Who are the Rafidah

Question:
The Rafidah, are they from the place and safe from the hospitality, O Shaykh?

Answer:
They are included among them. If there are disbelievers among them and Muslims among them, the Rafidah who worship other than Allah are disbelievers. The Rafidah who prefer 'Ali alone, or prefer him over 'Uthman, or over al-Siddiq, are not disbelievers but are sinners. As for the one who calls for 'Ali and the People of the House and exaggerates in their praise, he is a disbeliever. Or if he says that the one who is for 'Ali but betrayed Gabriel, this is a disbeliever. No, but among them are disbelievers and among them are sinners. Among them are sinners and among them are disbelievers, and among them are misguided innovators and innovators who are not disbelievers. But they all agree in responding to the Prophet, because they are from his Ummah, from the Ummah of response. As for the Ummah of invitation, there are many, the Jews and the Christians, and the Ummah of invitation has no value; they are from the people of the Fire. But these three out of the seventy who responded, who claimed to be followers of the Prophet, who claimed they responded to his call, the saved group among them is the swift, the saved sect, those who followed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and proceeded on his path. As for the two-thirds of the seventy, among them are the misguided, among them are the disbelievers, among them are the sinners, among them are the misguided apostates, and among them are the other apostates, on different levels. And it is amazing, O son, that they are all like this. We ask Allah for safety.