The Declaration of the Disbelief of the Rafidah and the Distinction Between Their Scholars and Their Common People
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The questioner:
I say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you, are the Rafidah disbelievers? And do you distinguish between their scholars and their common people in this regard?
The Shaykh:
It is a principle that anyone who calls upon other than Allah, or slaughters for other than Allah, or performs any act of worship for other than Allah, is a disbeliever, whether it is Ibrahim or anyone else. Whoever worships other than Allah in any type of worship.
Likewise, whoever claims that it is obligatory to follow anyone other than the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is a disbeliever. The Rafidah hold that the rank of their Imams is higher than the rank of [the Prophet], and that their Imams do not become disbelievers, and that they are infallible, infallible, they do not become disbelievers, and that they have the right, meaning they make lawful what they wish and make forbidden what they wish. Is this not the greatest disbelief? And life? No, this is disbelief with them. What is this? It is disbelief with them, and they have many necessities with them, they have many necessities with them.
The questioner:
He says: And is there a distinction between their scholars and their common people in this regard?
The Shaykh:
Their scholars, without doubt, know that this is false, and they know that it is false, without doubt. As for their common people, if the proof is established against them and they err, but if the proof is not established against them, then these are not [disbelievers], and they are not held accountable.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
I say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you, are the Rafidah disbelievers? And do you distinguish between their scholars and their common people in this regard?
The Shaykh:
It is a principle that anyone who calls upon other than Allah, or slaughters for other than Allah, or performs any act of worship for other than Allah, is a disbeliever, whether it is Ibrahim or anyone else. Whoever worships other than Allah in any type of worship.
Likewise, whoever claims that it is obligatory to follow anyone other than the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is a disbeliever. The Rafidah hold that the rank of their Imams is higher than the rank of [the Prophet], and that their Imams do not become disbelievers, and that they are infallible, infallible, they do not become disbelievers, and that they have the right, meaning they make lawful what they wish and make forbidden what they wish. Is this not the greatest disbelief? And life? No, this is disbelief with them. What is this? It is disbelief with them, and they have many necessities with them, they have many necessities with them.
The questioner:
He says: And is there a distinction between their scholars and their common people in this regard?
The Shaykh:
Their scholars, without doubt, know that this is false, and they know that it is false, without doubt. As for their common people, if the proof is established against them and they err, but if the proof is not established against them, then these are not [disbelievers], and they are not held accountable.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، فصل : في تعين الهجرة من الآراء والبدع إلى سنته كما كانت فرضا من الأمصار إلى بلدته - عليه الصلاة والسلام - — islamhouse.com (55:57)
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