Understanding the different sects of Shia
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There are many Shia sects in history and the Shias have historically always splintered because of the very nature of their fundamental doctrines.

Brief Details on the Sects

First, we have the Kaysaaniyyah:

They are ascribed to Kaysaan who is the mawlaa of Ali (radiallaahu anhu), and also the student of Muhammad bin al-Hanafiyyah (son of Ali). The core belief of this sect is that Ali (radiallaahu anhu) encompassed all the divine knowledge, and he knows all the secret hidden ta'weels (explanations, exegesis), and that he alone has the right to make interpretations of the Shariah texts, and obedience to this Imaam is the very essence of the religion (and which in turn invalidates the necessity of the legislated actions). Muhammad bin al-Hanafiyyah freed himself from these people openly, however when he died, they claimed he is still living and that he will be given the permission to return. To the Kaysaaniyyah, Muhammad bin al-Hanafiyyah is the awaited Mahdi. Note the diffrence between this sect and others in that they only said Ali (radiallaahu anhu) possessed the divine knowledge, but did not actually deify him.

Second, we have the Zaydiyyah:

And they ascribe to Zayd bin Ali bin al-Husayn bin Ali bin Abi Talib. Whilst they believe in the superiority of Ali (radiallaahu anhu), they also accept the principle that a person of lesser rank is able to take leadership despite the presence of the one with higher rank due to some considered beneficial interest which needed to be attained on account of the situation of presence of factors. This is how they view the rulership of Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman (radiallaahu anhum). When the Shias of Kufah heard of this position and that they do not free themselves of the two Shaykhs (Abu Bakr and Umar), they rejected them and so the Zaydiyyah labelled them "Raafidah." Zayd bin Ali bin al-Husayn studied with Wasil bin Ataa (founder of the Mu'tazilah), there were elements of i'tizaal (rationalism) as well asaspects of khurooj (revolt of the Kharijites), although he was not upon the actual core usool of the Mu'tazilah and Kharijites, and for this reason, traces of these influences are found in the Zaydee fiqh and manhaj. The Zaydiyyah are the least deviant faction of the Shi'a.

Third, we have the Imaamiyyah Shias:

These are of numerous sects as we shall see, but they carried the right of Imaamah (leadership) from Ali to his son Hasan, to his brother Husayn to his son Zayn al-Aabideen and then to his son Muhammad al-Baaqir, then to his son Ja'far al-Saadiq (may Allaah be pleased with them all). From here, they divided into two categories:

The first are those who then gave the right of Imaam to the son of Ja'far, Ismaa'eel, and they became known as the Ismaa'eeliyyah. This group in turn split into many groups, but three of them remain today and they are: a) Ismaa'eeliyyah Musta'liyyah (Bohrahs), b)Ismaa'eeliyyah Nizaariyyah (Agha Khanis), c) Druze. The second are those who gave the right of Imaamah to Musa al-Kadhim, and these are known as the Ithna Ashariyyah(the Twelvers), and they are also referred to as the Ja'fariyyah. They are the most important of the sects of the Shia and most of the Shia of today are from this group and they are found in Iran, Iraq, Arabia, Pakistan, Lebanon and elsewhere. It is from this group that the Nusayriyyah (a very extreme sect) splintered off from.

It is this last group that is associated with the label of Shia today and they are referred to by many different names such as "Shiah" (those siding with Ali), or "Raafidah" (those rejecting the two Shaykhs, Abu Bakr and Umar) or "Ithna Ashariyyah" (those believing in the twelve Imaams) or "Imaamiyyah" (those believing in leadership being a pillar of Islam), and all these labels characterize a particular element of their belief.

Fourth, we have the Nusayriyyah:

They are an extreme splinter group from the Imaamiyyah, Ithna Ashariyyah sect of the Shia and they appeared in the third-century hijrah, named after Muhammad bin Nusayr al-Numayree. They claim Allaah indwelled in Ali (radiallaahu anhu), they also believe in the transmigration of souls (tanaasukh al-arwaah) and also believe in secret esoteric interpretations of the Qur'an. The entire set of beliefs they hold are an amalgamation of idol-worship, Magian paganism, and Jewish and Christian doctrines. They conceal their doctrines from those outside of their circles, and historically have killed those who dared to leak their secrets.

