Clarifying the Categories of Major Shirk

Explaining various forms of major shirk:

Shirk is of two kinds: major and minor. Major shirk stands in direct opposition to tawhid (pure monotheism) and removes a person from the religion. It takes many forms; some have already been discussed in connection with the rites performed at tomb-shrines. Other forms include:

1 – Shirk related to fear:

Fear, as the scholars define it, is the expectation of something disliked based on an indication that is either presumed or known, and it is divided into three kinds: