From appearance, it is difficult to
distinguish between the adherents of Islam and Shi'ah. However,
once examined more deeply, especially in terms of aqeedah, the
difference between the two is like oil and water. Making it
impossible for them to be united.
Shi'ah, according to the etymology of
Arabic language, means advocates and followers of someone, besides
that it also means every people who gather on a matter. ("Tahdzibul
Lughah", 3/61 written by Azhari and "Taajul Arus", 5/405, written by
Az-Zabidi).
As for the meaning according to the
terminology of shari'ah, Shi'ah means those who assert that Ali bin
Abu Thalib is more important than the entire Sahabahs and more
entitled to become a khalifah of the Muslims ("Al-Fisal Fil Milali Wal
Ahwa Wan Nihal" written by Ibnu Hazm).
Shi'ah started to emerge after the
killing of Khalifah Utsman bin ‘Affan. In the time of caliphate of
Abu Bakar and Umar, and the early days of the caliphate of Uthman i.e.
during the early years of his post, the Islamic Ummah was united, there
was no dispute. And then at the end of the caliphate of Uthman, there
were various events that resulted in the onset of the split, a group
of fitnah and atrocity makers emerged, they murdered Uthman,
that resulted in the division in the Islamic Ummah.
In the time of the caliphate of Ali,
the Shi'ah group existed but they concealed their orientation,
they did not make it visible to Ali and his followers.
At that time they were divided into
three categories.
- Shi'ah/The group that considers Ali bin Abi Thalib God.
When knowing about this sect, Ali
burned them and made trenches in front of the door of the masjid of
Bani Kandah to burn them. Imam Bukhari narrated in his saheeh book,
from Ibnu Abbas he said, “At one time, Ali fought and burned those
people of zindiq (the Shi'ahs who deified Ali). If I were to do it, I
would not burn them because the Prophet ever prohibited a punishment
like the punishment of God (burning), but I would definitely chop off
their head, because the Prophet said:
من بدل دينه
فاقتلوه
“Whoever replaces his religion
(becomes murtad), kill him.”
- Shi'ah Sabbah (insulters).
Ali heard about Abu Sauda (Abdullah bin
Saba’) that he had insulted Abu Bakr and Umar, so Ali looked for
him in order to kill him, but he
ran away.
- Shi'ah /The Mufadhdhilah group, i.e. those who give top priority to Ali over Abu Bakr and Umar.Whereas, it had been narrated in mutawatir by Prophet Muhammad that he said:
خير هذه
الأمة بعد نبيها أبو بكر ثم عمر
“The best of the people after the
Prophet are Abu Bakar and Umar”.
A riwaayah of this kind was brought by
Imam Bukhari in his saheeh book, from Muhammad bin Hanafiyyah that he
asked his father, who are the best humans after of Rasulullah , he
answered Abu Bakr, and then who? He answered, Umar.
In the history of Shi'ah they are
divided into five major sects, namely:
1. Kaisaniyyah
2. Imamiyyah (Rafidhah)
3. Zaidiyyah
4. Ghulat
5. Ismailliyah
And from these five sects, so many
branches of other sects were born.
Out of those five sects, the most
important to be raised is the imamiyyah or rafidhah sect, which for a
long time until now always fight hard to destroy Islam and the
Muslims. In various ways, this group continue to work hard to spread a
wide range of its misguidance, especially after the establishment of
the Shi'ah state, Iran which toppled the regime of Shah Reza Pahlevi.
- Rafidhah according to the Arabic
language means abandoning, while in the terminology of Shari'ah it
means those who reject the leadership of Abu Bakr and Umar, who free
themselves from them both, and those who reproach and insult the Sahabahs of the
Prophet.
Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Hanbal said, “I
have asked my father, who are the Rafidhahs?” So he answered,
“They are the people who reproach Abu Bakr and Umar.” ("as-Sarimul
Maslul ‘Ala Shatimir Rasul" pg. 567, Sheikhul Islam Ibnu Taimiyah)
- The term “Rafidhah” is closely
related with Zaid bin ‘Ali bin Husain bin ‘Ali bin Abu Thalib
and his followers during the revolt against Hisham bin Abdul Malik
bin Marwan in the year 121 H. ("Badzlul Majhud", 1/86)
Sheikh Abul Hasan al-Ash’ari said,
“When Zaid bin ‘Ali appeared in Kufah, in the midst of the
followers who gave him bai’ah, he heard from some of them censures
against Abu Bakr and ‘Umar. He then negated it, until in the end
they (his followers) left him. So he said to them:
رَفَضْتُمُوْنِي؟
“You are leaving me?”
Then it was said that the naming of
them with "Rafidhah" was due to the words of Zaid for them
“Rafadhtumuunii.” ("Maqalatul Islamiyyin", 1/137). The same thing
was also said by Sheikhul Islam Ibnu Taimiyah in "Majmu’ Fatawa"
(13/36).
- The originator of the Shi'ah doctrine
was a Jew from Yemen named Abdullah bin saba’ al-himyari, who
showed his Islam during the caliphate of Uthman bin Affan.
Abdullah bin Saba’ introduced his
teachings openly, he then rallied the masses, announcing that the
leadership (imamah) after Prophet Muhammad should fall
into the hands of Ali bin Abi Thalib as per the instruction of the
Prophet sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam (according to their
reckoning).
- According to Abdullah bin Saba’,
Khalifah Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman had taken over that position. In
“Majmu’ Fatawa”, 4/435, it was mentioned that Abdullah bin Saba showed an extreme
attitude in glorifying Ali, with one slogan that Ali is the one who
has the right to be the imam (khalifah) and he was one who is ma’sum
(immune from all sins).
That belief developed constantly from
time to time, to the extent of deifying Ali bin Abi Thalib. Ali, who
knew about the excessive attitude later fought, in fact even burned
those who did not want to repent, some of them escaped.
- Abdullah bin Saba’, the founder of
this Shi'ah religion, was a Jewish agent who was rotten and full of
plots. He was inserted in the midst of the Muslims by the Jews to
corrupt the religious order and Muslim community. His early appearance
was the end of the leadership of the Khalifah ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan.
And then continued during the leadership of a Khalifah ‘Ali bin Abi
Thalib.
Under the guise of Islam, the spirit of
amar ma’ruf nahi mungkar and masked in tanassuk (active
worshiping), he packaged his various evil missions. It was not just
the astray aqeedah (in fact kufr) that he conveyed in the midst of
the ummah, he also provoked the masses to overthrow Khalifah ‘Uthman
bin ‘Affan. As a result, the Khalifah was unjustly killed. As a
result again, conflict of opinions among the Sahabahs also occurred.
(See “Minhajus Sunnah” by Sheikhul Islam Ibnu Taimiyyah, 8/479,
“Sharh Al-‘Aqidah Ath-Thahawiyyah” by Ibnu Abil ‘Izz pg. 490
and “At-Tauhid” by Ash-Sheikh Shalih bin Fauzan Al-Fauzan pg.
123).
- The Rafidhahs must be Shi'ah, while
the Shi'ahs do not have to be Rafidhah. Because not all Shi'ahs
hate Abu Bakr and ‘Umar like the Shi'ah Zaidiyyah, a Shi'ah
sect that has the lightest errors.
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