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The Imaamiyyah has a shrine in Iran for Abu lu'Lu' the criminal who assassinated the second Khalifa of the Muslims, 'Umar radi Allahu 'anhu. They consider Abu Lu'Lu a hero.

Where does Hezbollah fit in from the various sects of Shia?
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Hizbollah is a political Shia group backed by the Rafidi Shia of Iran and is a network that spans across many countries and whose aims are to serve the Shia cause, ideologically and politically. This political party was set up formally in Lebanon in 1985CE although it's initial activities started around 1982CE. This party was set up by the aspirations of the Iranian backed Lebanese Shia. Initially however this movement had the name "Harakah Amal al-Shi'iyyah" (Movement of Shite Hope), but then it broaded its horizons seeking to gain more popularity and changed the name to "Amal al-Islamiyyah" (Islamic Hope), this being an offshoot of the main movement. Under this guise of being spokesperson and defender (of Islam), it spread Shi'ism in Lebanon and to other parts of the world. However, there were many crimes and barbarities associated with the original group (Harakah Amal al-Shi'iyyah) which put the child-group into the position of having to defend itself, and as a tactical move, they simply created a new party and this is what is known today as Hizbollah.

The Founder of Harakah Amal al-Shi'iyyah:
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The founder of the original parent group is Musa al-Sadr, an Iranian national, he was born in 1928 and reached Lebanon in 1958, he was given Lebanese nationality. And he is a student of al-Khomeini and also has close ties with al-Khomeini. The son of al-Khomeini, Ahmad is married to the neice of Musa al-Sadr, and the nephew of Musa al-Sadr, Murtaza al-Tabtaba'i is married to the granddaughter of al-Khomeini. Musa al-Sadr set up Harakah Amal al-Shi'iyyah as an armed group in the north of Lebanon and in Beirut and there was cooperation between it and the national forces. Al-Sadr also played the right-hand man for any Nusayri that entered Lebanon from Syria, and when the Nusayri Syrian army entered Lebanon, al-Sadr changed face from a Lebanese nationalist to a Nusayri Batini colonizer, and he took certain steps, from them a) ordering the officer Ibrahim Shahin to split from the Arab army and he set up a Lebanese army allied to Syria (the Nusayri Batinis), and in the south, the leader Ahmad al-Mu'aamiree also split and joined the Nusayri Batini army (that had come in from Syria, and b) he (al-Sadr) set up meetings with the Roman Orthodox and Roman Catholic bishops and other individuals and representatives. All of this was to help form a regional government that would be controlled by the Syrian Nusayris. These activities indicate the true loyalties of Musa al-Sadr, which is to the Shi'ites of Iran and the Syrian Nusayri Batinis (who themselves are an extreme sect of the Imaamiyyah Shi'ah - see here) against a general Sunni Arab population. In 1985 the Harakah Amal al-Shi'iyyah's forces besieged the Palestinian refugee camps in South Lebanon (and were aided by some Christian factions). This was supported by the Nusayri Baatinee leader of Syria, al-Assad, who did not want the presence of Palestinians in the south to invite any major invasion from Israel and also because he wanted the area to be dominated by the Shia. The battles became known as "the war of the camps" and the Shia committed great atrocities against the Palestinians in the camps. They killed old men, women and children in refugee camps, they also killed some Palestinians in the hospitals of Beirut, slitting their throats (reported in the Sunday Telegraph 27/5/1985), and their militias gathered tens of wounded into the camps and killed them, and witnesses also reported that they saw the militias of Harakah Amal kill more than forty-five wounded in the Gaza Hospital and its surrounding areas. These militia, after taking over the refugee camp of Sabra, went into the streets of Western Beirut on 2/6/1985 chanting, "Laa ilaaha illallaah, al-'Arab a'daa Allaah" (...the Arabs are the enemies of Allaah...). And Kuwaiti News (4/6/1985) and al-Watan (3/6/1985) both reported that the Militia of Harakah Amal kidnapped twenty-five Palestinian girls from around the camps of Sabra. All of the above indicates that the Harakah Amal al-Shi'iyyah major objective was to get rid of Palestinian Sunni presence in the region, and there was understanding and co-operation between the Jews and the Shia from years prior. Haydar al-Daayikh one of the leaders of Harakah al-Amal said, "We used to carry weapons in the face of Isael, but Israel open its arms to us and loved to aid us, Israel aided us in exterminating the Palestinian Wahhabi terrorist from the South (of Lebanon)" (Meeting with Haydar by Arab News Weekly, 24/3/1983). And Subhee al-Tufaylee in his meeeting with al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper (25th September 2003 / 29th Rajab 1424H) said that when the Israeli army entered Lebanon and destroyed the Palestinian factions (in the South) with participation of the Shia, the Shia of South Lebanon stood to receive the Zionist Israeli troops, and this is confirmed by Hasan Nasr Allaah as documented in the book Sajal al-Noor (p. 227) issued by Hizbollah itself.

