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                         They  have  made  an  effort            reported  by  at  least  three
                       to  separate  the  true  believers        narrators in every era) and the
                       and  the  righteous  from  those          perspective of Sunni scholars
                       who reject the religion, adopt            on     it,   Baghdadi      further

                       new  ideas,  and  act  according          elaborated on the subject and
                       to their desires.                         stated  that  according  to  the
                                                                 beliefs  of  Sunnis,  which  are
                       - Sunni Sect Historiographers             also  his  own  beliefs,  He

                       One  of  the  Sunni  sect                 phrased  it  as  follows:  Those
                       historiographers,  who  gave              who  deny  the  sight  of  God,
                       great  importance  to  the  issue         Kawthar, intercession and the

                       of  faith  and  disbelief  and            torment  of  the  grave  are
                       stated  its  examples,  is  Abd           considered infidels. (Baghdadi,
                       al-Qahir  Baghdadi.  He  is               1988: 314)

                       known for his firm stance on                 In  addition  to  declaring
                       sectarianism       and,     more          various  Islamic  sects  to  be
                       importantly,  for  his  belief  in        inadmissible, Baghdadi frequently

                       Takfir's  opponents  and  for             views certain Islamic sects as
                       accusing  them  of  leaving  the          existing  entirely  outside  the
                       religion.                                 boundaries of Islam. He talks
                         In  other  words,  he  has              about  the  sects  that,  in  his

                       drawn  clear  and  extensive              opinion,      pretend     to    be
                       boundaries between truth and              connected  to  Islam  but  are

                       falsehood,  allowing  him  to             seen  as  being  outside  of  its
                       easily  declare  the  beliefs  of         bounds  in  the  4th  chapter  of
                       other  sects  as  invalid  and            his book “Al-Farq Bayn al-Firaq”.
                       assert  the  truthfulness  of  his        (Ibid: 222)

                       own  beliefs.  (Jabbarizadeh,                He explained the principles
                       2004: 365)                                of  twenty  different  sects  that
                         After       explaining       the        he believed were not a part of

                       concept  of  Mustafid  Hadith             the Muslim community.
                       (an      abundant        tradition
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