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According to Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, ''shirk'' (or as the author refers to it, "associationism"), is much more than believing in more than one God. Among the most serious examples of ''shirk'' are “worshiping, sacrificing to, slaughtering to, praying to, invoking, seeking intercession by, or attributing authority to anyone or anything other than God.” This include intercession by the Muslim prophet [[Muhammad]]<ref name="DLB2004: 69">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 69</ref> | According to Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, ''shirk'' (or as the author refers to it, "associationism"), is much more than believing in more than one God. Among the most serious examples of ''shirk'' are “worshiping, sacrificing to, slaughtering to, praying to, invoking, seeking intercession by, or attributing authority to anyone or anything other than God.” This include intercession by the Muslim prophet [[Muhammad]]<ref name="DLB2004: 69">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 69</ref> | ||
{{#tag:ref| | {{#tag:ref|While a hadith does say that Muhammad plans to petition God on behalf of good Muslim monotheists on Judgment Day, the hadith does not say it is permissible to ''ask'' Muhammad for intercession.<ref name="DLB2004: 70">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 70</ref>|group=Note}} | ||
But calling on “anyone or anything" other than God for help or anything else is ''shirk'', and "is strictly, totally, and permanently forbidden", because ‘this calling signifies worship of the one called upon`", | But calling on “anyone or anything" other than God for help or anything else is ''shirk'', and "is strictly, totally, and permanently forbidden", because ‘this calling signifies worship of the one called upon`", | ||
<ref name="IAWKT: 30">[[#IAWKT|Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, ''Kitab al-Tawhid'', 1398h]]: 30</ref><ref name="DLB2004: 63">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 63</ref> and worship accords "godlike status to created beings and objects.”<ref name="DLB2004: 63"/> Anyone who requests intercession or who believes "in the power of requesting for intercession "must be fought until they adhere to monotheism".<ref name="DLB2004: 63"/> | <ref name="IAWKT: 30">[[#IAWKT|Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, ''Kitab al-Tawhid'', 1398h]]: 30</ref><ref name="DLB2004: 63">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 63</ref> and worship accords "godlike status to created beings and objects.”<ref name="DLB2004: 63"/> Anyone who requests intercession or who believes "in the power of requesting for intercession "must be fought until they adhere to monotheism".<ref name="DLB2004: 63"/> | ||
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#''al-ghanimah'' -- the spoils of war, captured by the Muslim army after battle, 4/5s of which are to be distributed among those Muslims who participated in the fighting. | #''al-ghanimah'' -- the spoils of war, captured by the Muslim army after battle, 4/5s of which are to be distributed among those Muslims who participated in the fighting. | ||
#''fai'' -- spoils surrendered by non-Muslim enemy without fighting, considered to be | #''fai'' -- spoils surrendered by non-Muslim enemy without fighting, considered to be | ||
the common possession of the whole Muslim society and divided up and distributed by the amir. | the common possession of the whole Muslim society and divided up and distributed by the amir.<ref name="DLB2004: 212">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 212</ref>|group=Note}} | ||
Clothing, personal jewelry ... and weaponry are considered the property of the individual who took them."<ref name="DLB2004: 215">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 215</ref> Riding animals, not just human fighters also got their own share of booty.<ref name="DLB2004: 216">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 216</ref> | Clothing, personal jewelry ... and weaponry are considered the property of the individual who took them."<ref name="DLB2004: 215">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 215</ref> Riding animals, not just human fighters also got their own share of booty.<ref name="DLB2004: 216">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 216</ref> | ||