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Originally Posted by Biryani
There were idiots that even called Imam Shafai Rafidhi. Seee signiture..
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Originally Posted by Biryani's Signature
Imam Shafi'i: They said, 'You are a Rafidi!', and I said, 'But no, Nor is my religion nor are my beliefs of that kind ...'But if love of the viceregent of God be Rafidism, Then I am the most Rafidi of the servants of God!
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Of course, Imam Shafi (RA) also believed the first 3 caliphs to be the viceregents of God. Which would make him distinctly non-Rafidi. Hence his rejection of Rafidhism in the first sentence. The statement quoted merely affirms that Ahl-e-Sunnah rejects Nasibis & loves and reveres Ali (RA).