Is it haram to say namaste in Islam?

So, it is your own personal choice which language you use. In a one-to-one conversation between a Hindu (more comfortable with Hindi) and a Muslim (more comfortable with Urdu), it is perfectly fine for the Hindu to greet with Namaste replied to by the Muslim with As-Salamu Alaykum, or vice-versa.

How long is Muharram for Shia?

2 months and 8 days
Muharram is considered to be the period of recalling and mourning the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain by the community of Shia Muslims, which starts mourning from the first night of Muharram and will continue for the next 2 months and 8 days.

What are the examples of shirk?

Some examples of such type of shirk are: a. To worship any person or anything besides Allah (SWT). b. To sacrifice or to make any vow in the name of any person or living thing besides Allah (SWT).

Is there no one among us Shirk?

The words “there is no one among us…” are the words of Ibn Mas’ood, as was explained by the prominent scholars of hadeeth. This indicates that Ibn Mas’ood (may Allah be pleased with him) understood that this was minor shirk, because he could not have said, “There is no one among us…” referring to major shirk.

What are the two types of shirk in Islam?

Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 4497; Muslim, 92. The texts of the Qur’aan and Sunnah indicate that shirk and the ascribing of rivals to Allah sometimes puts a person beyond the pale of Islam and sometimes does not. Hence the scholars divided shirk into two types which they call shirk akbar (major shirk) and shirk asghar (minor shirk).

What are our obligations to understand Shirk?

One of the most important obligations is to know the meaning of shirk, its seriousness and its different types, so that our Tawheed (belief in the Oneness of Allaah) and our Islam may be complete, and our faith may be sound.

Are hypocrites inwardly Shirk?

For even though their (hypocrites’) shirk puts them beyond the pale of Islam and means that they will abide forever in Hell, it is a hidden shirk, because they make an outward display of Islam and conceal their kufr and shirk, so they are inwardly mushriks but not outwardly. Shirk may sometimes take the form of beliefs: