Shaykh al-Islam al-Sirhindi says in Maktubat (Vol.3, Letter 38): "72 reported groups of bidah should not be called kafir, because they are Ahl al-Qibla". Why you call them (Shi'as) Kafir?
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Shaykh al-Islam al-Sirhindi says in Maktubat (Vol.3, Letter 38): "72 reported groups of bidah should not be called kafir, because they are Ahl al-Qibla". Why you call them (Shi'as) Kafir?
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The crime of the Ja'fari Shi'as is not Bid'at, it is Kufr.
If it was Bid'at, we would not say they are Kaafirs.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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