non-living beings

Scale models of the two Sacred Mosques

Putting photographs of animals or humans in a Masjid

Taking photographs of animate creatures or hanging them in Masjids and other places

Possessing magazines that contain photographs

Keeping daily newspapers and magazines which include pictures

Pictures inside the books

Taking photographs and making sculptures of living beings

Sculpture and photography of living beings

Erecting statues

Statues and the so-called "Unknown Soldier Monument"

Sculpture, classical paintings, and abstract art

Attitude of artists towards the Hadiths prohibiting Taswir

Taking photographs of living beings such as human beings and animals and keeping the photos

Taking family photographs

Taking photos of the bride, bridegroom, and their families at weddings

Keeping photos as mementos

Photographing women

Taking photos of Muslims offering congregational Salah and of children reciting the Qur'an

Pictures on paper money

Keeping pictures of living beings hung on the wall

Hanging pictures on the walls

Hanging pictures on the walls of houses

Keeping the prohibited photos

Keeping pictures even if not hung on walls

Selling statues as a profession

Prohibition of taking photos of living beings and earning a living from them

Depicting the Companions

The price of selling prohibited photos

Owning stuffed birds and animals

Possessing stuffed birds sold as gifts and decorative ornaments

Putting photos in ID cards

Photography to get an ID card

Photo of a woman's face in a passport

"Angels do not enter the house in which there is a picture, a statute or a dog"

Copying images and earning a living from photography

Prohibition of taking photographs of living beings such as people and animals, unless when necessary

Photocopying ID cards and documents that bear photographs

Major Shirk

The difference between major Shirk and minor Shirk

The meaning of "And do not marry Al-Mushrikat"

Invoking other than Allah such as Jinn, dead and absentees and those who follow idolatrous conventions

Similarity of committing acts of Shirk and never entering Islam

Obeying Allah in His legislations

Praying behind someone who invokes other than Allah

Allah created all creatures to worship Him Alone

Sending peace on Allah's Messenger while facing his grave and deeds of major and minor Shirk

Manifestations of Shirk in Muslim Communities

Ruling on violating Islamic `Aqidah out of ignorance

Minor Shirk

Refraining from doing a deed because of people is Riya' and doing a deed because of them is Shirk

Persisting to follow Allah's Orders and abstain from His Prohibitions seeking His Reward and fearing His Punishment

Swearing by other than Allah

Expressing pride in being knowledgeable to others

Getting rid of ostentation

Tawaghit

Those who judge by other than Allah's revealed laws

Obligation of appealing to the Qur'an and the Sunnah for legal rulings in case of disputes

The meaning of Al-Taghut and interpreting the Ayah "They wish to go for judgement (in their disputes) to the Taghut"

Taghut is anything in which a servant exceeds the limits whether it is worship, following, or obedience

Not everything worshiped besides Allah is considered as Taghut

Impermissibility of pursuing lawsuits under a non-Muslim government

Seeking judgment from Shari`ah and not from tribal rules

Governments ruling according to laws not revealed by Allah as non-Muslim governments

Participating in enacting a law opposing Islamic rulings

Muslims voting for non-Muslims in elections

A Muslim cooperating with a Christian in whatever does not contradict with Islamic Shari`ah

Taking oaths to respect positive laws

Ruling on invoking Allah against a ruler who does not judge according to what Allah has revealed

Studying positive laws and working as an attorney

Studying positive laws and working as an attorney or a judge