Are Shia kafir?

Are Shia kafir?

…we only declare someone who denies something necessarily known of the religion to be a kafir–and this is not the case with common Shias. Someone who says ‘There is no God but Allah, Mohammed is the Prophet of Allah’ is a Muslim. Shia Muslims, who make this declaration of faith are therefore MUSLIM.

Do Shias believe in the 5 pillars?

Sunnis and Shiites share the belief that there are five pillars of Islam: (1) the unity of Allah and the prophethood of Muhammad, (2) the five obligatory prayers, (3) fasting, (4) charity, and (5) the pilgrimage to Mecca.

Are Shia allowed to do Hajj?

In 2009 a group of Shiites on their way to perform hajj pilgrimage (one of the five pillars of Islam that all able-bodied Muslims are required to perform once in their lives) in Mecca were arrested by Saudi religious police due to the involvement in a protest against the Saudi government.