What Are the Names of the Founding Members of Hizbollah in Lebanon:
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The Rafidi state of Iran set up the new movement, Hizbollah, through the agency of the following Shites: Muhammad Husayn Fadl Allaah (labelled "the Khomeini of Lebanon"), Subhee al-Tufaylee, Hasan Nasr Allah (labelled as "the Khomeini of the Arabs"), Ibraaheem al-Ameen, Abbaas Mawsawi, Na'eem Qaasim, Zuhayr Kanj, Muhammad Yazbik and Raaghib Harb. Both the Harakah Amal Shi'iyyah and Hizbollah take directions from Iran and are essentially proxies for Iran in the region. As for Hasan Abd al-Kareem Nasr Allaah, the "Khomeini of the Arabs", he was born in 1960CE. He travelled to al-Najaf, Iraq to study religious knowledge (i.e. the Imaamiyyah Shi'ah knowledge) He was made an official for Harakah Amal al-Shi'iyyah in 1982 but he later separated it to join Hizbollah (a child organization), and he was an official for it in Beirut in 1985, and he worked his way up until he became the general leader in 1992 after the assassination of the previous leader al-Mawsawi.

Openly-Declared and Hidden Goals:
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The openly-declared goals of the Hizbollah in Lebanon are that it is an organization opposed ot the Israeli occupation of Lebanon and that it wishes to liberate the sanctified place of Palestine (Bayt al-Maqdis), but this is simply a means of deceiving the Muslims, to blind them and divert them (the Muslims) away from their (the Shia's) real goals, and to make them (the Muslims) inclined towards them, and this they achieve through a policy of serving social and human needs in the society with support from Iran. As for the true and real hidden goals they are to spread Shi'ism in Lebanon, to maintain a permanent Shia presence and to take control over all elements of strength in the country (political, social, military, economical). And this is part of an overall agenda to prepare the region for the advancement of Iran and its religous and political objectives.

The Creed of the Hizbollah:
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The creed of this party is al-Tashayyu' and al-Rafd, or to put in their own language, they are "Ja'farite Twelvers" (Ja'fariyyah Ithnay Ashariyyah). Here we will mention some of the most important features of their doctrines, which are straight out of their works such as: Usul al-Kafi of al-Kulayni; Madinah al-Mu'ajiz of Hashim al-Bahraani; Mashaariq Anwaar al-Yaqeen of Rajab al-Bursee; Fasl al-Khitab Fi Ithbaat Tahreef al-Kitaab of Mirza Husain al-Nuri al-Tabarsi; Aqaa'id al-Imaamiyyah of Muhammad Ridhaa al-Mudhaffar; al-Shihab al-Thaqib fi Bayaan Ma'naa al-Naasib of Yusuf al-Bahraani; Mawsuah al-Fiqh of Muhammad al-Shiraazee; al-Adillah al-Jaliyyah Alaa Jawaaz al-Taqiyyah of Jawad al-Qazweenee; Mir'aat al-Uqool and Bihar al-Anwaar of al-Majlisee and many others.

Exaggeration in their Leaders: The Rafidah exaggerate regarding the Aal Bayt, claiming infallibility for them, that they know the unseen, and claim tha the twelve imaams are able to acquire knowledge of things at will, that they know when they will die and that they only die out of their own choice, until some of them like al-Majlisee claimed their imaams are superior to all the prophets except Muhammad (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam). They also claim their imaams give life to the dead and some of them went as far as to claim that Alee is "the knower of what is in the hearts" and that he is all of the beatiful names (of Allaah) that can be invoked and other such exaggerations which constitute disbelief.

