❖ Islamic Ruling on Supporting Shia Tabarrais and Its Consequences ❖
📚 Source: Fatāwā Shaykh al-Ḥadīth Mubārakpūrī, Volume 1, Page 156
❖ Question:
What is the ruling on supporting Shia (Tabarrai) individuals?
Clarification of the Issue:
A query was presented to the scholars:
In a gathering where seventy to eighty Sunni Muslims were present along with one Shia Tabarrai, a man named Zaid made the following statement in defense of the Shia:
“Shia believe in one of the four Rightly Guided Caliphs (رضوان الله علیہم) but not the other three—what difference does it make? Even a son abuses his father, yet what does that matter?”
❖ Question:
What is the Shariah ruling regarding Zaid’s statement in support of the Shia?
✔ Ruling on Zaid’s Statement and Action:
Zaid’s statement and his action are sinful and entirely contrary to Islamic honor and integrity.
Comparing the Shia’s cursing of the three Rightly Guided Caliphs to a son abusing his father is:
◈ An open transgression.
◈ Reflective of moral corruption and disgraceful behavior.
◈ A violation of Islamic ethics.
❖ Duty of the People:
People must:
① Condemn such a person.
② Stop him from this heinous act.
If he does not desist and insists on his position:
③ Sever all relations with him.
❖ Ruling on Shia Tabarrais and Their Supporters:
The same ruling applies to Shia Tabarrais and those who support them.
❖ Consequences of Tabarra (Cursing the Companions):
The three companions — Abū Bakr, ʿUmar, and ʿUthmān (رضي الله عنهم) — have been granted glad tidings of Paradise by the Prophet ﷺ.
Despite this, cursing them constitutes:
◈ A denial of the Prophetic truth.
◈ A rejection of established historical and religious facts.
❖ Zaid’s Support and Deviance:
Those Shia individuals who insult the Rightly Guided Caliphs are:
◈ Deniers of the statements of the Prophet ﷺ.
Supporting such deviants, as Zaid did, is effectively a form of Rafḍ (sectarian heresy).
✔ Guidance for Zaid:
Zaid must:
① Repent publicly in front of the Muslims for his sinful act.
② Refrain from supporting Shia beliefs in the future.
If he refuses:
③ It becomes obligatory upon all Muslims to boycott him.
📖 Quranic Evidence:
﴿وَلا تَركَنوا إِلَى الَّذينَ ظَلَموا فَتَمَسَّكُمُ النّارُ﴾
(Hūd: 113)
“Do not incline toward those who do wrong, lest the Fire touch you.”
❖ Clarification Regarding Shia Tabarrais and Their Ruling
Some scholars have declared Shia Tabarrais as disbelievers.
Others have referred to them as:
◈ Innovators (بدعتی)
◈ Deviants (گمراہ)
◈ Misguided and misleading (ضال مضل)
❖ Harms of Supporting the Shia
Supporting them entails:
◈ Kufr (disbelief) if done while affirming their doctrines.
◈ Fusūq (sinfulness) and nifāq (hypocrisy) if done merely due to sympathy.
◈ Aligning with their misguidance leads to Hellfire.
Even if the individual:
✔ Prays regularly
✔ Performs other religious duties
— he is still:
◈ Accursed
◈ Misguided
◈ Deserving of divine punishment
❖ Obligation Upon Muslims:
It is obligatory upon Muslims to:
① Avoid such oppressors.
② Dissociate from those who support the cursing of the companions.
❖ Ruling on Cursing the Three Caliphs:
Cursing Abū Bakr, ʿUmar, and ʿUthmān (رضي الله عنهم) is Kufr (disbelief).
Slandering ʿĀʾishah (رضي الله عنها) is also Kufr.
📖 Reference:
Radd al-Muḥtār al-Shāmī states:
“There is no doubt in the disbelief of one who slanders Sayyidah ʿĀʾishah, denies the companionship of al-Ṣiddīq (Abū Bakr), believes in divinity for ʿAlī, or that Jibrīl made a mistake in delivering the revelation — all of which are blatant forms of Kufr contradicting the Qur’an.” (Summarized)
❖ Ruling on a Son Who Abuses His Father:
A son who abuses his father is:
◈ A transgressor and a sinner (فاسق فاجر).
◈ If he dies without repentance, he is liable to punishment.
ھذا ما عندي، والله أعلم بالصواب
