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layout: post
title: "Ruling on the present Shiites"
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
source: "Fatawa Al-Lajnah Ad-Da'imah no. 8187-5"
category: [sects]
hijri: Dhul-Hijjah 7, 1441
locale: en
lang: en
note: true
excerpt: "Shiites nowadays have many sects. For more clarification on this issue, refer to the contemporary books written on deviant sects, and you could also read Mukhtasar Al-Tuhfah Al-Ithna 'Ashriyyah and Al-Khutut Al-'Aridah by Muhibb Al-Din Al-Khatib, Minhaj Al-Sunnah by Ibn Taymiyyah, and its abridged version, Al-Muntaqa by Al-Dhahabi."
muftis:
  chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Ibn Baz
      url: /biography/binbaz/
  deputy_chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Razzaq Al-Afifi
      url: /biography/afifi/
  members: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdullah Ibn Ghudayyan
      url: /biography/ghudayyan/
    - name: Shaykh Abdullah Ibn Qa'ud
      url: /biography/qaud/
---

Question: 

Are all the present Shiites Kafirs (disbelievers) or just their Imams?

Answer:

Shiites nowadays have many sects. For more clarification on this issue, refer to the contemporary books written on deviant sects, and you could also read Mukhtasar Al-Tuhfah Al-Ithna 'Ashriyyah and Al-Khutut Al-'Aridah by Muhibb Al-Din Al-Khatib, Minhaj Al-Sunnah by Ibn Taymiyyah, and its abridged version, Al-Muntaqa by Al-Dhahabi.