Shirk Akbar and Asghar

فَالشِّرْكُ الْأَكْبَرُ: مَا يُخْرِجَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنَ الْمِلَّة. وَالشِّرْكُ الْأَصْغَرُ: مَا دُونَ ذٰلِك So shirk akbar (greater shirk) is: that which takes a person out of the religion. And shirk asghar (the lesser shirk) is: what is less than that. (From