Shirk 
Glimpses from the book “Riyaa: Hidden Shirk”(1)
Download article as PDF Linguistically riyaa comes from the root “ra`aa” which means to see, to behold, to view. The derived word ‘riyaa’ means “eyeservice, hypocrisy, dissimulation; dissemblance.” From a Sharee`ah point of view, “to perform acts which are pleasing to Allah, with the intention of pleasing other than Allah”. Thus riyaa originates in the [...]
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Aqeedah at Tawheed – Fortune Knowing And Islaam – Part 6
Astrology, horoscopes, superstition and fortune-telling are all actions of jaahiliyyah (ignorance) which Islam came to show as false and to explain that they are shirk, because they involve depending on something other than Allaah and believing that benefit and harm come from something other than Him, and believing the words of fortune-tellers and soothsayers who falsely claim to have knowledge of the unseen in order to cheat people of their beliefs and also their money.