Regarding the Quran: They believe that the Quran was distorted by the Companions and that the entire Quran was not compiled except by their imaams, and that it was only Ali bin Abi Talib (radiallaahu anhu), and the imaams after him who gathered it and compiled it as it was revealed in full, and they claim that no one claim he has the full Quran except them. And some of them went to the level where they claimed the full Quran consists of seventeen-thousand verses, and this creed of theirs is openly admitted by their leading figures and scholars such as Ni'matullah al-Jazaa'iree.

Regarding Infallibility and Loyalty: They believe in the infallibility of their twelve imaams and make unrestricted loyalty to them which necessitates making takfir of those who oppose them, and at the head of those (who are made takfir of) are the three khalifahs, Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthmaan (radiallaahu anhum), and these Rafidi donkeys claim that they all disbelieved and apostatized after they had usurped the khilafah from Ali bin Abi Talib (radiallaahu anhu). For this reason, the doctrine of al-Walaayah (loyalty) is a condition (shart) in their view for the acceptance of any righteous deed. Al-Majlisee has a chapter in his book, Bihar al-Anwaar, titled, "Actions are not acceped excepted with al-Walaayah." This book of al-Majlisee is considered one of the eight "canonical" hadeeth books with the Rafidis.

Regarding the Companions and Wives of the Prophet: They make takfir of all of the Companions except a handful, and they curse them consideing this to be from the greatest of deeds of nearness to Allaah, as they claim. They curse the wives of the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam), in particular Aa'ishah and Hafsah. They accuse Aa'ishah (radiallaahu anhaa) of a shameful deed and they accuse both Aa'ishah and Hafsah of killing the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam).

Regarding Those who are Not Twelver Shia: The Rafidah make takfir of all factions of Muslims without exception, as Abdullah al-Shibr (al-Rafidi) in his book Haqq al-Yaqeen fee Ma'rifah Usul al-Din mentions the agreement of the Imaamiyyah Shia regarding this, and he says therein (2/189): "The Shaykh, al-Mufeed, said: The Imaamiyyah are unanimously agreed that whoever rejected the imaamah (leadership) of any of the imaams (their twelve imaams) and rejected what Allaah, the Exalted, obligated upon him of the obligation of obedience (to them) then he is a misguided disbeliever deserving of remaining eternally in the Fire..." and in another place he says, "The Imaamiyyyah are unanimously agreed that the people of innovations (meaning everyone besides them) are all disbelievers, and that it is upon the imaam to demand their repentance when he is able to, after giving da'wah to them and establishing the proof upon them. So either they repent from their innnovation and come to the truth or they are otherwise killed due to their apostacy from faith. And if one of them died upon that (innovation) he is from the inhabitants of the Fire." Yusuf al-Bahraani states in his book al-Shihab al-Thaqib (p. 85) that "the oppposer to the truth (their truth) is a disbeliever and it is obligatory that the judgement upon him is that of the disbelievers." And some of them such as Muhammad al-Sheeraazee judges all factions of the Shia besides them, the Imaamiyyah Twelvers, as being disbelievers.

The Doctrine of Wilaayat al-Faqih (Political Authority of the Highest Scholar): This is a Rafidi innovation, innovated for the Shia by al-Khomeini, and it is a religio-political innovation, and it essentially states that the one most worthy of leadership of the state is learned religious scholar who meets specific conditions, and he is considered as the acting deputy of the awaited infallible imaam (the Shia's Mahdi) in leadership over the ummah, and thus, no affair is to be entered into except by returning back to this religious leader which is chosen by the ummah to be its directing deputy leader on behalf of the awaited imaam. And Hizbollah was set up under al-Khomeini who played this role for the Rafidah, indicating that Hizbollah is nothing but a Shia proxy of Iran, fulfilling and implementing Iranian Rafidi revolution goals in the region.

Source: Adapted from Hizbullah al-Raafidee, Tarikh Aswad wa Iftiraa'aat (The Rafidi Hizbollah, a History of Darkness and Fabrications) of Sayyid Husayn al-Affaanee (Dar al-Affaanee, Cairo 1st edition, 1428H).


