Tawakkul

Tawakkul (Arabic: تَوَكُّل‎) is an Arabic word which literally means reliance-on or trust-in and it is one of the most important topics in Islamic ethic, because it related to the essential part of monotheism.

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God (Allah) . Tawakkul

Is relying on other people to fulfil one's needs considered as taking another deity besides God?

Abbas Jaffer, Sheikh Abbas Jaffer is an optometrist by profession and has a Master’s degree in Islamic Sciences. He is a part time lecturer at the Islamic College in London and is currently writing his doctoral... Answered 7 years ago

It is not shirk for human beings to ask one other for help. What is shirk is to consider them to be able to help independent of God's will.

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Abbas