Rafidi Shiite Redefining of Shirk

 

بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful

الصلاة والسلام عليك يا سيدي يا رسول الله

وعلى آلك واصحابك يا سيدي يا نور الله

Allah جَلَّ جَلَالَهُ says:

لَئِنۡ اَشۡرَکۡتَ لَیَحۡبَطَنَّ عَمَلُکَ وَلَتَکُوۡنَنَّ مِنَ الۡخٰسِرِیۡنَ

If you commit Shirk your deeds shall be rendered vain and you will surely be among the losers

(Surah 39, Ayah 65)

With us mainstream Sunni Muslims, the mortal sin of Shirk is to worship anyone or anything besides Allah—the one true God. But many heretical sects have redefined Shirk to mean something else. The Twelver Shi’ah claim that Shirk is to accept the government or Imamate of anyone besides Ali bin Abi Talib كرم الله وجهه who alone was divinely appointed to succeed the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم

Hence, in explanation of the Ayah cited above, the Rafidi Shi’ah attribute the following statement to Imam Muhammad al-Baqir رضى الله عنه

لئن أشركت بولاية علي ليحبطن عملك

If you commit Shirk in the Wilayah of Ali your deeds shall be rendered vain (Tafsir Furat al-Kufi, p.370)

This is merely one of countless instances in which the heretical Shi’ites have flagrantly suppressed the established and plain Islamic teachings for a sectarian motive.