When Symbols Replace Tawḥīd: A Clear Sign of Deviation

 Exposing Deviant Sects and scholars

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When Symbols Replace Tawḥīd: A Clear Sign of Deviation

Look closely.

Two hands.

Two religions.

But one common direction: away from the pure Tawḥīd of Islām.

On the left: the Shīʿī hand, used as an emblem in rituals of grief and exaggeration of Ahl al-Bayt — a symbol deeply tied to innovation, mythology, and idolatrous practice.

On the right: the Hindu hand, featuring a statue of Buddha, also used as a religious symbol representing divine blessing and protection.

What unites these two?

Both are physical icons with no basis in divine revelation

Both are used in religious devotion or symbolism

Both divert the heart from pure Tawḥīd to symbols, forms, and mysticism

Ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنه explained:

Indeed, the first shirk committed by the children of Ādam was due to exaggeration in the righteous.

(Reported by al-Bukhārī in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4920)

This is exactly what the Rāfiḍah have fallen into — exaggeration, symbols, and rituals that mimic other false religions, while claiming love for the Ahl al-Bayt.

But true love for the Prophet ﷺ and his family is to follow the Sharīʿah they lived by, not to invent images and icons in their name.

To every sincere seeker of truth:

Don’t be deceived by forms and rituals that imitate Hinduism, Sufism, or Zoroastrianism.

Return to the Qurʾān. Return to the Sunnah. Return to Tawḥīd.

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