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A Jewish rabbi came to Medinah (the city of the Prophet) and became, outwardly, a Muslim. Then he began to stir up a controversy that already existed about whether Muhammad wanted his relative Ali to be in charge after he died or not.
Eventually, this rabbi - who came in just to create conflicts among the people - managed to get the people who supported Ali (those people who became known as the Shia) to go further and further away from the proper teachings of Islam.
Now the Shia pray to Ali, his wife Fatimah, his son Hussein, (peace be upon them) and other people as well. But real Muslims pray ONLY to God - not anyone else.
They have gone so far as to declare their religious leaders to be "perfect". They beat and whip and cut themselves once a year - at the anniversary of Hussein's martyrdom (peace be upon him), and they believe in weird things like "temporary marriages". They carry a grudge against the Muslims (who are the vast majority - 85%) and look for ways to stir trouble for them.
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Did Muslims stay united while their faith united Arabia?
No, there were disagreements and conflicts among Muslims after the unification of Arabia. This eventually led to the Sunni-Shia split after the death of the Prophet Muhammad.
What describes the key difference between Sunni Muslims and shia Muslims?
The key difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims lies in their beliefs related to the leadership of the Muslim community after the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Sunnis believe the leader should be elected, while Shias believe leadership should stay within the Prophet's family. This historical disagreement led to distinct theological, legal, and cultural differences between the two groups.
Is Hamas sunni?
YES. Hamas claims that they are a Sunni Jihadist organization. It is the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan al-Muslimin) and, as a result, has the same religious policies as the rest of the Brotherhood, which is Sunni-oriented.
Muslims were divided into two groups which were?
Muslims were divided into two primary groups, Sunni and Shia, following the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 CE. Sunnis believed that the community should select its leader, leading to the election of Abu Bakr as the first caliph. In contrast, Shia Muslims maintained that leadership should remain within the Prophet's family, specifically favoring Ali, Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law. This division has led to differing beliefs, practices, and interpretations of Islam over the centuries.
What role did the Sunni and Shia divisions play in the decline of the Ottoman Empire?
The Sunni and Shia divisions within the Ottoman Empire contributed to internal conflicts and power struggles, weakening the empire's unity and stability. This division led to political and social unrest, making it difficult for the empire to effectively govern its diverse population and territories.
What are the major causes of the development of Islamic caliphates?
The death of the Prophet Muhammad. It was then decided that as a religious and community leader he should be succeeded, and such a religious successor was called a Caliph; the region and community he ruled over, a Caliphate. This immediately led to the first schism, namely between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims. The Sunni Muslims considered Muhammad's father-in-law the rightful successor and first Caliph, the Shia Muslims considered his son-in-law the rightful successor.
Why is Iran mostly Shi'ite while other countries are mostly Sunni?
Answer 1When the Battle of Karbala happened cause most of Iranians to convert to Shia Islam. The shia people (even without shia state) and the shia state are two different matter. currently most of people in Bahrain and Azerbaijan are shia Muslims but they are oppressed by dictators supported by US and Saudi Arabia and can not have a democratic election. shia Muslims have their own model of state and government so the political laws of Shia Islam has been always a great danger for dictators and Kings and they had different strategies to prevent shia Muslims to get power in government. some times by war and terror and some times by apparently supporting shia Islam and in fact destroying shia Islam by supporting deviated scholars who distorted and corrupted shia Islam in the name of Islam. those corrupted scholars were like spies who teach deviated and fake hadith and beleifs in stead of real shia Islam. Shia Muslims were being arrested, jailed, executed and oppressed by by sunni dictator Kings during 1000 years and it was the first that a state (Safavids) officially accepted shia Islam as an allowed religion. so shia scholars considered it an opportunity for growing of shia Islam. so instead of fighting with the safavid Kings, shia scholars decided to use it for growth of shia. many great books was written by shia schoolars at safavids. but because shia Islam has laws for selecting the leader any King basically is not accepted by shia Islam. so the Kingdom of Safavid was not an state legitimate by shia Islam but shia scholars did not have enough power to fight it and establish a pure shia state. so Safavids was a mixture of shia Islam state and Kingdom (that basically has conflict with shia Islam). if a Kings want to practice shia Islam first should unsit himself to a qualified leader by shia Islam can lead the country.Answer 2While the Battle of Karbala had an important influence in developing the first strands of Shiite Islam, Iran did not become majority Shiite until the late 1500s. The first Shiite Islamic State was the Zaydi Shiite Idrissid Dynasty of Morocco and the most prominent Shiite Islamic State before 1200 CE was Ismaili Fatimid Egypt. However, the Shiites in these countries were forcibly evicted or converted to Sunni Muslims in successive Islamic Empires (Almohads and Ayyubids/Mamluks respectively). Shiite Islam was generally a repressed religion and Sunni Islam was ascendant.In the 1500s, the Safavid Empire made Twelver Shiite Islam the official religion of the Iranian empire and compelled Sunnis to convert to Shiite Islam within the empire. This led to Shiite Islam being the dominant religion of Iran.
