What is your opinion on the one who says that the Raafidah Shia are Muslims and our brothers?
Question:
"There is one of the people who said that: "He gathered the preachers and leaders and said to them: Whosoever from amongst you says that the Raafidah are Kuffar, then we will take him to account and admonish him. They are Muslims and our brothers. They differ with us in some issues which do not necessitate making Takfeer on them."
Answer:
"The person who says this is extremely ignorant. The affair of the Raafidah is a very dangerous one. Because they are the worshippers of idols. They worship the Awliyaa and the Ahl-al-Bayt, they call upon them besides Allah and curse the companions. And thus they have beliefs and a religion different to the religion of the Muslims. They have enmity towards the Sunnah and hold that Ahl-us-Sunnah are from their worst enemies.
They are Raafidah because they made Rafdh (rejected) Zayd Ibn Ali Ibn Al-Hussain, at one time, when he (Zayd) made du'a to Allah to be pleased with As-Siddeeq (Abu Bakr) and Umar, may Allah, Exalted is He, be pleased with both of them.
The Raafidah at present are a people who have false beliefs. The most despicable, the worst and most dangerous of them is that they worship the Ahl-al-Bayt besides Allah; they seek deliverance from them, make vows for them, offer sacrifices for them, and they ask them to fulfil their needs and cure the diseased. Oh Ali!, Oh Hussain!, Oh Fatimah!, Oh Oh... The same way that the idol worshippers call upon their idols besides Allah. That is something well known to be from their beliefs; calling upon the Ahl-al-Bayt.
And from them (their beliefs) is that they believe in the infallibility of their Imams and that they know the unseen (the Ghayb). And they also have other beliefs than that, from them is cursing the companions of the Prophet, may peace and blessings be upon him, and thinking ill of them while they (the companions) are the bearers of the Sunnah and the Qur'an and they are the bearers of the Shari'ah (Islamic legislation). Thus whosoever thinks ill of them has disbelieved. We ask Allah for protection and seek refuge in Allah from that."
The Questioner:
"And the Shia, too?"
Shaykh Ibn Baaz:
"The Raafidah Shia in particular and the Baatiniyyah are the most severe of the Shia in evil and the most dangerous from amongst them, and similarly the Nusayriyyah. They are groups. The Shia are of many groups. However from the most despicable amongst them are the Raafidah, the Nusayriyyah and the Baatiniyyah."
Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez bin 'Abdullah bin Baaz, may Allah have mercy upon him.
Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.
Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.
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"There is one of the people who said that: "He gathered the preachers and leaders and said to them: Whosoever from amongst you says that the Raafidah are Kuffar, then we will take him to account and admonish him. They are Muslims and our brothers. They differ with us in some issues which do not necessitate making Takfeer on them."
Answer:
"The person who says this is extremely ignorant. The affair of the Raafidah is a very dangerous one. Because they are the worshippers of idols. They worship the Awliyaa and the Ahl-al-Bayt, they call upon them besides Allah and curse the companions. And thus they have beliefs and a religion different to the religion of the Muslims. They have enmity towards the Sunnah and hold that Ahl-us-Sunnah are from their worst enemies.
They are Raafidah because they made Rafdh (rejected) Zayd Ibn Ali Ibn Al-Hussain, at one time, when he (Zayd) made du'a to Allah to be pleased with As-Siddeeq (Abu Bakr) and Umar, may Allah, Exalted is He, be pleased with both of them.
The Raafidah at present are a people who have false beliefs. The most despicable, the worst and most dangerous of them is that they worship the Ahl-al-Bayt besides Allah; they seek deliverance from them, make vows for them, offer sacrifices for them, and they ask them to fulfil their needs and cure the diseased. Oh Ali!, Oh Hussain!, Oh Fatimah!, Oh Oh... The same way that the idol worshippers call upon their idols besides Allah. That is something well known to be from their beliefs; calling upon the Ahl-al-Bayt.
And from them (their beliefs) is that they believe in the infallibility of their Imams and that they know the unseen (the Ghayb). And they also have other beliefs than that, from them is cursing the companions of the Prophet, may peace and blessings be upon him, and thinking ill of them while they (the companions) are the bearers of the Sunnah and the Qur'an and they are the bearers of the Shari'ah (Islamic legislation). Thus whosoever thinks ill of them has disbelieved. We ask Allah for protection and seek refuge in Allah from that."
The Questioner:
"And the Shia, too?"
