The Rafidah are with us in the military sector, and many of our brothers deal with them and laugh with them. What is the ruling?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
I love you for the sake of Allah, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah love you for the sake of which you loved us.
The questioner : I work in the Eastern Province, specifically in the city of al-Hafuf. Recently, the Rafidah have entered our military sector in large numbers. We interact with them in eating, drinking, sitting together, and socializing. We know their malicious intentions and their madhab of taqiyyah, but we do not know about al-wala' wa al-bara' (loyalty and disavowal) regarding these people. Many of our brothers there deal with them through laughter, giving and taking, and extensive interaction, and they do not show them hatred. What is the ruling on this, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : What I see is that you should strive to win them over to adopt the Sunnah. Say to them: "You are now acknowledging that we are the people of the Sunnah. Do you hate the Sunnah or not? We agree with you that some of the Ahl al-Bayt (People of the House) were wronged, such as al-Husayn ibn 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). But is it better to follow the wronged one, or to follow the Sunnah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)? Debate them with these matters, but without violence, with the intention of guiding them, and perhaps Allah will guide them."
If they say, for example, "The Imams, the Imams of the Shi'ah, have such and such qualities," we say: "Yes, and the Imams of the Sunnah have goodness and righteousness." Debate them, and perhaps, with much debate—and by debate I mean discussion—good will come of it.
The questioner : O Shaykh, those present in the workplace in general do not have knowledge. In fact, the general public, even more than the general public, do not understand at all. As for them, al-wala' wa al-bara' (loyalty and disavowal) means they take and give in an extreme way, and they do not even...
The Shaykh : No, no, I mean these Shi'ah. As for the Sunnis, the common people of the Sunnis, as I said: perhaps they do not know about this matter. Their affair is settled with the people of the Sunnah, and there is no problem with it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Is there danger from them for them?
If there is danger for them, we must inform these common people of the truth so that they do not go astray, or we should ask them from time to time: "Did they say anything to you?"
No, I mean that the people of the Sunnah, or I wish that the people of the Sunnah, would win over the Shi'ah to bring them into the Sunnah. Yes.
I love you for the sake of Allah, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah love you for the sake of which you loved us.
The questioner : I work in the Eastern Province, specifically in the city of al-Hafuf. Recently, the Rafidah have entered our military sector in large numbers. We interact with them in eating, drinking, sitting together, and socializing. We know their malicious intentions and their madhab of taqiyyah, but we do not know about al-wala' wa al-bara' (loyalty and disavowal) regarding these people. Many of our brothers there deal with them through laughter, giving and taking, and extensive interaction, and they do not show them hatred. What is the ruling on this, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : What I see is that you should strive to win them over to adopt the Sunnah. Say to them: "You are now acknowledging that we are the people of the Sunnah. Do you hate the Sunnah or not? We agree with you that some of the Ahl al-Bayt (People of the House) were wronged, such as al-Husayn ibn 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). But is it better to follow the wronged one, or to follow the Sunnah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)? Debate them with these matters, but without violence, with the intention of guiding them, and perhaps Allah will guide them."
If they say, for example, "The Imams, the Imams of the Shi'ah, have such and such qualities," we say: "Yes, and the Imams of the Sunnah have goodness and righteousness." Debate them, and perhaps, with much debate—and by debate I mean discussion—good will come of it.
The questioner : O Shaykh, those present in the workplace in general do not have knowledge. In fact, the general public, even more than the general public, do not understand at all. As for them, al-wala' wa al-bara' (loyalty and disavowal) means they take and give in an extreme way, and they do not even...
The Shaykh : No, no, I mean these Shi'ah. As for the Sunnis, the common people of the Sunnis, as I said: perhaps they do not know about this matter. Their affair is settled with the people of the Sunnah, and there is no problem with it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Is there danger from them for them?
If there is danger for them, we must inform these common people of the truth so that they do not go astray, or we should ask them from time to time: "Did they say anything to you?"
No, I mean that the people of the Sunnah, or I wish that the people of the Sunnah, would win over the Shi'ah to bring them into the Sunnah. Yes.