What are the types of greater polytheism?

There are four types of greater polytheism:

1. Polytheism in invocation, ie., involving supplicatoins to other than Allah.
2. Polytheism in intentions, i.e., purpose and intentions not for the sake of Allah but directed towards other deities.
3. Polytheism in obedience. i.e., rendering obedience to any authority against the Order of Allah.Polytheism in love, i.e., showing love to others which is due to Allah Alone.

Q.37. What is lesser polytheism?

A. The lesser polytheism is Ar-Riya, htat means the acts of worship done to gain praise or fame rather than to please Allah, this type of polytheism, however, does not cast the person committing it out of the fold of Islam.