Insulting Sunni Sharia, Principles Form of Blasphemy - Says Grand Ayatollah Makarem

AhlulBayt News Agency - Stressing that no one is allowed to insult Sunni principles and their sharia, the Grand Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Nasir Makarem Shirazi, said, "Wahhabis call Sunni Muslims, Shia Muslims, Christians and followers of any other religion as infidels; They have no understanding of genuine Islam and its principles whatsoever,"

In a meeting with a group of Shia scholars and preachers in Mashhad, Grand Ayatollah pointed at Wahhabi-Takfiri ideology which approves of shedding the blood of infidels, "They believe confiscation of the infidels' belongings and possessions is permitted while God states  in the 8th and 9th verses of Surah al-Mumtahanah:

"Allah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your homes - from being righteous toward them and acting justly toward them. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly.

Allah only forbids you from those who fight you because of religion and expel you from your homes and aid in your expulsion - [forbids] that you make allies of them. And whoever makes allies of them, then it is those who are the wrongdoers."

The revered source of emulation further reiterated, contrary to the general belief which categorizes the infidel in two groups of dhimmi (protected) and combatant, these people, based on Quranic verses, are categorized into 4 groups: the first are those who have nothing to do with Muslims and do not interact with them and vice versa, the second group are those who are called Islam's Allies, they have embassies in Islamic countries and are at mutual peace with them and protect their rights; the third group are people whose security is provided by Islamic countries and they reside in Iran on visas and passports, as long as they do not commit crimes the Islamic government let them be free; it must be noted that dhimmi infidels are of the same type whereas combatant infidel are considered enemies to Islam,"

Elsewhere in his remarks, Ayatollah Makarem asserted, "Wahhabis regard Sunni Muslims, Shias, Christians and generally all followers of any other religion as infidels; they have no understanding of genuine Islam and its principles whatsoever,"

His eminence urged the clerics to engage in propagating Islam and its genuine teachings and stressed, "While promoting Islam and its teachings, Shia preachers must take heed of moral principles and do not insult Sunni teachings and their sanctities ever,"




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