Al-Khiṣāl - Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: One Would Not Be a Polytheist until He Does One of Three Things د بن الوليد رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا ٠د بن الحسن الصفار، عن الحسن بن ٠وسى الخشاب، عن يزيد بن إسحاق شعر، عن عباس بن يزيد، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلا٠قال: قلت: إن هؤلاء العوا٠ون أن الشرك أخفى ٠سح الاسود فقال: لا يكون العبد ٠شركا حتى يصلي لغير الله، أو يذبح لغير الله، أو يدعو لغير الله عز وجل 3-151 Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted Al-Hassan ibn Musa al-Khishab, on the authority of Al-Yazid ibn Ishaq She’r, on the authority of Ab’bas ibn Yazid, “I told Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB), ‘The common people think that polytheism is harder to see than the footstep of an ant on a black cloak at night.’ The Imam (MGB) replied, ‘One would not become a polytheist unless he prays to other than God; makes an offering for other than God; or prays to anyone other than the Honorable the Exalted God.’”