Who are the guardians of Mecca according to Shia theology?
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I was looking at the interpretation of this verse from a Shia perspective
>But why should Allah not punish them while they obstruct [people] from al-Masjid al- Haram and they were not its guardians? **Its guardians are not but the righteous**, but most of them do not know.(Quran 8:34)
After this verse was revealed there has never been a "sect" change in Mecca. It's guardians (awliya) have always been Muslims (some call them Sunni or ahle sunnah) but the Quran says they are mutaqoon.
Now this gives me the understanding that all those who are guardians of al Masjid al Haram are mutaqoon.
*Do Shias think otherwise?*
Asked by islam101
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Oct 14, 2012, 04:54 PM
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