Pursuant to an authentically reported hadith of Prophet
Muhammad, blessing and peace of Allah be upon him, said, “This Ummah[1]
shall be divided into seventy three factions; all but only one of them shall be
in Hell.” The ‘but only one’ referred to by the Prophet are those who adhere to
the teachings and practices of the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him and that of his righteous companions, who are the best of the
mankind after the Prophets and the best community ever evolved for the mankind.
In the infallible words of Allah, He says:
“And whoever contradicts and
opposes the Messenger (Muhammad (peace be upon him)) after the right path has
been shown clearly to him, and follows other than the believers’ way. We shall
keep him in the path he has chosen and burn him in Hell – what an evil
destination!”[2]
Islamic scholars that upholds strongly the tenets of Prophet
Muhammad, blessings and peace of Allah be upon him, which comprises of his
teachings and practices agreed that the most erroneous of the strayed groups is
the Shiite sect. Thus, the Shiite sect is sometimes called, ‘Shiites of
falsehood’ or ‘Shiites of desire’.
Internally, the injudicious Shiite sect is believed to be
divided into three hundred sub-sects. The most erroneous and spurious of these
sub-sects is a group known as ‘Al-Ithna ‘Ashriyyah. This is due to the fact
that this sub-sect embraces tenaciously unto all errors and falsehood with no
exception and rejected all truths and guidance.
The belief of this misguided sect is predicated upon
extremely spurious fundamentals such as questioning the authenticity of the
Qur’an, rejecting the Sunnah, declaring companions of the Prophet, blessings
and peace of Allah be upon them as disbelievers and toeing other than the
believers’ path. Distortion of the truth, lying, hypocrisy, unlawful
desecrating of lives, properties and honours of the people under the guise of
punishing those who are hostile to members of the Prophet’s household. They
also engage in excessive veneration of their so called imams.
They disbelief in the authenticity of the Qur’an? Yes
indeed! Their books of Tafseer such as those written by al-Qummi, al-‘Ayashi,
as-Saafi and al-Burhaan indicates how they are sure that the Qur’an had been
altered, and how they changed and omitted words of the Qur’an and added their
own words.
Rejection of the Sunnah is no less. The Shiite disbelieve
in the authentic Sunnah conveyed by the
noble companions –may Allah be pleased with them. This is because they claim
that after the death of the Prophet, blessings and peace of Allah be upon him,
all his companions apostatized except five[3]
who are: al-Miqdad, Hudhayfah, Abu Darr and ‘Ammar who remained with ‘Ali – may
Allah be pleased with all of them. Does then make any sense to say about hundred
thousand companions who are with the Messenger of Allah, blessing and peace of
Allah be upon him apostatized?
These are the companions Allah described as the best nation
ever raised up for mankind. These are the companions Allah says are fervent in
prayer, severe against disbelievers and merciful among themselves[4].
On veneration of their leaders, the Shiites read the verse
“You are the best imams ever raised up for mankind...” interpreting the ‘Imams’
as ‘Shiite Imams’ since they do not concur with the message of the verse.
The Shiite sect indulge themselves in misguiding people to
their spurious path by being overly nice to people and spending their wealth to
promote their falsehood. It is incumbent upon all Muslims who follow the path
of Prophet Muhammad, blessings and peace of Allah be upon him to equip
themselves with adequate knowledge of Islam to guard against all beliefs that
are misleading. Allah says:
“Verily, those who disbelieve spend
their wealth to hinder (men) from the path of Allah, and so will they continue
to spend it; but in the end it will become an anguish for them. Then they will
be overcome. And those who disbelieve will be gathered unto Hell.”[5]
For further
elaboration, see the following books
·
As-shee‘ah was-Sunnah and Ash-Shee‘ah wa
Ahlul-Bayt by Ihsaan Ilahi Zaheer
·
Triumph of the Truth by Majdi Muhammad
ibn ‘Ali ibn Muhammad adapted to English by Abdur-Raafi al-Imaam
·
Wajaa’a Dawr al-Majoos
·
Al-‘Aqeedah al-Wasitiyyah by Ibn
Taymiyyah
[1]
Islam
[2]
Surah An-Nisa v. 115
[3]
Some of the Shiites claim that all the companions apostatized except twelve who
are: ‘Ali and some members of his family, Salman, Abu Dharr, ‘Ammar, al-Miqdad,
Hudhayfah, Abu Haytham ibn Tayhaan, Sahl ibn Haneef, ‘Ubadah ibn Saamit, Abu Ayyub
al-Ansari, Khuzaymah ibn Thabit and Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri.
[4]
Surah Al-Fat-h v. 29
[5]
Surah Al-Anfal v. 36
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