Uniting as ONE in Islam and no sects

salaam brother( minuteman)

Developing unity may be a challenge, but  I hope I live to see it before Allah(swt) take my breath away. Insha'Allah.

Bi ismillahi rahmani raheem

Thank you for the wisdom you have provided. Especially infomation on the hadith that provides the promise that Allah(swt) will unite our hearts as one.

Ive posted the hadith on the forum as part of a larger collection, From memory i think it was part of Imam Suyuti's book on the mahdi.

Developing unity may be a challenge, but  I hope I live to see it before Allah(swt) take my breath away. Insha'Allah.

Developing unity may be a challenge, but  I hope I live to see it before Allah(swt) take my breath away. Insha'Allah.

Unity wont be achieved by hegemony, "there is no compulsion in religion". not once in the entire history of man has there ever existed a society in which every single individual thought and believed exactly the same as every other individual this is not Unity.

But many people from there own words [realising it or not] aim for such a thing when they speek about unity, not even in the time of the prophet [sallah llahu alaihi wa sallam] did such a thing exist the shabah did not agree on many things, they had Unity and there hearts where one but as allah explains some people are given knowledge and understanding while others are not and you have people of varying degrees of intellect as well as simple human nature which is not perfect.

so i dont think its about muslims all having the same laws and beliefs but about the Quality of a person, a person who has high moral values regardless which group they belong to will display qualities such as sabr, he will be free from things such as calumny and backbiting. When people who display such qualities increase you will see acceptance of differences and tolerance for others then people will start to work together, this is the real Unity.

Go back to the time of the prophet and you will see this is the unity they had, the sahabah each had there own level of understanding about the religion and disagreed and argued but they where closer to each other than real family.

Why does it really matter?

In Christianity most of us have come to understand that the different denominations hold the same basic believes, we just celebrate them differently.

I believe that GOD loves diversity.  Look at all the different types of people, flowers, animals, etc. HE made.

Isn't the goal of Islam to be world-wide?

Edited by believer

This is all that I can say about SECTS in Islam...

Allah Said in the Quran:

�Verily, those who divide their religion and break up into sects (all kinds of religious sects) , you (O Muhammad) have no concern in them in the least. Their affair is only with All�h, Who then will tell them what they used to do. � Quran 6:159

��..and be not of A-l�Mushrik�n of those who split up their religion (i.e. who left the true Isl�mic Monotheism), and became sects, [i.e. they invented new things in the religion (Bid'ah), and followed their vain desires], each sect rejoicing in that which is with it. � Quran 30:31-32

The Prophet said:

�My followers will be split up into seventy-three sects; all of them will go to Hell except one.� Someone asked:�Who are they, O Allah�s Messenger?� He (pbuh) replied:�Those are the people who will follow my way and my Companions way.� (Bukhari and Muslim)

"I am leaving two things among you, and if you cling to them firmly you will never go astray; one is the Book of Allah and the other is my way of life." (Farewell Pilgrimage: Muatta)

We can take a clue from those above basis, which way to go....GOOD LUCK