Are the Rafidah disbelievers? And how should one deal with them?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. Regarding the Rafidah, are they considered disbelievers? And how should a Muslim deal with them, especially since some of them display hatred? How should one deal with them, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : The Rafidah, may Allah bless you, are like the other people of innovation. If they do what necessitates disbelief, they become disbelievers. If they do what necessitates open sinfulness, they become open sinners. And if some of their statements that are close to the statements of the people of the Sunnah have some consideration and are a matter of independent legal reasoning, then they are like everyone else.
So it is not possible to answer with a general answer and say: all the Rafidah are disbelievers, all the Rafidah are open sinners. No, it is necessary to distinguish and examine their religious innovation.
It is obligatory for us to call them to the truth and to clarify it for them. And if we know which sect they are from, it is obligatory for us to point out the defect of that sect. Do not despair, for the hearts are between two fingers of the fingers of the Most Merciful (Mighty and Majestic). Perhaps Allah will guide them through your hands, and you will obtain much good. The person who is guided after having been unguided may be more beneficial to the society and greater than the one who was guided from the beginning, because he knew the falsehood and turned away from it, and he will clarify it to the people. Yes.
The Shaykh : The Rafidah, may Allah bless you, are like the other people of innovation. If they do what necessitates disbelief, they become disbelievers. If they do what necessitates open sinfulness, they become open sinners. And if some of their statements that are close to the statements of the people of the Sunnah have some consideration and are a matter of independent legal reasoning, then they are like everyone else.
So it is not possible to answer with a general answer and say: all the Rafidah are disbelievers, all the Rafidah are open sinners. No, it is necessary to distinguish and examine their religious innovation.
It is obligatory for us to call them to the truth and to clarify it for them. And if we know which sect they are from, it is obligatory for us to point out the defect of that sect. Do not despair, for the hearts are between two fingers of the fingers of the Most Merciful (Mighty and Majestic). Perhaps Allah will guide them through your hands, and you will obtain much good. The person who is guided after having been unguided may be more beneficial to the society and greater than the one who was guided from the beginning, because he knew the falsehood and turned away from it, and he will clarify it to the people. Yes.