Shaykh Ibn Baaz:
"The Raafidah Shia in particular and the Baatiniyyah are the most severe of the Shia in evil and the most dangerous from amongst them, and similarly the Nusayriyyah. They are groups. The Shia are of many groups. However from the most despicable amongst them are the Raafidah, the Nusayriyyah and the Baatiniyyah."
Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez bin 'Abdullah bin Baaz, may Allah have mercy upon him.
Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.
Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.
Use the player below or download the MP3 here.
هناك احد من الرجال قال : جمع الوعاظ والمرشدين وقال لهم : من قال منكم بتكفير الرافضة حاكمناه وعاتبناه ، هم مسلمون إخواننا، خالفونا في بعض الأشياء التي لا توجب تكفيرهم
جواب الشيخ بن باز رحمه الله : هذا الذي يقول هذا الكلام جاهل مركب،... الرافضة شأنهم خطير، فهم عباد أوثان، يعبدون أولياء، يعبدون أهل البيت ويدعونهم من دون الله، ويسبون الصحابة. فلهم عقائد ودين غير دين المسلمين. وهم يعادون السنة ويرون أن أهل السنة من أعدا الأعداء لهم. هم رافضة لأنهم رفضوا زيد بن علي سابقا، بن الحسين لما ترضى عن الصديق وعن عمر رضي الله تعالى عنهما
فالرافضة الآن هم قوم عندهم عقائد باطلة، أخبثها وأشرها وأعظمها خطرا أنهم يعبدون أهل البيت من دون الله، ويستغيثون بهم، وينذرون لهم ويذبحون لهم، ويسألونهم قضاء الحاجات وشفاء المرضى، يا علي، يا حسن، يا فاطمة يا يا
كما يدعوا عباد الأصنام الأصنام من دون الله، هذا معروف من عقائدهم، دعوة أهل البيت، ومنها أنهم يعتقدون في أئمتهم أنهم معصومون وأنهم يعلمون الغيب. ولهم أيضا اعتقادات أخرى غير ذلك، ومنها سب أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، وسوء الظن فيهم وهم حملة السنة والقرآن وهم حملة الشريعة، فمن أساء الظن بهم فقد كفر، نسأل الله العافية نعوذ بالله من ذلك
فقال السائل: الشيعة كذلك
فأجاب الشيخ بن باز رحمه الله : الشيعة الرافضة بالأخص و الباطنية هم أشد الشيعة شرا، وأخطرهم و النصيرية كذلك، فهم أقسام، الشيعة أقسام كثيرة، لكن من أخبثهم الرافضة والنصيرية والباطنية
جواب الشيخ بن باز رحمه الله : هذا الذي يقول هذا الكلام جاهل مركب،... الرافضة شأنهم خطير، فهم عباد أوثان، يعبدون أولياء، يعبدون أهل البيت ويدعونهم من دون الله، ويسبون الصحابة. فلهم عقائد ودين غير دين المسلمين. وهم يعادون السنة ويرون أن أهل السنة من أعدا الأعداء لهم. هم رافضة لأنهم رفضوا زيد بن علي سابقا، بن الحسين لما ترضى عن الصديق وعن عمر رضي الله تعالى عنهما
فالرافضة الآن هم قوم عندهم عقائد باطلة، أخبثها وأشرها وأعظمها خطرا أنهم يعبدون أهل البيت من دون الله، ويستغيثون بهم، وينذرون لهم ويذبحون لهم، ويسألونهم قضاء الحاجات وشفاء المرضى، يا علي، يا حسن، يا فاطمة يا يا
كما يدعوا عباد الأصنام الأصنام من دون الله، هذا معروف من عقائدهم، دعوة أهل البيت، ومنها أنهم يعتقدون في أئمتهم أنهم معصومون وأنهم يعلمون الغيب. ولهم أيضا اعتقادات أخرى غير ذلك، ومنها سب أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، وسوء الظن فيهم وهم حملة السنة والقرآن وهم حملة الشريعة، فمن أساء الظن بهم فقد كفر، نسأل الله العافية نعوذ بالله من ذلك
فقال السائل: الشيعة كذلك
فأجاب الشيخ بن باز رحمه الله : الشيعة الرافضة بالأخص و الباطنية هم أشد الشيعة شرا، وأخطرهم و النصيرية كذلك، فهم أقسام، الشيعة أقسام كثيرة، لكن من أخبثهم الرافضة والنصيرية والباطنية