Aqaaid

Q: How to differentiate between sin and shirk (especially major shirk) Example:

1# If a person does many haram acts because of his desire and continues it without fearing Allah then will it be just a sin or it will be considered as he is following his desire? Is it shirk as mentioned in Quran [45:23] “Have you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire, and Allah has sent him astray due to knowledge and has set a seal upon his hearing and his heart and put over his vision a veil?

2# We know interest is haram. If a person continues to take interest after knowing it haram or does not pay zakat, does it mean that he loves money more than Allah and doing shirk as mentioned in hadith “He who became the slave of the Dinar or the Dirham will perish and be destroyed.” [Hadith Bukhari] So are these just sin or they are shirk or they may lead to shirk even major shirk?

Q: Is it sunnah of Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) to: 

1. Walking fast (in the case of walking alone and walking with a group).

2. Walk on the right side of the path.

Q: I wanted to ask that if a person rejects a sunnah or an ahkaam of deen or shariah ruling, not knowing that it is correct. i.e. out of ignorance as he did not know about it and he thought it is wrong, did this person commit shirk? 

Q: A friend of mine said "in the name of Jesus" before eating. I told him it's shirk and he asked for any prooof from the Hadith or a verse or chapter from the Qur'an which honestly I don't know. I need help on this because not only him, there are some Muslims around me that make the same mistakes using someone's name other than Allah when doing things.

Q: Is it permissible to follow a rasam in any function, e.g. like placing flowers around the neck, etc..

Q: I want to ask that I would like to strengthen my Iman but when I go into Islam deeply, it's affecting my psychological mind and I am going like mad. What should I do?

Q:

1. When should one apply surma?

2. What are the benefits of surma?

3. What is the method of applying surma?

Q: Is there any specific Sunnah method of brushing the hair (for women) and is there any masnoon duas which can/should be read whilst brushing the hair?

Q: I read "The Sunni Path", "Endless Bliss", etc. published by Hakikat Kitabevi Publication, Istanbul, Turkey up load by website hakikatkitabevi.com

All information so far in my knowledge are within the Sunni creed & strongly emphasized to the Tasawwuf. But I am astonished that the "TABLIGH-I-Jamaat" of India is termed as heretic instituition & MAWLANA ASRAF ALI THANAWI, the writer of the "Heavanly Ornament" is also noted as Bedd`ti (heresy) while most of the Indian sub-continent Sunni accept the "Jamaat" and considered it Mujaddid wa munawwir alf-i-thani as the true Islamic reformer respectively.

What is your opinion in the light of "The Holy Qur`an & Hadith" ? Should we, religiously ignorant, not read the books published by its producer "HUSEYN HILMI ISIK"?

Q: I have waswasa problem. Recently I gots doubts when watching an animation movie. I felt like I wish I could have life like this in the movie and friends like this. Is thinking like this shirk?