পৃষ্ঠা 64: প্রথম অধ্যায়: দূরবর্তী আলামতসমূহ যা ইতিমধ্যে প্রকাশ পেয়ে অতিক্রান্ত হয়েছে

Mention of the Appearance of Rafidism, the Domination of the Rafidah Over Rule, and What Has Been Narrated Concerning That

One of them said in verse:

"Glory be to Him whose will has come to pass, flowing through creation in precise measure,

In a single year He submerged Iraq in flood, and scorched the land of the Hijaz with fire."

Then death and destruction multiplied in Baghdad, and the carpet of the Caliphate was rolled up from it. To Allah belongs the command before and after; He exalts whom He wills and He humbles whom He wills. This is a summary from "Tarikh al-Samhudi".

This fire is distinct from the fire that will emerge at the end of time to herd the people to their place of gathering, spending the night with them and resting with them at midday; that will be discussed in the third section, if Allah, the Exalted, wills.

Among them is the emergence of Rafidism, the Rafidah's monopolization of kingship and governance, and their open defaming and cursing of the noble Companions:

This is among the greatest of tribulations, the severest of trials, and the death of the Sunnahs.

Al-Daraqutni narrated from Fudayl ibn Marzuq, from Abu al-Hijaf Dawud ibn Abi Awf, from Muhammad ibn Amr ibn al-Husayn, from Zaynab (meaning the daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib), from Fatimah the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), that he (ﷺ) said to Ali: "O Abu al-Hasan, verily you and your partisans (shi'ah) are in Paradise. But indeed, a people claiming to love you will belittle Islam, then reject and cast it aside, passing out of it just as an arrow passes through game. They have a derogatory name; they are called al-Rafidah. If you encounter them, fight them, for they are polytheists (mushrikun)."

And he also transmitted it via the route of Abu al-Hijaf, from Abu Ja'far al-Baqir, from Fatimah the Younger, from Fatimah the Elder, from the Prophet (ﷺ), with the same meaning.

Then al-Daraqutni said: "For this hadith, we possess numerous routes of transmission which we have recorded in 'Musnad Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her)' and investigated thoroughly therein."

He then narrated a similar report from Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), and she added at its end: "They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is their distinguishing sign?' He said: 'They do not attend the Friday prayer nor the congregational prayer, and they slander the earliest predecessors (al-salaf al-awwal).'"