I never said Shias are not Muslims

What right and authority do I have to declare Shias as disbelievers?

BUT IMAM SHAFI
BUT IMAM ABU HANIFA
BUT IMAM MALIK
BUT IMAM AHMED
BUT IMAM BHUKARI
BUT IMAM ABDUL QADIR JILANI

The great scholars of Islam
These great scholars who sacrificed for the deen of Allah
They said it! They said Shias are NOT MUSLIMS!
They declared Shias to disbelievers!

Sadly we find today people who barely know the basics of Islam, and that have contributed less than nothing to Islam thinking they know more than the Imams of the Ahlul Sunnah and calling Shias "Muslims" based on nonsense and rubbish they got from Google and Youtube.

Yes we respect the right of Shia to practice their religion, but it has NOTHING to with Islam and should never ever be confused with Islam.

Like we get Hinduism, Bhudism, Judasm, similarly is Shiasm a different religion that has absolutely nothing to do with Islam

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1) Imam Ash-Shafi'i:

On one occasion Imam Shafi'i said concerning the Shia, "I have not seen among the heretics a people more famous for falsehood than the Raafidi* Shia." and on another occasion he said; "Narrate knowledge from everyone you meet except for the raafidi* Shia, because they invent ahadith and adopt them as part of their religion." (Minhaj as-Sunnah an-Nabawiyyah)
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2) Imam Abu Hanifah:

It is reported that often Imam Abu Hanifah used to repeat the following statement about the raafidi Shia; "Whoever doubts whether they are disbelievers has himself committed disbelief."

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3) Imam Malik: Once when asked about the raafidi Shia, Imam Malik said:

"Do not speak to them or narrate from them, for surely they are liars." During one of Imam Malik's classes, it was mentioned that the raafidi Shia curse the sahaba. Imam Malik recited the verse, "Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and those with him are harsh with the disbelievers and gentle among themselves. So that the disbelievers may become enraged with them." (48:29)

He then said, "Whoever becomes enraged when the sahaba are mentioned is the one about whom the verse speaks." (Tafseer al-Qurtubi)

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4) Abu Zur'ah ar-Razi:

He said of the raafidi Shia doctrine of cursing the sahaba, "If you see someone degrade any of the companions of the ProphetSAWS know that he is a disbeliever. Because the ProphetSAWS was real, what he brought was the truth and all of it was conveyed to us by way of the sahaba. What those disbelievers wish to do is cast doubt on the reliability of our narrators in order to invalidate the Qur'an and Sunnah. Thus the disbelievers are the ones most deserving of defamation."

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5) Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi:

During the period of Muslim rule in Spain, Imam Abu Muhammad ibn Hazm would often debate with the Catholic priests about their religious texts.

He brought before them evidence of textual distortions in the Bible and the loss of the original manuscripts. When they replied by pointing out the Shia claims that the Qur'an has been distorted and altered, Ibn Hazm informed them that Shia claims were not valid evidence because the shia were not themselves muslims.

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6) Imam Al-Alusi:

He declared the raafidi Shia disbelievers because of their defamation of the sahaba. His position was based on the rulings of Imam Malik and other scholars. In response to their claim to be followers of the Ahl al-Bayt (the Prophet'sSAWS family) Al-Alusi said, "No, they are really followers of the devils and the Ahl al-Bayt are innocent of them."

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7) Imam Abdul Qadir al-Jilani said:

“In brief, mathab of rafidah become similar to mathab of jews. To love rafidah and shias is equal to loving jews”
Ghunyat al-talibeen page 134, chapter on misguided sects

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8) Imam Bukhari declared:

“I don’t see any difference between praying Salah behind a Jahmi or a (Shia) Rafidhi and a Christian or a Jew. They (Jahmis/Rafidhis) are not to be greeted, nor are they to be visited, nor are they to be married, nor is their testimony to be accepted, nor are their sacrifices to be eaten.” (Khalq Af’aalul-’Ibaad, p.14)