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Raafidhah
Name of group -
Raafidhah
Adherent to group - Raafidhee, plural -
Rawaafidh
They are more commonly known as
the Shee'ah who have exceeded in their
love and honour for the Aal al-Bayt (the
family of the Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa
sallam)).
They are called the Raafidhah
because they rejected the leadership of
Zayd ibn 'Alee ibn al-Husayn, and also
when they asked him about Abu Bakar and
'Umar and he praised them. So they
said: "They are the ministers of my
grandfather", then they departed and
as a result rejected (the statement and
leadership of Zayd ibn 'Alee).
Further reading
ash-Shee'ah was-Sunnah - Ihsaan
Elahe Zaheer;
al-Khutoot al-'Areedhah - Muhibbudeen
al-Khateeb, foreward by Ihsaan Elahe
Zaheer.
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