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    Posted: 21 August 2009 at 8:55pm
Salam to all muslims,
       I belong to a mix family, some of my family members are shia some of them are sunni. One thing i want to mention here is that there are people from both sides who dont want to know about the opposite side just pass things which they hear from others. In my family shias respect sunnis and sunnis respect shia because they know that difference are not to call any of them non muslim.

I also want to clear that there is no 40 parts of Quran thing in shia as Quran was gather in Usman RA time but was finalized in Ali RA time, and there is no shia who can reject a Quran passed by Ali RA.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 August 2006 at 12:36am

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Thanks, I knew some of what you wrote but not under the heading of takeeya.

My own experience has not been good either. I grew up with Shia people around in one way or the other.

Apart from our own experiences that may lead to a prejudice, I cannot be one with a people that have changed the kalima, added stuff to the religion, regard Ali RA and their present day Imams with a reverence that is totally unislamic and finally they made us sunni.

I mean before the whole Ali ra incident everyone was muslim. After this though we become the first two sects of Islam- sunni and shia!

They are desperate to be at contradiction with the sunnis. For eg, they first pray the maghrib salat and then break fast.

At the Prophets mosque in Almadina Almunnawwarah, right near the Rowdah where he PBUH is resting, they start their own prayers about Fatima RA, how she was denied whatever and how she suffered.

 I mean before the whole Ali ra incident everyone was muslim. After this though we become the first two sects of Islam- sunni and shia!

-Najamsahar

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 August 2006 at 3:54pm
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Takiya is an ancient practice of the Shiites
, a Muslim minority long persecuted by the Sunni majority. The term could be translated as "precaution" and is a mixture of ruse, lying and dissimulation, which allowed Shiites to protect themselves and to prosper in secret. It is also a sectarian way of organising which allowed them to hold on to their beliefs while escaping persecution by making it seem they were good Sunnis.

I  picked this off a blog, can get more details later if U need !!!

My  life experience with close shia friends has been an utter
personal disaster.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 August 2006 at 11:19pm

 

Sign reader:What is takkeeya?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 August 2006 at 7:47pm

Originally posted by Mohammad Mohammad wrote:

Yesterday night I had very hot talk with one friend of mine about shias, he insisting that shias are no so longer Muslim. I told him that we should not declare the Shias as disbeliever because they are believe on oneness of Allah's, they believe on all of Prophets, they believe on all Books of Allah, they believe on Angels & recursion of last day. They also believe that Mohammad (pbuh) is the last prophet & Holy Qurain is the word of Allah Almighty, So how we can say that these are less or disbeliever.

The rule that actions speak louder than the words still holds true.

In case of Shias the fundamental principal of Islam gets knocked over by the practice of TAKEEYA in general and their dealing with sunni Muslims in particular. You can see the Shias are actively in the Muslims� face in the subcontinent during the first 10 days of Muhurrum with their passion of Hussain spectacles which are akin to the passion of jesus christ in the poor catholic countries. . Did you ever see them stopping self flagellation procession for a prayer.

 Another arrogant point which the Shias have done that they add  and Shahs to their names giving the impression that they are the direct descendents of Prophet and they have god given rights to do whatever ritual darn well they please. This is more like the Jewish attitude being the chosen race thing.

 

Originally posted by Mohammad Mohammad wrote:

He was giving the many arguments in favor of his stand but some of his arguments is put me in difficult position to counter. He was saying that shias are believe that Qurain consist on forty parts 10 parts were eaten by goats at the time of Hazart Osman, so it means they are not believing the present Qurain is complete which is consisting 30 parts. So in this way they are ignoring the Allah promise that I am the one who is revealing this & I will be a guardian of this. .

Hard to find out how many are with the goat thinking? I am sure anything the Khulafa Rashida did was for nothing. Just like the Jews, these Syed crowd thinks they have direct line to God and then Prophet.

 

Originally posted by Mohammad Mohammad wrote:

This friend was telling me that they also amend the Kalama (Taueed). .

They do add Ali waliullah to Kalima. How to do you test  people practicing  Takkeeya?

Originally posted by Mohammad Mohammad wrote:

What is the my point here if Shias are the so big contradictions then why not Muslim Scholars unanimously decide about them as they did about Ahamdias.

May some one clarify truth. I expect the literal input from all of you. .

