The doctrine of the Shiites in the principles of faith and respond to them in the light of the doctrine of the Sunnis and the community

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Assistant Professor at the Department of Islamic Studies Quran College and Islamic Studies - Jeddah University

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The present research included a methodological introduction, two issues, a conclusion and indexes. The introduction included the reasons for choosing the research, its objectives, the scientific method and its plan. The introduction included definition of the Shiites and their most famous schools and the definition of the Rafidah school and the reason for such name. The second chapter was about the creed of Rafida concerning monotheism which included three topics, the first topic addressed the unification of God, which explained the creed of Rafida in the unification of God, then the creed of Sunnis and the community in the monotheism of God. The second topic tackled the monotheism of God which depicted the creed of Rafida versus that of the Sunnis and the community in the unification of divinity. The third topic overviewed the unification of names and attributes which depicted names and attributes and the belief of the Sunnis and Gamma'a in names and attributes. The third chapter dealt with the creed of the Shiites concerning the angels, books and messengers, the Last Day, judgment and destiny including three topics. The first topic depicted the creed of Shiites in the angels, and the creed of Sunnis and Gamma’a in the angels. The second topic tackled the creed of Shiites in the divine books, and the creed of the Sunnis and Gamma’a in terms of the heavenly books. The third issue is the creed of the Shiites in terms of the Messengers and the creed of the Sunnis and Gamma'a in the Messengers. The fourth topic depicted the creed of the Shiites in terms of the last day and the belief of the Sunnis and the community concerning the last day. The fifth topic was about the belief of Rafida in destiny versus that of the Sunnis and Gamma'a. The results revealed that Rafida are among the most famous Shiite schools, and that the Twelver Imamate is the main interface for spreading the Rafida’s creed and the statement of the Rafida’s belief in monotheism in its three types. Rafida criticize the Sunnis and Gamma’a for their false belief. The research concluded with an index of topics and another index of sources and references.
 
 

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