What are Shiite and Sunni factions of?
Praise be to Allaah.
Rapprochement between the Raafidah and the Sunnis is not
possible, because their beliefs are different. The belief of Ahl
al-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaa'ah is Tawheed or the oneness of Allaah and
devoting worship sincerely to Allaah alone, and that no one can be
called upon alongside Him, no angel who is close to Him and no
Prophet who was sent, and Allaah is the only one who knows the
unseen. It is part of the belief of Ahl al-Sunnah to love the
Sahaabah (may Allaah be pleased with them all) and to be pleased
with them, and to believe that they are the best of Allaah's
creation after the Prophets, and that the best of them are Abu
Bakr, then 'Umar, then 'Uthmaan, then 'Ali (may Allaah be pleased
with them all). The Raafidis are the opposite of that, so it is not
possible to reconcile between them, just as it is not possible to
reconcile between the Jews, Christians and idolaters and Ahl
al-Sunnah. Similarly it is not possible to achieve rapprochement
between the Raafidis and Ahl al-Sunnah, because of the difference
in beliefs as we have explained. End quote