There is no panel powerful and independent enough to take up this issue bcs the Muslim lands are in the grip of neo colonial powers. Let me give you point to ponder>>>>>>>>>> the Ahmedis have their Khalifa,  the Shias have their Imam and the system and passion, and  Khalafat is homeless while it�s territories are divided into bunch of secular or otherwise fiefdoms, it�s educated class runs away to serve the empire in the west.

 

What difference would it make to the uneducated folks stuck in the fiefdoms if the Shias are classified like Ahmedis ?  It wouldn�t work-- not that it has worked in case of Ahmadis. The Ahmedis are quite prosperous in the western countries so far I have noticed, The Ahmedia movement was subcontinental based so Bhutto/Zia could do the politically expedient thing, where as the Shias are entrenched in every ME fiefdom beside Iran. Do your research!!!!

 Also think what was the state of the affairs in the sub continent when Mirza Ghulam Ahmad declared to have his purported revelations; the east India company had run over the Muslim rule in India. Pretty rotten time whichever you look at.

How can one make such an edict without power of enforcement.

 Also at this moment in time the Shias are on ascendant while main line Muslims are in disarray. The Muslims(Sunnis) had become fat dumb and happy till opposing forces crumbled their realms and there was no backup plan to fend off the colonial and afterward neo colonial setups.  Just think the small minority sect of Alawites are ruling the big majority of Sunnis in Syria. And the new sect of Wahabis ruling over the Hermain Sharif.

You will also note that the destruction of Iraq has been started by the murderous fight between Imami Shias and leaderless Muslims(Sunnis). We or our children  will see whether the leftover ruin will be salvageable for the muslims.

 I don�t know if you have read the Hadith about the find of Euphrates treasure (oil) and the fire fight which will ensue for it�s possession. The greed  will destroy the parties both calling themselves as Muslims.

Last but not the least these Shias have held important positions in the administrations of old Caliphates but were also the traitors at the time of major catastrophes hitting the Muslim realms e.g., Halaku &, Crusades. And the Iraqi mess not that it was under a Caliphate though should have been if the people were truly Muslims.  May Allah wake us all to the reality!!!!!!!BTW Jinnah was a Ismaeeli Shia



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 August 2006 at 4:25pm
Originally posted by najamsahar najamsahar wrote:

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Wsalaam

You are speaking about the exceptions,these people who mix and pray with Sunnis.

No, unless you include Muslims in the US as an exception. I think that would be somewhat incorrect to assume.

Before the US and British intelligence began dressing up as Arabs and instigating fitnah between Shia and Sunni, there were many examples of Shia and Sunni sharing neighborhoods and marriage in Iraq.

Not to say that there was no friction at all, but there was and is mixing.

I know that, in general, Shias do not believe that the Quran is in error.

As far as those who do not mix in their own mosques, I know of examples where Arabs do not like to mix with the Pakistanis and they form there own mosques. This does not imply that all Arabs and Pakistanis are at odds. In my city, there is also a Shia mosque, none the less, Shias still mix with Sunnis.

Originally posted by najamsahar najamsahar wrote:

For a person to be Shia, he/she follows a set of beliefs that are in many ways contrary to the Sunni belief. I am speaking about Shias in general, what they believe and practise in. And what makes them a shia.

I agree. Their aqida is different and their theolgical ideas are different than sunnis. I never made any remarks about either of these items.

 

Originally posted by najamsahar najamsahar wrote:

When you say that you meet and mix with people who are Shia, do you also know that in the US, (I know only about Virginia and New York), Shias have their own mosques, they even have their own community centres where the kids go to their own sunday schools.

Yes I am aware. But Shias still do frequent the Sunni mosques.

Originally posted by najamsahar najamsahar wrote:

However, I do understand the kind of people you must know. I also know some Shias who, through the internet and other sources, have read up a lot about Islam and they realise that the religion they follow has serious flaws.

I know of one at a mosque where I go. The others have the mainstream ideas and beliefs which Shia hold.

Originally posted by najamsahar najamsahar wrote:

 

Many of the generations before them really believed that the goats or something else ate up the Quran pages and that the revelation was in fact meant for Hazrat Ali RA and that grave injustices have been done to the family of Fatima RA at the hand of the rightly guided Caliphs.

