Explain how Shirk negates the principle of Tawḥīd.
Explanation
*Getting involved in Shirk means working against the belief in the Oneness of Allah.
*There are two types of – Major and Minor.
*Involvement in major Shirk completely takes one out of the fold of Islam.
*Examples of major Shirk include Idol- worship, Hero worship and Ancestral worship.k
*A person involved in Shirk is known as a Mushrik i.e. a Polytheist
*A Mushrik neither prays nor encourages Ṣalāt observance.
*He does not also believe in the institution of Zakāt.
*The institutions of Hajj and Ṣawm will also mean nothing to a Mushrik.
*>Examples of minor Shirk include arrogance and showing off.