Who is the Raafidah?

Question

Who is the Raafidah?

Answer 1

Wahhabis are the rafidas. Shias are only Shias, The True Followers of Muhammad (saww) and Ahlebait (as).  

Answer 2

Taken from the book: إلى فهم السلفية:

The word Raafidah means “rejector”, the Rawaafidh have obtained their name by their rejection of Zayd ibn 'Alee ibn al-Hussayn ibn Alee ibn Abee Taalib, the great grandson of 'Alee.

Imaam adh-Dhahabee said in his Siyaar A’laam an-Nubalaa (5/390):

قال عيسى بن يونس جاءت الرافضة زيدا فقالوا تبرأ من أبي بكر وعمر حتى ننصرك قال بل أتولاهما قالوا إذا نرفضك فمن ثم قيل لهم الرافضة

((‘Eesaa bin Yoonus said: The Raafidah came to Zayd and said to him, “Free yourself from Abee Bakr and ‘Umar so that we can aid you” he said, “Rather I will give allegience to them” they said, “Then we reject you” so then it was said to them, “ar-Raafidah” (the rejectors)))

Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned in his Majmoo’ al-Fataawa (4/435):

قيل للإمام أحمد‏:‏ من الرافضي‏؟‏ قال‏:‏ الذي يسب أبا بكر وعمر‏.‏ وبهذا سميت الرافضة، فإنهم رفضوا زيد بن علي لما تولى الخليفتين أبا بكر وعمر، لبغضهم لهما، فالمبغض لهما هو الرافضي، وقيل‏:‏ إنما سموا رافضة لرفضهم أبا بكر وعمر

((It was said to Imaam Ahmad: “Who is the Raafidhee?” He said: “Those who insult Abaa Bakr and ‘Umar.And by this they were named the Raafidah, for they rejected Zayd bin ‘Alee when he gave allegiance to the two Khaleefah’s Abaa Bakr and ‘Umar, because of their hatred for them. And the one who hates them is the Raafidhee.” And they were named as the Raafidhah because of their rejection of Abaa Bakr and ‘Umar.))

He then said:

وأصل الرفض من المنافقين الزنادقة، فإنه ابتدعه ابن سبأ الزنديق

((And the foundation of rejection is from the hypocrites and the herectics, for they followed the innovation of the heretic Ibn Saba’))

So the foundation of the Raafidhee belief is found in this mane, ‘Abdullaah bin Saba’.

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalaanee said in his Leesaanul Meezaan:

عبد الله بن سبا من غلاة الزنادقة ضال مضل

((‘Abdullaah bin Saba’ from the extremists of the heretics, deviated and deviates others))

From this man whom Ahlus Sunnah has criticized stemmed the group known as the Rawaafidh Shee’ah.

Ibn Hajar al-Haythamee mentioned in his Majma’ az-Zawaa’id (10/22) the narration of Ibn ‘Abbaas which was reported by at-Tabaraanee with a Hasan chain of narration that the Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:

يا علي سيكون في أمتي قوم ينتحلون حب أهل البيت، لهم نبز يسمون الرافضة، قاتلوهم فإنهم مشركون

((O ‘Alee, there will be in my Ummah a group of people who will go beyond bounds in love of my family, they will have an insulting name, they will be known as the Raafidah. Fight them, for they are polytheists))

Ibn Hajar al-Haythamee also metioned in his Majma’ az-Zawaa’id (2/10) with a good chain of narration that ‘Aasim bin Bahdalah said:

قلت للحسن بن علي‏:‏ الشيعة يزعمون أن علياً يرجع‏؟‏ قال‏:‏ كذب أولئك الكذابون، لو علمنا ذلك ما تزوج نساؤه، ولا قسمنا ميراثه

((I said to ‘al-Hasan bin ‘Alee: “The Shee’ah claim that ‘Alee will return”, he said: “Those liars have lied. For if we had known that, his women would not have married and we would not have divided his inheritence))

Imaam Aboo Bakr al-Khallaal mentioned in his Sunnah (2/557) from Abee Bakr al-Maaroodhee who reported that Maalik bin Anas said:

الذي يشتم أصحاب النبي  Ã˜ÂµÃ™Â„ى الله عليه وسلم  Ã™Â„يس لهم سهم أو قال نصيب في الإسلام

((The one who reviles the Companions of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) does not have any share or portion in Islaam))

Al-Khallaal also reported (2/557 - 558) that Imaam Ahmad said:

من شتم أخاف عليه الكفر مثل الروافض

((The one who reviles the Companions, I fear for him the disbelieve like that of the Rawaafidh))

Imaam as-Sam'aanee said in his Al-Insaab 6/341,

واجتمعت الأمة على تكفير الإمامية لأنهم يعتقدون تضليل الصحابة وينكرون إجماعهم وينسبونهم إلى ما لا يليق بهم

((And the Ummah has consensus on the takfeer of the Imaamiyyah (raafidah), because they believe that the Sahaabah deviated and they denounce their consensus and ascribe to them that which is not affirmed of them))

Answer 3

eviwahhabi is one of them.

he refuses Umar and Abu Bakr to be the companions of the prophet Muhammad (saw).

Answer 4

Rafidah is the name of the sect also known as Twelver Shias.

Answer 5

not me

ps. go away noone likes u *sticks tongue out*

Answer 6

It's meant as a derogatory label for the Shia Muslims. It doesn't really offend us because it means "rejecters" (of the Khalifs before Imam Ali (AS)) and we definitely reject their illegitimate leaderships because they usurped it from Ali (AS) who is the rightful leader.

Answer 7

shias are the rafidah