Who Are the Houthis? Their Aqeedah, Beliefs, and Connection to the Rafidah | Shaykh Salih al-Sindi

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🔴 In this lecture, Shaykh Dr. Salih al Sindi exposes what he describes as the reality of the Houthis' aqeedah, explaining their theological similarities with the Shia Rafidah and the influence of Rafidi beliefs upon their methodology. 📌 8 Major Similarities Between the Houthis and the Rafidah: 1️⃣ Deviations in Tawhid and Shirk - Both groups are described as deviating in matters of Tawhid and engaging in grave worship. 2️⃣ Takfir of the Sahabah - Their beliefs concerning the Companions of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, including declaring the Sahabah to be kuffar. 3️⃣ Mutah (Temporary Marriage) - How the Houthis adopted the Rafidi practice of Mutah, which was previously despised and rejected among the Zaydiyyah. 4️⃣ Belief in the Awaited Mahdi - The similarities between the two groups concerning their beliefs in the awaited Mahdi. 5️⃣ Their Position on the Quran and Sunnah - Their beliefs and approaches concerning the Quran and Sunnah, including their compilation and interpretation. 6️⃣ Wilayat al Faqih - Their belief in the authority of the Islamic jurist as the deputy of the infallible Imam, exercising his powers and authority. 7️⃣ The Influence of Khomeini - How the Houthis were influenced by Khomeini, his poetry, and the Iranian Revolution. 8️⃣ Religious Celebrations and Sectarian Mobilization - The revival of occasions such as Ashura, Ghadir, the Mawlid, the martyrdom of Ali, and Al Isra wal Miraj, which the Shaykh describes as opportunities to promote their beliefs, mobilize followers, and spread hatred toward Ahl al Sunnah wal Jamaah and their prominent figures. ⚠️ An Example of Their Hostility Toward the Sahabah The Shaykh also recounts how the Houthis reportedly gather at Jabal al Makhruq near Sadah during Ghadir, symbolically portraying the mountain as Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) before firing upon it in a supposed act of revenge. 📖 The lecture examines the Houthis' aqeedah, their similarities with the Rafidah, their theological deviations, and their attitudes toward Ahl al Sunnah wal Jamaah. 🤲 May Allah protect us from the trials that lead people astray and from every form of evil. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📌 Source: (38:05 - 40:56) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCobPf2nnRI ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✦ Authentic and True — From the Scholars to You ✦ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #Islam #Quran #Sunnah #Aqeedah #Salafi #salafiyyah #Bidah #IslamicAdvice #IslamicReminders #SeekingKnowledge #Tawheed #Muslim #Fiqh #scholarsofsunnah #AhlusSunnah #IslamicClips #IslamicShorts #Creed #IslamicEducation #IslamicLecture #MuslimYouth #Knowledge #IslamicGuidance #Shariah #Reminder #ShirkAkbar #ExcuseOfIgnorance #Takfir #Iman #Kufr #SalafiDawah #AhlusSunnahWalJamaah #ManhajSalaf #IslamicCreed #ScholarsOfIslam #IbnBaz #IbnUthaymeen #SeekKnowledge #Ilm #Dawah #Truth #Guidance #SunnahWay #IslamicReminder #Sacrifice #Sunnah #Tawhid #Salafi #fawzan #ibnbaz #ibnutaimiyah #ibnuthaymeen #Houthis #Houthi #Yemen #Rafidah #Shia #Zaydiyyah #war #middleeast #houthi