THE HISTORY OF SHIRK
– Olamilekan Lawal
Shirk is literally define as associating of partner of any sort, with Allah. (SWT)
Ibn Abbas (May Allaah be pleased with him) said: (There were ten centuries between Adam and Noah where all the people had the Tawheed belief.)
Shrik as an act, first appeared on earth when the righteous people died, Noah’s people started worshipping them, and made idols out of them, and then Allaah sent Noah to invite them to Tawheed.
However, it started when it appeared with the peoppe of Prophet Musa when Musa promised his people that he will be back in thirty days, a man named as-samiree brought an idol to them, and convinced them that this idol is Musa’s God.
It continued after the lifetime of Jesus when prophet Isa (Jesus) was risen to the heavens, Paulus, a Jew, pretended that he was Christian, tricked the Christians, changed the true message of Isa, and so many followed him.
It was fast becoming a norm as advancement evolves around the world, it appeared on Hijazi lands of Arabs when Amro ibn Luhi brought idols to the (The Hijazi) Arab lands, he changed the Prophet Ibrahim’s religion, and commanded the people to worship the idols.
Appeared in this Ummah, that is; Prophet Muhammad’s Alayhi Assalatu wassalam Nation) of this century, when the Shi’a’s built on the graves, and created many innovations and also when the extremist Suffi’s took their scholar as lords.
