The Details of the Sects of the Shi'ah
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Question:
Your Eminence, we are in pressing need of knowing the points of disagreement with the Shi'ah. We ask you to clarify their beliefs. May Allah illuminate the insight of everyone?
Answer:
The Shi'ah are many sects, and it is not easy to find enough time in a short period to speak about them all. In brief, among them is the disbeliever who worships 'Ali and says: "O 'Ali," and worships Fatimah, al-Hasan, and others. Among them are those who say: Jibril (peace be upon him) betrayed the trust, and that prophethood belongs to 'Ali and not to Muhammad. Among them are other people, including the Imamiyyah—who are the Twelver Rafidah—who worship 'Ali and say: "Our imams are better than the angels and the prophets." And among them are many other categories.
Among them is the disbeliever and among them is the non-disbeliever. The easiest and mildest of them is the one who says: "'Ali is better than the three." This person is not a disbeliever, but he is mistaken; for 'Ali is the fourth, and al-Siddiq, 'Umar, and 'Uthman are better than him. If he prefers him over those three, he has erred and contradicted the consensus of the Companions, but he does not become a disbeliever.
They are of different levels and categories. Whoever wants to know that should refer to the words of the imams, such as "The Broad Lines" by Muhyi al-Din al-Khatib, and "Minhaj al-Sunnah" by the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, and other books written on the subject, such as "The Shi'ah and the Sunnah" by Ihsan 'Ilahi Zahir, and many other books in this field that have categorized and explained their errors and their evil. We ask Allah for safety and well-being.
And the most vile of them are the Twelver Imamiyyah and the Nasiriyyah, who are called "the Rafidah"; because they rejected Zayd ibn 'Ali when he refused to disavow the two Shaykhs, Abu Bakr and 'Umar, and they opposed him and rejected him.
So not everyone who claims Islam is accepted as having become a Muslim. Whoever claims Islam, his claim is examined. If he worships Allah alone, believes in His Messenger, and follows what He brought, then this is the Muslim. But if he claims Islam while he worships al-Husayn, worships Fatimah, worships al-Badawi, worships al-'Idris, and others, then he is not a Muslim. We ask Allah for safety and well-being.
Likewise, whoever insults the religion or abandons the prayer, even if he says: "I am a Muslim," he is not a Muslim. Or if he mocks the religion, or mocks the prayer, or the zakah, or fasting, or Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), or lies about him, or says: "He is ignorant," or says: "He did not complete the message or convey the clear message," all of these are disbelievers. We ask Allah for well-being.
Your Eminence, we are in pressing need of knowing the points of disagreement with the Shi'ah. We ask you to clarify their beliefs. May Allah illuminate the insight of everyone?
Answer:
The Shi'ah are many sects, and it is not easy to find enough time in a short period to speak about them all. In brief, among them is the disbeliever who worships 'Ali and says: "O 'Ali," and worships Fatimah, al-Hasan, and others. Among them are those who say: Jibril (peace be upon him) betrayed the trust, and that prophethood belongs to 'Ali and not to Muhammad. Among them are other people, including the Imamiyyah—who are the Twelver Rafidah—who worship 'Ali and say: "Our imams are better than the angels and the prophets." And among them are many other categories.
Among them is the disbeliever and among them is the non-disbeliever. The easiest and mildest of them is the one who says: "'Ali is better than the three." This person is not a disbeliever, but he is mistaken; for 'Ali is the fourth, and al-Siddiq, 'Umar, and 'Uthman are better than him. If he prefers him over those three, he has erred and contradicted the consensus of the Companions, but he does not become a disbeliever.
They are of different levels and categories. Whoever wants to know that should refer to the words of the imams, such as "The Broad Lines" by Muhyi al-Din al-Khatib, and "Minhaj al-Sunnah" by the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, and other books written on the subject, such as "The Shi'ah and the Sunnah" by Ihsan 'Ilahi Zahir, and many other books in this field that have categorized and explained their errors and their evil. We ask Allah for safety and well-being.
And the most vile of them are the Twelver Imamiyyah and the Nasiriyyah, who are called "the Rafidah"; because they rejected Zayd ibn 'Ali when he refused to disavow the two Shaykhs, Abu Bakr and 'Umar, and they opposed him and rejected him.
So not everyone who claims Islam is accepted as having become a Muslim. Whoever claims Islam, his claim is examined. If he worships Allah alone, believes in His Messenger, and follows what He brought, then this is the Muslim. But if he claims Islam while he worships al-Husayn, worships Fatimah, worships al-Badawi, worships al-'Idris, and others, then he is not a Muslim. We ask Allah for safety and well-being.
Likewise, whoever insults the religion or abandons the prayer, even if he says: "I am a Muslim," he is not a Muslim. Or if he mocks the religion, or mocks the prayer, or the zakah, or fasting, or Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), or lies about him, or says: "He is ignorant," or says: "He did not complete the message or convey the clear message," all of these are disbelievers. We ask Allah for well-being.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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