There were extremely small sects who had some odd ideas, but they made up the small minority and do not represent the "general" idea of a "Shia".

Originally posted by najamsahar najamsahar wrote:

Now the the opne minded and educated people of the present generations (who heard all these goat stories while growing up) especially in the US, have changed their ways of thinking and some have embraced Sunnism as the right path, alhamdulillah. Again, these are exceptions!

From my studies and interviews with Shia, I am not privy to the idea of Shi'ites believing that goats ate the QUran and it no longer stands without error as indeed a fact of their belief system. I am only am familiar with it as a polemic derived from a possible, small minority view.

Originally posted by najamsahar najamsahar wrote:

 

Some more of these, know that they are wrong but then do not make a declaration of being Sunni because of family/community pressures.

The brother who started this discussion meant to ask about the Shia faith and shi'ite people, not exceptions.

-Najamsahar

 

 

No, he asked about their general beliefs surrounding the goat story, and I provided him with 1) my experiences 2) experiences of others (which I did explain as experience) and 3) facts about their beleifs vs polemics that are based upon exaggerated ideas of a very small minority.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 August 2006 at 6:59am
Originally posted by mohammad mohammad wrote:

Yesterday night I had very hot talk with one friend of mine about shias, he insisting that shias are no so longer Muslim. I told him that we should not declare the Shias as disbeliever because they are believe on oneness of Allah's, they believe on all of Prophets, they believe on all Books of Allah, they believe on Angels & recursion of last day. They also believe that Mohammad (pbuh) is the last prophet & Holy Qurain is the word of Allah Almighty, So how we can say that these are less or disbeliever.

He was giving the many arguments in favor of his stand but some of his arguments is put me in difficult position to counter. He was saying that shias are believe that Qurain consist on forty parts 10 parts were eaten by goats at the time of Hazart Osman, so it means they are not believing the present Qurain is complete which is consisting 30 parts. So in this way they are ignoring the Allah promise that I am the one who is revealing this & I will be a guardian of this. This friend was telling me that they also amend the Kalama (Taueed).

What is the my point here if Shias are the so big contradictions then why not Muslim Scholars unanimously decide about them as they did about Ahamdias.

May some one clarify truth. I expect the litteral input from all of you.

Bismillah,

I love Shias and Christians and Jews and Buddhists.  I believe that Allah, SWT, will decide who will go to heaven and not; but then again I believe heartily in the Quran's promise of Allah's Mercy and the Qudsi hadith which says that when Allah created this earth he promised that His Mercy is greater than His wrath.

Of course no one will agree with me.  There's no need to tear apart what I said.  I know that you don't agree. 

Anyway, pointedly, you asked what the scholars should do, and it's lovely when they issue statements saying  "we're all human and need to be respectful of each other's lives and property on this earth".  If they issue other statements saying that Shias aren't Muslim, I will disregard it.

Some dear friends who have encouraged my faith are Shia and we have something in common:  We believe in Allah, SWT, and we love Prophet Muhammad, pbuh.  If they have more regard for Ali, as the Christians have more regard for Jesus, that doesn't bother me.

Salaamu Alaykum



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 August 2006 at 6:09am
Originally posted by mohammad mohammad wrote:

Yesterday night I had very hot talk with one friend of mine about shias, he insisting that shias are no so longer Muslim. I told him that we should not declare the Shias as disbeliever because they are believe on oneness of Allah's, they believe on all of Prophets, they believe on all Books of Allah, they believe on Angels & recursion of last day. They also believe that Mohammad (pbuh) is the last prophet & Holy Qurain is the word of Allah Almighty, So how we can say that these are less or disbeliever.

He was giving the many arguments in favor of his stand but some of his arguments is put me in difficult position to counter. He was saying that shias are believe that Qurain consist on forty parts 10 parts were eaten by goats at the time of Hazart Osman, so it means they are not believing the present Qurain is complete which is consisting 30 parts. So in this way they are ignoring the Allah promise that I am the one who is revealing this & I will be a guardian of this. This friend was telling me that they also amend the Kalama (Taueed).

What is the my point here if Shias are the so big contradictions then why not Muslim Scholars unanimously decide about them as they did about Ahamdias.

May some one clarify truth. I expect the litteral input from all of you.

Mohammad, the same arguments take place in the Shia sect as well about Sunnis. So, don't worry.

 



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