Why there was a split in Islam in the creation of the 2 different sects?
The split in Islam that resulted in the formation of two distinct sects Sunni and Shia can be traced back to a disagreement over the succession of the Prophet Muhammad. After the death of the Prophet in 632 CE the Community of Believers was divided over who should take his place as leader of the Muslim community. Sunnis who form the majority of Muslims believe the rightful successor to Muhammad was Abu Bakr one of the Prophets closest companions. They also believe that the Islamic leadership should be based on consensus and the selection of the most qualified individual. Shias on the other hand believe that Muhammad chose his son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib to be his successor and that the leadership should only be passed down through his descendants. This disagreement over the rightful successor to the Prophet has led to the split of Sunni and Shia Islam.
Whose death led to the Sunni-Shiite split?
the death of holy prophet Muhammad peace be upon him led to split between shia and Sunni. of course according to Shiite, the holy prophet before his death in different places and position like "the pool" or Qadir Khom announced that Imam Ali is one who selected as his right successor.
How many different denominations and sects within the Shia sect?
There are only 3 sects of shia. but only 12 Imam shia exist mainly and other nearly extincted.The three sects are: Zaydis (Fivers), Ismailis (Seveners), and Twelvers.___________________________________________________________However, I don't tend to the naming of sects. You may call them different schools and teachings and not sects. All Shiite Muslims and Sunni Muslims believe in same God, read same Qur'an, pray facing same direction, practicing pilgrimage (or hajj) to same places, and fast same month of Ramadan. The differences between different Islam schools are minor differences that never related to main faith and beliefs. It is not like the different Christian denominations and sects. Shiite Muslims could be led in praying by a Sunnis Muslim and vice versa. They can pray in the masjid (or mosque) irrelevant to being related to Sunni or Shiites Muslims. All Muslims belong to one Islamic world. Nation of Islam is the only exception as it was originated in USA and abandoned basic true Islam beliefs and teachings.Be careful that the Westerners are trying to widen the gap between Shiites and Sunni Muslims and to create conflicts among them only to allow themselves to have control on the resources of both of them.
What is the difference between Suni and Shia?
The differences between the Sunni and the Shia are the following. Sunni is a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad. Shia are those who belong to the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs.
What were the disputes that led the Sunni and shiites to split?
shia and sunni have mostly same beliefs and both believe in fundamental beliefs of Islam. today there is up to 260 sect in Islam that are in two category of shia and sunni. shia believes in Allah, prophet and all fundamentals of Islam. shia pray 5 times a day but usually do the 2,3 and 4,5 pray together and so may seem they do 3 pray a day. there is some differences in details of pray like how to hold hands in pray and on what do the genuflect (for shia should be on a stone or part of earth and for sunni on carpet or floor ). shia believe after death of prophet God selects the successive for prophet who is the leader of Muslim community and people can not select it. shia believe the Caliph (Representative of God in earth after prophet) is appointed only by God and can not be selected by people because God said in Koran: "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." (Quran 2:30) this means only God can select an Islamic leader. in shia they are only fourteen infallible (12 Imams and prophet and his daughter Fatimah Zahra (sa)) and all of them are the same and have no mistake and have the knowledge of everything (this knowledge is from God and by permission of God and is not absolute knowledge. absolute knowledge is only for God and they still do not know many things. but they know anything human may need to know.) and they never die and they hear all sayings and even thinks of all humans after their death by permission of God and they are intermediates between God and human. and shia Muslims always support them and forgive their lives for them. shia Muslims do not consider selection of Abubakr as Caliph valid because God did not select him. they believe God ordered prophet to declare Ali is selected as successor of prophet (Quran 5:3) and prophet did this mission in Ghadir event that was in last Hajj of prophet in his life and prophet did a speech for 120,000 Muslims participating that Hajj with prophet. the famous shia book Al-Ghadir is a collection of evidences and proofs for Ghadir Hadith from 100,000 sunni references and read all of 10,000 sunny books. one sunni scholar said if we want to reply Al-Ghadir book (by Allameh Amini) we should first destroy all our books. Shia doctorin has root in Karbala. when tragedy of Karbala happened most of iranians became shia.
