13. HERETICAL SECT: RĀFIĐĪ
The heresies of the Rāfiđī sect are explained in detail in the book Tuĥfah Ithnā Áshariyyah. Some of their beliefs are mentioned below: This sect is extremely abusive towards the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ; it is a common practice among this sect to revile and curse the Companions. In fact, according to this sect, all the Companions became apostates or were hypocrites except a few.
The Rāfiđī rejects the caliphate of the first three rightly guided caliphs and terms their period of rule as “usurped caliphate.” Mawlā Álī accepted the previous caliphs, gave his allegiance to them, praised them and spoke highly of their virtues; this sect claims that he did so out of cowardice and fear. Is it plausible that the Lion of Allāh would pledge allegiance to hypocrites and disbelievers – we seek Allāh’s refuge – and keep praising them all his life? More than anything, the Glorious Qur’ān praises them and bestows honourable titles upon them, and proclaims that Allāh táālā is Pleased with those who follow them and they are pleased with Him; can such commendations from Allāh táālā be granted to hypocrites and disbelievers? Furthermore, Mawlā Álī gave his own daughter in marriage to [Sayyidunā Úmar] Fārūq the Great; yet, this sect claims that he did so due to expediency! Would any ordinary Muslim knowingly give his daughter in marriage to a kāfir?
Indeed, such a thing can never be expected from men who dedicated their entire lives to Islām, were intrepid in speaking and siding with the truth, and were true exemplars of the verse: They do not fear the lament of those who criticise. And not just this, RasūlAllāh ﷺ gave two of his daughters, one after the other, in marriage to Sayyidunā Úthmān Dhu’n Nūrayn.
The daughters of Şiddīq and Fārūq were the noble wives of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.
Would anyone in their right mind consider it permissible to curse and abuse such people with whom RasūlAllāh ﷺ had such close relations? Never! Certainly not.
One belief of this sect is that it is obligatory for Allāh to do only that which is beneficial for His slaves – and He is compelled to do only that which is favourable for His slaves. Another belief of this sect is: “The imāms of Ahl al-Bayt are superior to Prophets.” It is kufr to consider a non-prophet superior to prophets by consensus. Another [Rāfiđī] belief is: “The Qur’ān is not preserved.
Rather some parts or chapters or verses or words were removed by [Amīr al-Mu’minīn] Úthmān or other Companions.” Surprisingly, Mawlā Álī left it incomplete! This belief is also kufr as it openly belies the Qur’ān. Another Rāfiđī belief is: “Allāh issues a command and then realises that it was wiser to do something else and then regrets that command.” This is also explicit kufr as it implies that Allāh táālā does not have knowledge of all things. Another belief of this sect is that: “Allāh is the Creator of good deeds and we ourselves are the creators of our bad deeds.” The Magians had belief in only two creators – Yazdān, the creator of good and Ahraman the creator of evil; but according to the belief of this sect, there are millions, nay billions of creators!
[Note: See Appendix I for a list of books refuting Shīáh and Rawāfid]
Footnotes
Rāfiđī: rejecters; even though they term themselves as Shīáh.
Written in Persian by the ĥadīth grandmaster and Ĥanafī jurist of India, Mawlānā Shāh Ábdu’l Ázīz Muĥaddith Dihlawī [1159-1239 AH / 1746-1824 CE]. He was the son of Shāh Walīyullāh Aĥmad Dihlawī [1114-1176 AH / 1704-1762 CE].
Khilāfah al-Rashidah is slanderously termed by Rāfiđīs as Khilafah al-Ghāşibah.
Taqiyyah: to do something undesirable or against one’s own wishes or say contrary to one’s own belief to evade consequences; subterfuge. The shīáh claim that Mawlā Álī praised his predecessors due to political expediency; therefore they deem taqiyyah to be permissible in their sect. The following references are given in the Ílmiyyah edition: Nafas al-Raĥmān fi Fađāyil Salmān, Chapter 11; Anwār al-Númāniyyah, p.34 (old) & p.104 (new ed.); Iĥtijāj Tabarsī pp.53-56 (old) & pp.107-115(new); Jalā’a al-Úyūn 1/216; Ĥaqq al-Yaqin, p.115; Tahdhīb al-Matīn fī Tārīkhi Amīr al-Mu’minīn, 1/276; Ĥamla e Ĥaydarī, p.286; Majālis al-Mu’minīn, 1/224. [The translator has not verified these references].
Imām Álī رضي الله عنه continued to praise and extol the earlier caliphs even after their passing and even after he himself became the khalīfah.
The promise of “Allāh is pleased with them...” extends to and includes even those righteous men who succeeded the Companions, as Allāh has said: And the foremost, the first ones among the emigrants [muhājirūn] and the helpers [anşār], and those who followed them in a beautiful manner – Allāh is Pleased with them and they are pleased with Him; and He [Allāh] has prepared for them gardens underneath which streams flow; they shall abide therein forever; that is a great success. [Sūrah Al-Tawbah, 9:100]
In other words: How can they be hypocrites and disbelievers when Allāh táālā has commended them in such words as: Allāh is pleased with them, and also those who follow them, and they will all be in Paradise. 108
Sayyidah Umm Kulthūm is the sister of Imāms Ĥasan and Ĥusayn رضي الله عنهم.
Modern shīáh influenced deviants pretending to be Sunnis flatly deny the marriage, even though this is mentioned in ĥadīth narrations and denial is a recent addition to the heresies of the shīáh.
Sūrah Al-Mā’idah 5:54.
Sayyidah Áayishah was the daughter of Sayyidunā Abū Bakr al-Şiddīq; Sayyidah Ĥafşah was the daughter of Sayyidunā Úmar al-Fārūq.
This is known as: wujūb al-aşlaĥ which is also a Mútazili belief.
The noble household of the Prophet ﷺ; mainly the descendants of imāms Ĥasan and Ĥusayn رضي الله عنهم.
It is a common belief among the Twelver Rāfiđīs that the imāms of Ahl al-Bayt are superior to all the previous Prophets, as mentioned in Khomeini’s Velayat e Faqeeh [p.35, Translated into English by Hamid Algar, ©Iran Chamber Society]: “It is one of the essential beliefs of our Shī‘i school that no one can attain the spiritual status of the Imams, not even the cherubim or the prophets.”
He came after the first three caliphs and this claim was never made in his time. If the previous caliphs or Companions had indeed removed any verse, Mawlā Álī should have reinstated them during his reign or at least mentioned that it was the case. These are but fabrications of the Rāfiđīs.
Allāh táālā proclaims in the Qur’ān that it is Divinely preserved. Anyone claiming the contrary rejects this explicit statement – and hence has belied the Qur’ān. 109
Tuĥfatu Ithnā Áshariyyah.
This is also the belief of the Mútazilah sect.
Every one among billions of humans who has ever lived and committed sins, according to this false belief, are ‘creators’ of evil. Al-íyādhu billāh. 110