‫بسم ال الرحمن الرحيم‬

History and beliefs of the Shiites

Compiled with translated works by Abu Qayla Rasheed Barbee

Introduction
Verily all praise belongs to ALLAH we praise Him and we seek His
protection and we ask His forgiveness. Verily whomsoever ALLAH guides
then there is no one to misguide them and whosoever is misguided then
there is no one to guide them. I bear witness that there is no one worthy of
worship except ALLAH and that Muhammad is His slave and final
Messenger.

Many questions have arisen as to what is the difference between the Sunni
and Shiite Muslims, and why can’t they unite, since they both claim to
follow the teachings of Islam.

ALLAH revealed the Qur’an to the Prophet Muhammad in order to guide

mankind to what will benefit them in this life and the next.
ALLAH said, “Follow (O mankind!) the revelation given unto you from
your Lord and follow not as friends or protectors other than Him. Little do
you that heed of admonition. (Qur'an 7:3-5)

Since the Qur’an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad peace and
blessings are upon him, he is the best example for us to follow in order to
be upon correct guidance. ALLAH said, “Say: ‘If you love Allah, follow
me, Allah will love you and forgive you your faults: Allah is Forgiving,
Most Merciful.’ ” (Qur'an 3:31)

And because the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessing
are upon him, were able to see this example first hand and up close, they are
the most knowledge of how to practice Islam correctly and they are also
examples for us to follow. ALLAH said, “The first and foremost [to
embrace Islam] of those who migrated and those who helped them,
and also those who follow them in the best way; Allah is well-pleased
with them, and they are with Him." [Qur'an 9:100]
And ALLAH says,” So if they believe as you (you pl.)
believe, they are indeed rightly guided. (Qur'an 2:137)
ALLAH is addressing the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessing
are upon him, and his companions in this verse, telling them that they
are the standard for correct belief, and in order to be rightly guided
you must believe as the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessing are
upon him, and his companions believed.

History of the Shiites

In the 34th year after the migration a Jewish man named Abdullah ibn
Saba also known as ibn As-sauda, pretended to enter into Islam while
he hid disbelief in his heart. He was a learned man from the Jews,
whose father was from Yemen and his mother was from Ethiopia. He
began by inciting animosity against Uthman ibn Affan who was the
leader of the Muslims at the time, until Uthman was killed due to this.

Abdullah ibn Saba then began by saying that he found in the Old
Testament that every Prophet has an assistant and that Ali was the
assistant to the Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings are upon
him.

This false statement soon escalated into major disbelief, when

Abdullah ibn Saba and a group of his followers went to Ali and said to
him, “Thou art Thou”, Ali replied to them by saying, “Who am I?!”
They said, “The Creator, the Originator”. Ali told them to repent from
that evil statement of disbelief, and those that refused to repent he
burnt them alive.

Sheik Al Islam Ibn Taimiya said, “The people of knowledge have

mentioned that Abdullah ibn Saba the hypocrite started the Rafida
(the first Shiites), he pretended to enter into Islam while he remained
a Jew on the inside with the intention of destroying Islam from within,
just like Paul pretended to be a Christian while he remained a Jew for
the purpose of destroying Christianity.”

The well known Imami Shia critic, Nubakhti, wrote: "Abdullah bin Saba',
was one of those who slandered Abu Bakr, Omar, Othman and the
Companions and disowned them. He claimed that it was Ali who enjoined
this on him. Ali arrested him, and upon interrogation, admitted to the charge,
and (Ali) ordered him to be executed. The People cried 'O Chief of
Believers! Do you execute a man calling to your love, Ahlul-Bayt, to your
allegiance, and disowning your enemies?' He (Ali) then exiled him to al-
Mada'in.

From the Beliefs of the Shiites

From the deviated beliefs of the Shiites is the belief of Al Badaa’. This
is the belief that ALLAH changes His mind after new information
comes to Him. This belief necessitates that the person believe that
ALLAH does not know everything, but rather he receives new
information that He previously did not know. The Shiites Ar Rayan ibn
Salta said, “I heard Ar Rida say, “Allah has only sent the Prophets to
prohibit intoxicants and to establish the belief of Al Badaa”.

See how they deny the statement of the ALLAH, “Truly,

nothing is hidden from Allah in the earth or in the heavens.”
(Chapter 3 verses 5)

Then see how they believe that their Imams have unlimited
knowledge; the Shiite Jafar said, “Verily, the Imams, if they want
to know something then they know it, and the Imams know when
they are going to die and they only die by their choice”.

Al-Khomeini said, “Verily the Imams have a position that not

even the close Angels or the Prophets can reach”.

And from their exaggeration concerning their Imams is the statement

in the book entitled “The light of the friends and protectors” (on page
330) where the author states, “Rather whoever drinks the urine,
feces, or blood of the Imams then Allah has forbidden him to go to
hell and made paradise incumbent for him”.
Different Categories of Shiites

The Shiites are those who give preference to Ali over the
three rightly guided khalifas Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman
although it has been firmly established that they are more
virtuous than him. Therefore to prefer Ali over the other three
rightly guided khalifas is opposition to established Sunna
and it is in opposition to the consensus of the companions.

And from the hadiths that establish their virtue over Ali is the
following hadith, Ibn Umar reports: “We used to discuss
the best of the people during the time of the Prophet
peace and blessing are upon him and we saw the best
as Abu Bakr, then Umar, then Uthman ibn Affan may
ALLAH be pleased with them all. Sahih Al-Bukhaari

Ali ibn Abi Talib (may ALLAH be pleased with him) was also
very much aware of this and bore witness to it as we see in
this narration from his son, which is found in Sahih Al-
Bukhaari also: “I said to my father: ‘Who is the best of the
people after Allah's Messenger (peace and blessing are
upon him)?’ He said: “Abu Bakr (may ALLAH be pleased
with him)”. I said: “And then who?” He said: “And then
Umar ibn Al-Khattab (may ALLAH be pleased with him).” I
was afraid that he would say Uthman (may ALLAH be
pleased with him) next, so I said: “And then you?” To which
he answered: “I am nothing but a man among the Muslims.”

Sheik Utaibi said, “The first type of Shiites are innovators

but they are not disbelievers unless they attached some
aspects of disbelief to themselves and these are like the
Zaides, they are innovators but not kafirs.

The second type of Shiites are innovators and they have with them
various statements and beliefs of kufr, like the Rafida, they seek help
with other than ALLAH and they make shirk with ALLAH, and they
claim their Imams are infallible and that they have knowledge of the
unseen, and they can decide what is halaal and haram in the deen
and other than this from the beliefs of kufr.

The third type of Shiites is the hypocrite, apostates those who claim
to have secret knowledge; you will not find two people for the
Muslims who disagree about their kufr. They are the Ismailias and
their different offshoots, like the Fatimids, the Druids, the Bohra, the
Mukaarama, the Aghakhaniya, and also the Nusayris who are a sect the
Rafia but they oppose them in several areas of belief.

Therefore all of the Shiites are astray, but they are at different levels.