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Rafida

Rafida (Arabic: رافضة, romanized: Rāfiḍa, lit. 'rejectors') is a polemical term referring to Shia Muslims. It derives from Shia Muslims' rejection of the legitimacy of Abu Bakr (r. 632–634), Umar (r. 634–644), and Uthman (r. 644–656) as caliphs, in favor of an Imamate beginning with Ali ibn Abi Talib (r. 656–661), the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic…

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Zayd ibn AliKufanUmayyadsZaydisIslam
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HanbaliHalalAbbasidsSalafiWahhabi
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CaliphatesCaliphsCETwelversGhadir Khumm
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ArabicRomanizedLit.Shia Muslims'Abu Bakr
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Avg. degree1.96
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related to Context · 28
Rafida → Abbasids, By, Christianity, Hanbali, Ibn Taymiyya, In, In Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Islam, Islamic, Judaism, Lebanon, On, Once Shias, Salafi, Saudi, Shi'ism, Shia, Shia Muslims, Shias
related to Definition · 23
Rafida → Abi Talib, Abu Bakr, Ali, Ali's, CE, Ghadir Khumm, In, Islamic, Less, Muhammad, One, Rafidi, Rawafid, Rooted, Shia, Shia Muslims, Shias, Sunni, The, They
related to Origins · 19
Rafida → Abi Talib's, Ali, CE, For Sunnis, For Zaydis, Imamites, Kufan Shias, Muhammad, Origins, Over, Perhaps, Rather, Shia, They, Twelver, Twelvers, Umayyads, Zayd, Zayd's
related to Rafida in Zaydi tradition · 15
Rafida → Abu Bakr, Ali, Even, Imamites, In, Islamic, Kufans, Over, Shias, The, Umar, Zayd, Zayd's, Zaydi, Zaydis
related to Rafida in Sunni tradition · 14
Rafida → Abi Talib, Ali, Early, Elsewhere, Imamites, In, Islam, Islamic, Jews, Judaism, Muhammad, Sunni, Sunnis, The
related to Rafida in Twelver tradition · 9
Rafida → According, Even, In, Pharaoh, Quran, Shia Imams, Tawrat, This, Twelver

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term shia twelvers caliphs sunni muhammad rejection ali zayd ibn islamic twelver also islam shias 634 644 nickname became first

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Rafidarelated to ContextShi'ism0.60section
Rafidarelated to ContextSalafi0.60section
Rafidarelated to ContextWahhabi0.60section

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