The Mahdi Times April 2012 | Page 21

For the purpose of learning from the Children of Israel, the full narration will be given, Abi Ja'far (a.s) said: "alWaqatun[Those who give times] have lied, [indeed] they have lied. Verily when Moses (a.s) went out [from his people] going towards his Lord, he promised them [that he will be absent for] 30 days, so when Allah (swt) added 10 [days] to these 30 [days], his people said about him: 'Moses (a.s) has broken his promise', so they constructed their construction [a golden cow to worship]. Hence if we narrate to you a narration, and what we narrated arrives [in this world], then you should say: 'Allah (swt) has told the truth.' And if we narrate to you a narration, and it arrives different then what we narrated, then you should say, 'Allah (swt) has told the truth', you will be rewarded twice [for this]." AlGhaiba alNu'mani, page, 305. What is Hidden Shirk? By: HussainTheShortcomer Salam alaykum, there has been much information related to Shirk (meaning to associate others with God) and I thought it would be good to be more informed about it. First two questions from Mutashabihat by Imam Ahmad (as) will be shown, while reading these two questions do not be distressed as at first it may seem like everything is Shirk, continue reading where we will discuss how each one of us has work to do. Also information will be taken from the book Journey of Moses by Imam Ahmad (as) where it relates to this topic. === Question 27: What is the meaning of AlHussein’s pbuh saying in Du’aa’ ‘Arfa: (My Lord take me out from the lowliness of myself, and purify me from my doubt and my Shirk([1]) )? Answer: There are various types of Shirk, of them are: 1- The Apparent Shirk: And it also has divisions, it includes: The outright Shirk in the religious ideology such as worshiping idols and sculptures, and worshiping errant non-working scholars. And they are the idols that have tongues, just as was mentioned in the Noble Quran ([2]) and from the Messenger (pbuhahf) and the Imams (pbut) in the dispraise of the Jews who obeyed their scholars in disobeying Allah and thus they had worshiped them by that ([3]). fulfilling all his needs, and to take in account that the servants are a mere medium and tool in Allah’s Control which He (swt) subjugates however He wishes and wherever He wishes for fulfilling His wish, so if the servant turns towards Allah it does not harm him to deal with the people. 2- The Hidden Shirk: And it includes hypocrisy with all its regions