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group of Zayd ibn Ali ibn groups, such as the lack of
Hossein army who left him awareness of the masses in the
alone in the war. Some Sunnis Umayyad era and the policies
ironically call all Shiites Rafidis; of the rulers of that era, which
because they believe that they has fueled this issue.
have abandoned the belief in Accordingly, the attribution of
the caliphate of three caliphs. “Rafḍh” and “Rafiḍia” is one
In general, the word comes of such titles that some writers
from the root “Rafḍh” meaning have attributed to the “Imamiyyah”.
rejection, and for the first time Terminologically, the meaning
the Zaydis called the Shiites and concept of “Rafiḍia” is
other than themselves “Rafiḍia”; used in the following interpretations:
because the Imamate of Zayd So, that is why “Rafiḍia”
ibn Ali was rejected and it said that they abandoned
seems that this is where the religion. (Ash'ari, 1980: 89, Footnote)
name came from for the Shiites. “Rafḍh” means abandoning the
On the other hand, the revelation and returning to the
general Shiites do not like the myths and superstitions of
use of this word; because it has idolatry, and in other words,
gradually deviated from its returning to the works and
original meaning and has been values of ignorance that a
considered an allusion to person named Abdullah ibn
abandoning religion. In other Saba and his followers have
words, the person in question attributed; because he considered
has turned away from religion Imam Ali ibn Abi-Talib as a
and is a synonym for the word prophet and with this idea he
“Khawarij” given to a group of rejected the religion of Islam.
Muslims. (Ibn Khaldun, 1967) (Dar al-Madani and al-Zuabi,
Throughout history, Islamic Bita: 8-9)
groups and denominations Some believe that the words
have always used obscene “Rafḍh” and “Rafiḍia” were
titles to expel their opposition used from 122 AH during the
