O Allah, do not make my grave an idol that is worshiped. Allah's wrath was intense upon a people who took the graves of their prophets as places of worship Whoever swears by other than Allah has disbelieved or associated partners with Allah The thing that I fear most for you is minor polytheism. When asked what it was, he said: Riyā’ (show-off) Don't they forbid what Allah allows, so you forbid it? Don't they allow what Allah forbids, so you allow it? I said: Yes. He said: That is how you worship them When the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the 'Nushrah' (counteracting magic by magic), he said: It is an act of the devil Whoever is prevented from doing something because of his belief in bad omens has thus committed polytheism. They said: What is the expiation of that? He said: It is to say: "O Allah, there is no good except Your good, nor omen except Your omen, and there is no god but You Whoever meets Allah without associating partners with Him will enter Paradise, and whoever meets Him while associating partners with Him will enter Hell Allah's statement: {And said: Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwā‘ or Yaghūth and Ya‘ūq and Nasr} [Sūrat Nūh: 23]. Ibn ‘Abbās said: These are names of some pious men of the people of Nūh (Noah) Allah's statement: {So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know} [Sūrat al-Baqarah: 22]. Ibn ‘Abbās commented: Equals are polytheism. It is subtler than the crawling of a small black ant on a black stone in the darkness of the night Belief in evil omens is polytheism. Belief in evil omens is polytheism. Everyone of us experienced something of that, but Allah dispels it with reliance on Him He who swears by the 'Amānah' (religious obligations) is not one of us Go back, for I will not seek help from a polytheist Umm Salama told the Messenger (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) about a church that she had seen in Ethiopia that had sculptures. He said: "If any righteous pious man dies amongst them, they build a place of worship above his grave and place those sculptures. They are the most evil creatures in the sight of Allah."