Are Shias infidels
- Shia and Sunni are the two major sects of Islam.
- The division of Shia and Sunni began during the time of the Rightly Guided Caliphs when some of the companions extended their support to Hazrat Ali (RA).
- From the time of Banu Umayya and then Banu Abbas, differences began to arise among the Shias, and thousands of sects began to form among the Shias.
- There are different sects among the Shias who expel each other from Shia, Islam, and their own sect.
- Some sects also formed among the Shias, in which they used to speak out against the Rightly Guided Caliphs and the Mothers of the Faithful.
- In the eyes of the Sunnis, the Shia are infidels; these are Muslims. There is a difference of opinion among the Sunni scholars on this. The Sunni scholars do not unanimously consider all Shias to be infidels and do not declare them takfir, except for a few sects affiliated with the Shias who deny the requirements of the Rightly Guided Caliphs and the Mothers of the Faithful, such as the Rawafidh Shia sect, which openly expresses its beliefs.
1: 2 The Shia have committed some matters that fall under Shirk which invalidates the foundation of Islam.
But the scholars of Ahlu Sunnah have differed in regards to declaring the general population of the Shia as Kaafirs and classifying them to be out of Islam. And from amongst them are those who have made Takfeer on them (labelled them as Kaafirs), and from amongst them are those who have said that they are not to be made Takfeer upon (not to be labelled as disbelievers) because they are ignorant of the reality of these practices that are classified under Shirk, and so they are not be declared as Kaafirs until it is made clear to them and they realise that what they are doing is Shirk and Kufr.
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2: And Athiyyathullah while he is from the AlQaida of Usama, he has also said “And what is correct is that amongst them (ie. the Rafidha), they are to be divided into different categories, and so not everyone who is affiliated to the Rafidha sect of the Shia is definitely a Kaafir. Rather, we will divide them according what each one of them has in term of beliefs and actions, according to his condition”.9
Turki Bin’ali (their senior judge) said in an audio recording which was spread on the internet:
“The scholars have differed with regards to the matter of the Shia…. And there also arose differences amongst them over the issue of the individual Shia being upon Kufr or not, or whether they consider the Kufr to be that of a group of disbelievers… We will summarize these statements by saying that the Salaf when they made Takfeer on the Imami Shia, they differed as to whether they are all Kaafirs individually or as a group upon Kufr? And we see the matter in a nutshell to be that whoever from amongst them turns away using force like the Rafidhi governments and like the Rafidhi militias, then they are all made Takfeer upon individually. As for those other than them, then there should be a look at the one who has committed a clear nullifier of Islam, and then he will be judged accordingly, otherwise no. And Allah knows best”.
Sheikh Abu Muhammad Al Maqdisi adopts this statement and says “I as a fact, I have an opinion on this matter. I mean, I follow the path of Sheikhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah in not making Takfeer on the common people of the Shia…
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