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160 Mahzarnama consumption) is to be considered carrion. Inter-marriage with them is not only unlawful (haraam) but unmitigated fornication. God forbid, if the man is Raafzi and the woman (sic. married to him) is Muslim, this exemplifies the wrath of God. If the man be Sunni and the woman involved belongs to these despicable evil ones, even then marital accord will not be legitimate in fact it will be only formalized fornication, and the resulting progeny will consist of bastards—to be deprived of receiving inheritance from the father, because even though the resulting progeny will be Sunni but, according to the Shariah, it cannot be the beneficiary of the father's inheritance. As to the woman, she will neither be the beneficiary of inheritance nor receive her dower- money (mehr) because there cannot be any mehr for an adulteress. A Raafzi cannot receive inheritance from anyone whosoever, not even from his father. Not to speak of being the beneficiary of any Sunni's left over inheritance, a Raafzi cannot inherit from any Muslim at all, not even from a kaafir; so much so that a Raafzi cannot have any right, in principle, to inherit anything from his own co-religionist Raafzi. Social interaction, or offering customary salutation to any of their men or women, scholar or ignorant, is an unlawful (haraam) act of the highest order. Anyone who, after being apprised of their accursed set of beliefs, still considers them to be Muslim—or entertains any doubt about their being kaafir—such a one is himself a kaafir and an irreligious one, according to the consensus of all Imams of our religion, and all the provisions of the aforesaid decree are equally applicable to such a person. It is obligatory on every Muslim to conscientiously pay heed to this fatwa and become true and devoted Sunni by carrying out this fatwa. " [ Fatwa by Maulana Shah Mustafa Reza Khan, quoted in booklet Radd-ur-Rafazah, p. 23, published by Noori Kutub Khana, Bazaar Daata Sahib, Lahore, Pakistan; printed by Gulzaar-e-Aalam Press, outside Bhaati Gate, Lahore, 1320 Hijra] "Contemporary Raafzis, in general, are disbelievers in the