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So who are the Houthees???
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Brief overview of the Houthiyyah

The Jama’atul Houthiyyah is an extreme Raafidee Shi’ee terrorist group based in Yemen which broke away from the Zaydee sect and traverses upon the way of the terrorist militant group, Hezbollah in Lebenon, politically and religiously. They embrace the deviant creed of the Rafidah Shi’a, namely the misguided beliefs of the Ithna Ashariyyah. The Houthiyyah ascribes themselves to their Supremo, rebel leader Hussein Badrud-deen al-Houthee, who sparked the conflict between his supporters and the Yemeni government. The group call themselves “ash-Shabaabul-Mu’min” (the Believing Youth) or “Ansaarullah” (Helpers of Allaah).

-Expansion of the “Ash-Shabaabul-Mu’min” (Jama’atul Houthee) network:

“Ash-Shabaabul-Mu’min” group was first established in the year 1991 in Gregorian calendar at the directive of Badrud-deen al-Houthee to gather the scholars of the Zaydee sect in Sa’dah and other provinces of Yemen under its banner. Thus they got the support of the Haqq political party of Yemen as the group then represented the Zaydee sect.

Badrud-deen bin Ameerud-deen al-Houthee, from the major scholars of Shi’a of the Jaroodiyyah sect, was from those who used to curse the best of the companions of the noble Prophet (prayers and peace of Allaah be upon him), foremost of them Abu Bakr and ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with them both) and the mother of the Believers ‘Aaishaa bint as-Siddeeq (may Allaah be pleased with her).

In many of the books he authored, he reviled the two Saheehs and the books of Sunan and the great Imaams of the past who compiled them. He falsely alleged that Imaam al-Bukhaaree and Muslim ascribed lies and fabrications to the Messenger of Allaah (prayers and peace of Allaah be upon him) to please the rulers of their time.

And from this misguided man, this misguidance and scum was inherited to his misguided son, Hussein and thus he and his supporters traversed upon this deviated and dangerous path.

In the year 1996, Badrud-deen al-Houthee and his sons ended all ties with the Haqq political party due to differences with them and one of the main reference points of the Zaydee sect, Majdu-deen al-Mu’aidee.

These differences proceeded in two angles:

First: Methodological difference, i.e. with regards to ideological and sectarian issues which started to became apparent from the lectures, lessons and treatises of Hussein al-Houthee where he has uttered statements in violation of the beliefs of the Zaydee sect and upon which the contemporary scholars of that sect were upon, announcing his inclination towards the statements of the Rafidah Shi’a which includes cursing and reviling the companions, at the head of them Abu Bakr, Umar and the mothers of the believers (may Allaah be pleased with them all), the belief of the infallibility of the Imaams and the return of their Mahdee and scorn and mockery upon the books of Sunnah and their men and the scholars of Hadeeth.

Second: Organizational differences, i.e Hussein al-Houthee and his supporters from “Ash-Shabaabul-Mu’min” saw the leadership of the Haqq political party’s control upon the works and activities as invalid.

Badrud-deen al-Houthee and his sons then made efforts to garner more members to “Ash-Shabaabul-Mu’min” and their activities attracted many youth mostly from the family of Haashimiyyah from the Zaydee sect from the tribes and social gatherings in Sa’dah.

Hussein al-Houthee then expanded his activities outside Sa’dah, by establishing centers representing his main center in the various provinces and districts of Yemen. He sent some of his close students and companions to these centers including the Iraqee teachers who fled Iraq after the Gulf war and after the United Nations imposed sanctions on Iraq.

Many people from various provinces and districts, from San’a, from Sa’dah, ‘Amraan, Hijjah, Dhimaar and other then them joined the group. Thus mosques and centers specializing in teaching their doctrine were established in the various lands of Yemen.

The revival of “Yawmul Qhadeer” by “Ash-Shabaabul-Mu’min” in Sa’dah turned into a gathering of tribes allied to al-Houthee and to an exhibition of their strength by displaying various types of heavy, medium and light artillery. And there also occurred heavy firing which shows that they want to seem as a challenge. And it should be also noted that it is not from al-Houthee’s ideology to revive this occasion in other states other than Sa’dah.

