2 – Major shirk condemns its perpetrator to everlasting punishment in the Fire, whereas minor shirk does not consign a person to eternal residence there, should he enter it.

3 – Major shirk wipes out every righteous deed, whereas minor shirk does not eradicate them all; ostentation or acting for worldly gain nullifies only the particular deed it accompanies.

4 – Major shirk makes a person’s life and property lawful [for the Muslim authority to take], whereas minor shirk does not have that consequence.