He said: “Because polytheism, by its very nature, contradicts this very purpose, it is the most grievous of all major sins. Allah has forbidden Paradise to every polytheist and has made his blood, wealth, and family lawful to the people of monotheism, permitting them to take such people as slaves, for they abandoned their duty of worship to Him. Allah—glorified be He—refuses to accept any deed from a polytheist, to allow intercession on his behalf, to answer any plea he makes in the Hereafter, or to grant him any hope there. The polytheist is the most ignorant of all mankind concerning Allah, for he sets up from among His own creation a rival to Him. That is the height of ignorance about the Almighty—as well as the height of wrongdoing—although, in reality, the polytheist has not wronged his Lord; he has only wronged himself.” End of quotation.

7 – Polytheism is a denigration and a defect that the Lord—exalted is He—has declared Himself far above. Whoever associates partners with Allah attributes to Him what He has absolved Himself of; this is the pinnacle of defiance, obstinacy, and hostility toward Allah.

(b) Categories of Polytheism
Polytheism is of two kinds:
The first: major polytheism, which expels a person from the religion and consigns him to eternal residence in the Fire if he dies without repenting from it. It consists of directing any act of