“Ash-Shabaabul-Mu’min” established summer forums in various states and districts of Yemen and Badrud-deen al-Houthee used to praise them and exhort the tribes to register their sons in them. In these forums, where most of the registered were young in age, were shown videos and films showing the fall of the Shah’s regime in Iran and how the revolution of Khomeini was established. They agitated the youth by showing the injured and showing the revolutionaries chanting “Allah Akbar! Death upon America!”. ‘Abdul Kareem Jadbaan and other than them instigated the youth to exemplify the Iranian Khomeini revolution and stand up against tyrants!

The activities of the followers of the group were then generally comprised of:

-Agitating their followers with their false slogan, which is in total contradiction to their activities, “Death upon America! Death upon Israel”. This slogan is chanted after their prayers in the different mosques.

-Speeches emotionalizing the issue of Palestine and the crimes of the Jews again to agitate their followers.

-Instigating the masses against the Yemeni govt by speaking about the increase of prices of goods and about economic woes and state involved corruption and also about the rights of the poor and the needy.

-Reminding their followers about some of that which occurred in Islamic history and holding different memorial ceremonies inciting sectarian hatred under the guise of supporting and aiding the “Aal-Bayt”.

-Exhibiting their military strength by displaying their artillery and weaponry in their various ceremonies such as “Yawmul Qhadeer” and “Yawmul ‘Aashoora”!

-Instigating sectarian hatred against Ahlus-Sunnah who they falsely claim are “Wahhabi Takfeerees”.

Source:
جماعة الحوثي (تنظيم الشباب المؤمن)

 

Between Naseer Al-Shirk Al-Toosee and Badr Al-Din Al-Hoothee: Lessons From History

Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullaah) recounts to us the doings of Naseer al-Shirk al-Toosee inIghaathat al-Lahafaan (Dar Ibn al-Jawzee, pp 1014-1015):

 

And then when the shift (of duty) came to Naseer al-Shirk wal-Kufr (the aider of shikr and kufr), the heretic, the minister of heretics, al-Naseer al-Toosee, the minister of Holaco, he healed (the vengeful lust) of his soul through subjecting the followers of the Messenger and the people of his religion to the sword, satisfying therein (the vengeful lust) of his brethren from the heretics, astrologers, naturalists and magicians. He transferred the endowments of schools, mosques and hospices to them and made them his close circle and his allies. And in his books he supported (the doctrine of) the eternity of the universe, invalidation of the resurrection and rejection of the attributes of the Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, (such as) His knowledge, power, life, hearing, seeing and vision and (supported the doctrine) that He is neither within the universe nor outside of it and that there is no deity worshipped that is above the Throne at all. When the heretics took over the schools, he (al-Toosee) wished for (the book) Ishaaraat of the Imaam of the Heretics, Ibn Sina, to take the place of the Qur'an but was not able so he said, "This is theQur'an of the elite and that is the Qur'an of the common folk." And he wished to change the prayer, making it only two prayers (instead of five) but the affair was not completed for him. And at the end of the affair he learned magic, and became a magician, worshipper of idols.

Notes

 

Naseer al-Toosee was a minister for Holaco, a Mongol leader and he would direct the Mongols to the towns and cities of the people of Islam and Sunnah so that they could be slaughtered and wiped out. This is a lesson in history to understand the activities of the Raafidi Baatiniyyah and the Twelver Shi'ites. Today we see the Raafidi state of Iranpropping up fifth columns of Raafidis in the various Sunni lands, in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and stoking up conflicts, such as what is occurring in Yemen. Badr al-Din al-Hoothee is a Twelver Shi'ite (converted from Zaydism, killed in 2004) as are the rest of his clan, and they have evil intentions and designs for the Sa'dah region, as they believe it is a strategic location for them that is implicated in the return of their Mahdi . The intent here that the Raafidah are a Trojan Horse into which every enmitous mulhid finds welcome, and the common element between them all is their intense enmity and hatred of the Companions and their followers. Badr al-Deen al-Hoothee said, "I, from my own self, believe in their Takfir - meaning the Companions - due to them having opposed the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wa aalihi)" as reported from him by Abu Ja'far al-Mabkhoot (a Shia) in a meeting with him published on the website "The Fourteen Infallibles." And once more, it is not Badr al-Din al-Hoothee that we are focusing on here, but the machinery that is behind him, a machinery whose operation in history has been well-documented, and of which he was just a face and a front before perishing in 2004. That enmitous spirit and vengeful lust found with the Raafidee Baatinee Ismaa'eelees of old is fresh in the souls of the contemporaries, and for that reason we see al-Khomeini invoking mercy upon the likes of al-Toosee and drawing upon their implementation of taqiyah (dissimulation) as occurs in his book al-Hukumah al-Islaamiyyah.

