Shia sects which reject the legitimacy of the first three Muslim Caliphs
Rafida (Arabic: رافضة, romanized: Rāfiḍa, lit. 'rejectors') broadly refers to those Shia Muslims who 'reject' the legitimacy of the caliphates of Abu Bakr (r. 632–634), Umar (r. 634–644), and Uthman (r. 644–656), in favor of Ali ibn Abi Talib (r. 656–661), the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Rooted in early Islamic history, the term Rafida is used in Sunni polemics against Shi'ism. Several Shia scholars view the term in a favourable light to signify Shias' rejection of those they regard as oppressive Sunni rulers.
Rafida (Arabic: رافضة, romanized: Rāfiḍa, lit. 'rejectors') broadly refers to those Shia Muslims who 'reject' the legitimacy of the caliphates of Abu Bakr...
Sulaymaniyya, except they see Uthman also as in error but not in sin. The term rafida was a term used by Zayd ibn Ali on those who rejected him in his last hours...
Rafida Bonya Ahmed (also known as Bonya Ahmed and Rafida Ahmed; born 1969) is a Bangladeshi-American who is simultaneously a writer, free-spirited blogger...
Reward Offer for Information on the Murder of Avijit Roy and Attack on Rafida Bonya Ahmed". United States Department of State. Retrieved 28 February 2022...
Ahad Rafidah (Arabic: احد رفيده) is a province in southern Saudi Arabia in the 'Asir Region. The number of its affiliated villages is 144 villages, and...
may they fail and lose! It supports Rafida [Shi'ite Muslim] Iran and strives to spread the religion of the Rafida in Muslim territories. Their savage...
(Philippines), a faction that split from the Communist Party of the Philippines Rafida, an Islamic term, "those who reject" Epistemic rejectionism, a philosophical...
Twelvers. The Zaydis separated first. The non-Zaydis were initially called "Rafida". The Rafidis later divided into two sub-groups known as Imamiyyah and Batiniyyah...
India". Sydney Studies in Society and Culture 13 (2014). online. Nawaz, Rafida, and Syed Hussain Murtaza. "Impact of Imperial Discourses on Changing Subjectivities...
Muhammad Rashid Rida in his treatise as-Sunna wa-š-šiʿa au al-Wahhābīya wa-r-Rāfiḍa: Ḥaqāʾiq dīnīya taʾrīḫīya iǧtimaʿīya iṣlaḥīya ("The Sunna and the Shia,...
Mircea Eliade, Charles J. Adams, Macmillan, 1987, p243. "They were called "Rafida by the followers of Zayd” Bewley/Saad 8, p. 180. Ibn Kathir, Al-Bidayah...
after him. It is believed that from them originated the word for Shi'ites, Rafida. Hasan, 1st son Yahya, 2nd son Husayn Dhu al-Dam'a, 3rd son Isa Mu'tam al-Ashbal...
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