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Naming the Shi'ah as the Rafidah

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Question:
Is it not more fitting to call the Shi'ah the Rafidah (the Twelver Shi'ah), because that angers them? And Allah says: "And they do not tread upon a place that angers the disbelievers except that a righteous deed is recorded for them thereby."

Answer:
A slogan. The Rafidah are a sect of the Shi'ah. They are the Shi'ah, one single sect. So the Rafidah are a group among them. They are called the Imamiyyah, they are called the Rafidah, they are called the Ja'fariyyah. They are a group among them. Among them are the Zaydiyyah, and among them are the Batiniyyah, the Isma'iliyyah, the Qaramitah, and the Fatimiyyah. Large sects. Yes.
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