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What are the beliefs of the Nusayris [The sect that Basharul Assad ascribes to]?
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*Speak of the lawfulness of al-khamr (alcohol, intoxicants).

*The transmigration of souls (tanaasukh al-arwaah).

*The eternity of the universe.

*Rejection of the resurrection (al-ba'th, al-nushoor).

*[Rejection of] Paradise and Hellfire besides what is in the life of this world.
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That the five prayers are simply an expression of five names which are Ali, Hasan, Husayn, Muhsin and Faatimah and the mere mention of these five names - in their view - comprises the fulfilment of ghusl from ritual impurity and likewise wudhoo and likewise the rest of the conditions and obligations of the prayers

*That al-siyaam (fasting) is merely an expression of the names of thirty men and thirty women which are enumerated in their books...

*That their deity who created the heavens and earth is Ali bin Abi Taalib (radiallaahu anhu), for he is the Imaam in the heaven and the Imaam on the earth, and thus it was from wisdom that what is divine (laahoot) unite with what is human (naasoot) [divinity manifests in humanity] so that he can be familiar and cordial with his creation and his servants, to teach them how they should know him and worship him.

*That a Nusayree does not become a Nusayree until they sit with him, make him drink alcohol, reveal their secrets to him and grant him free license to their women, until the stage where his designated teacher (from amongst them) addresses him. And the reality of this welcoming address is they make him swear to conceal his religion, his Shaykhs and the seniors of his madhhab, and that he should not give advice to any Muslim or other than him, unless he is from his own (Nusayree) doctrine.

*That he should know his lord (i.e. Ali) through the manifestion of his lights and his various roles (in humanity), and thus he knows the the name (al-ism) (that which is outer) and the meaning (al-ma'naa) (that which is the real and true essence, power) in every era and time and what it changes to.

*The name at the very beginning of mankind was Adam and the meaning was Abel. The Nuh was the name and Seth was the meaning. And then the name was Ya'qub and the meaning was Yusuf. And they produce evidence for this from what they find in the Qur'an. And then the name was Moosaa and the meaning was Yooshua, and they claim the sun obeyed Yooshua when he commanded it, indicating he is lord. Then Sulayman was the name and Aasaf (a Jinn) was the meaning, and they say Sulayman was unable to bring the throne of Bilqees but Aasaf was able to, and this is because Sulayman was only the form (soorah) but Aasaf was the meaning, the able and powerful. In this manner they treat each of the Prophets one by one up until the time of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam).
And so they say Muhammad was the name and Ali was the meaning and this is how they arrange this matter in all times up until this day of ours.

*And the reality of the speech about the religion to them is htat Ali is the Lord (Rabb), Muhammad is the Veil (Hijaab) and Salmaan (al-Farsee) is the Door (Baab), and of their heads and noble ones said in poetic verse in the year 700H: I testify that there is no deity save Haydarah al-Anza' al-Bateen (meaning Alee). And no hijaab (veil) save Muhammad al-Saadiq al-Ameen. And no path except (through) Salmaan, Dhul-Quwwat al-Mateen.
[After these three] they have the five "unmatched" ones and then the twelve "principles" and the names of all of these are well known to them and are in the vile books, and they never cease to manifest (themselves) alongside this lord (Ali), this veil (Muhammad alayhis salaam) and this door (Salman al-Farsee).

*That the Iblees of all Ibleeses is Abu Bakr (radiallaahu anhu) and then after him in rank of Ibleesiyyah is Umar (radiallaahu anhu), then Uthmaan (radiallaahu anhu) - may Allaah ennoble them and raise their ranks far above the sayings of the heretics. So according to them them, they (the Ibleeses) never cease to exist according to the order that has been mentioned.