COMMON FORMS OF MAN-MADE GODS
IN HIS IGNORANCE , MAN HAS GIVEN MANY THINGS THE STATUS OF IDENTITIES ,SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS OF WHICH ARE THE FOLLOWING :
1 - OBJECT OF NATURE,MAN HAS WORSHIPPED BEAUTIFUL STONES,USEFUL OF FEROCIOUS ANIMAL ,THE SOLID TREES ,TOWERING MOUNTAIN,FLOWING STREAMS ,VOLCANOES,EVEN DREADFUL DISEASE ,THE SUN ,THE STARS ,AND OTHER PLANETS.
2 - THE NOBLE PROPHETS , THE DISBELIEVING ARABS USED TO WORSHIP PROPHETS IBRAHIM AND ISMAIL ,THE JEWS WORSHIPPED PROPHETS YA'QOUP AND UZAIR AND THE CHRISTIANS WORSHIPPED PROPHET ISA .
3 - PIOUS ANCESTORS ,THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD SAID " THESE PEOPLE WERE SUCH THAT IF THERE WAS A PIOUS MAN AMONG THEM WHO DIED ,THEY BUILT A MOSQUE ON HIS GRAVE AND MADE STATUES OF HIM IN IT ,THESE PEOPLE WILL BE THE MOST DESPISED PEOPLE ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT ", NARRATED BY BUKHARI ,MUSLIM ,NASAI ,AND AHMAD .THE NEXT OBVIOUS STEP WAS TO WORSHIP THE STATUES THEMSELVES RATHER THAN THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENTED.
WORSHIPPING THE GRAVES OF HONOURED ELDERS IS STILL COMMON TODAY ,EVEN AMONG MUSLIMS ,DESPITE THE PUNISHMENT THAT IT ENTAILS ,THE PROPHET SAID " ALLAH HAS CURSED THE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS BECAUSE THEY TURNED THE GRAVES OF THEIR PROPHETS INTO MOSQUES.(BUKHARI,MUSLIM,AHMAD)
ALL THE ABOVE SHOW THAT SHIRK IS NOT CONFINED TO WORSHIPPING IDOLS AND STATUES .IT TAKES MANY DIFFERENT FORMS ,ALL OF WHICH HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON ,THEY ARE ALL HARAAM.
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