Does minor Shirk (associating others with Allah in His Divinity or worship) take a person out of Islam?
Does minor Shirk (associating others with Allah in His Divinity or worship) take a person out of Islam? A: Minor Shirk does not take the person who commits it outside the fold of Islam; but rather it diminishes Iman (Faith) and opposes the obligatory perfection of Tawhid (belief in the Oneness of Allah). If a person recites Qur’an out of Riya’ (showing-off), gives Sadaqah (voluntary charity) out of Riya’ and so on, their Iman will be diminished and shaken. Thus, a person will be sinful for committing it; but it does not make them guilty of major Kufr (disbelief). [Majmoo ‘al-Fataawa Ibn Baaz, Vol.: 1; pg. 55]]