Questioner:
Your Eminence, are the Khomeinists [followers of Khomeini] among the Rafida?
The Sheikh:
Yes, Khomeini is one of the heads of the Rafida—one of their leaders.
The Sheikh:
They and their followers are Rafida. They are those who exaggerate regarding the Twelve Imams; they exaggerate regarding them and glorify them, believing that they [the Imams] know the unseen (Al-Ghayb) and that they are infallible. They call upon them instead of Allah, seek their aid, and make vows to them. This is present in their books; anyone who reviews Al-Kafi or other than Al-Kafi will find that. We ask Allah for safety. We ask Allah to return them to repentance.
We ask Allah to return them to repentance and to protect the Muslims from their evil and the evil of those like them; because they have claimed Islam while they oppose Islam, and in reality, they are at war with Islam. Yes.
Questioner:
This has become clear, without a doubt.
The Sheikh:
We ask Allah for well-being.
Questioner:
How do you advise Muslims to confront this ideology, which has begun to spread in recent times, Shaykh Abd al-Aziz?
The Shaykh:
We advise Muslims not to be deceived by the calls of [Khomeinism]. The claims they propagate and their assertions that they represent the entirety of Islam have no basis or truth; it is all the work of hypocrisy. They are people of hypocrisy and Taqiyya (dissimulation). Anyone who has studied their books would know this.
Therefore, Muslims must realize that these claims of being an “Islamic Republic” are entirely devoid of reality. They are merely outward Islamic appearances, while the inward reality is contrary to Islam. The inward reality is paganism, hostility toward Islam, and hostility toward the Prophet of Islam and all of his Companions—refusing to seek God’s pleasure for them, but rather declaring them to be disbelievers and transgressive sinners, except for a very small number.
The point is that Khomeini and his followers are among the leading figures of the Rafida; they are among those who exalt the Rafida creed, adhere to it, and advocate for it. They are the ones who glorify the Twelve Imams and claim that they [alone] are the [rightful] Imams, that leadership must belong to them, and that the leadership of anyone else is void—at the head of whom is Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).
Regarding Ali, they spoke the truth in that Ali is a righteous man; he is the fourth [Caliph] after the [first] three, and he is the best of them after the three—the best of the Companions after the three. Likewise, al-Hasan and al-Husayn are among the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). However, they did not assume leadership except for al-Hasan, who ruled for a short time and then stepped down, handing the Imamate and leadership to Mu’awiya (may Allah be pleased with him). As for al-Husayn and those after him, they never assumed leadership. But the Rafida lack insight; they have nothing but claims with no foundation/basis. Yes.