faqir
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Post by faqir on Feb 14, 2016 22:38:19 GMT
Fatawa Uthmani scans:   A very rough attempt at translating the fatwa of Mufti Taqi Uthmani - people good at Urdu please correct any errors you notice..... The Reason for Not Declaring the Shi'a Kafirs Unrestrictedly ( 'ala itlaq )
Question: (paraphrased) why haven’t you signed the fatwa which was signed by some major indo-pak scholars declaring the shias to be kafir. Our friend says that Mawlana Rafi’ is reluctant to make takfir of shia rawaafid. Tell us your own view on whether you consider shias to be kafir.[/font][/ul]
May Allah protect the Muslims from this misguidance. Ameen. Was-salam.[/font][/ul] |
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Post by muslimanswers on Feb 26, 2016 17:17:45 GMT
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Salam Alaykum,
The question of only judging based on the apparent is there, of course. But the beliefs alluded to (like corruption of the Quran) need some more elucidation: The Shia will not say that the words and phrases from the Quran have been deleted [at least not openly], but some of their scholars have said (and it can be found online and in their books of contemporary scholars) that the location of some of the Verses is misplaced - yet very smartly, they will not categorize it under "corruption of the Quran".
Same thing with 'Abusing the Sahabah' - they will say they do not abuse the Sahaba, never ever. But this means for them that they never say anything other than what they deem to have historically happened; thus a story like that of the Martyrdom of Fatimah's (RAA) by 'Umar (RAA) so prominent in their hagiography will be repeated time and again, along with the associated La'nas on 'Umar (RAA), but they can look at the Sunni with a straight face and say they do not abuse the Companions, again since in their minds they are only relating truths and reacting to truths... (it is somewhat analogous to the Wahaabi case, of saying that 'جسم' [Body] or 'عضو' [Organ/Limb] are something other than what normal people understand and it is in fact what Ibn Taymiyya or someone else defined them as, and thus Allah can be attributed with limbs, organs, and a body.)
So perhaps something about this can be elucidated as well, since this is common among the Shias, and is not an outlier.
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