Why do Shia Muslims celebrate more than 2 Eid holidays?

Answer 1

Shia believe in Imamat. Quran says:

"Today I made your religion compete."

In this verse today is day of Ghadir and what made religion was Imamat and first Imam and real Caliph of God on earth after prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was Ali (sa).

Do you believe the prophet talked about every detail part of life and did not say anything about political leader of Islam Ummah and left it for people to themselves select any one they like by voting or any other way they wish?

Caliph literally means deputy and is representative of God on Earth for political leadership of Islamic government.

Quran 6:57 says:

إِنِ الْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ

"The command rests with none but Allah:"

(The word حکم in this verse (command) has same root and meaning of word حکومت meaning government.)

So if prophet is really messenger of God so according to above verse did he appoint the Caliph or not? Or did he leave it for the people to select it?

Quran 2:30 says:

"I am appointing Caliph on earth"

إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً

This verse uses exactly the Arabic word for Caliph. If God appoints Caliph did God appoint the Caliph after prophet or did He leave it for the people to select it by voting or shura or etc. Anyway, voting, shura, etc., are not appointing by God and are appointing by people.

Also this verse:

يَا دَاوُودُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاكَ خَلِيفَةً فِي الْأَرْضِ فَاحْكُم بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ الْهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ بِمَا نَسُوا يَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ ﴿ص: ٢٦﴾

[We said], "O David, indeed We have made you a successor upon the earth [Caliph], so judge between the people in truth and do not follow [your own] desire, as it will lead you astray from the way of Allah." Indeed, those who go astray from the way of Allah will have a severe punishment for having forgotten the Day of Account. [38:26]

It uses exactly the Arabic word for Caliph, and God says:

"WE made you Caliph."

So did God do the same for Caliph after prophet? Or this time God changed his mind and left it people make Caliph by voting or shura or etc?

If Imams could not be political Caliph it was for Umayyids and Abbasids did not let them and kept them in home arrest or killed them and warned them to not have any political activity.

What you think? Imam Husain (sa) go to Yazid and say: please give me the politial power, and Yazid say, "OK come sit here in my chair and I go home good bye?!!"

Who Killed Imams of Shia? They all were killed because they wanted to be political leaders.

Shura is for when God did no specify some thing or any part of religion?

for example can some Muslims make shura and change Zuhr Salat to 2 rakah? or remove fasting from Islam by shura?

Imamat is in Quran. in more than 100 verse, but it is not clear. The reason of unclear is that Caliph has high power and income and many wish to get this power. God made it unclear to be protected from edit and deviation. like Church deviated Bible of prophet Jesus (PBUH).

There is no need to be close friend of God. It only needs some investigation.

near 300 verse are about Imamat.

For example:

5:67 > what prophet announces for this verse was Imamat. in 5:67 what God order to prophet to announce is Imamat. and prophet announced it in front of 120,000 Muslims in his last sermon after his last Hajj.

5:3 > what made religion complete TODAY was Imamat.

4:59 > ulelamr=Imams, they never say I do not know. does God refer to who do not know and always ask from Imam Ali (sa)? in this verse God commands obey UlelAmr. who are them. in other verses says do not obey (لا تطع) ... combining them we will find who are UlelAmr.

5:55 > who paid charity while in bow was Ali (sa). this is clear and famous in history and Umar said I wish I paid all I have and this verse was about me.

The prophet said the name and exact signs and shape of them one by one and exact.

Also, Caliph according to Quran has some signs that no one else has those signs. For example one sign is according to this verse:

فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ [٢١:٧]

[en.sahih] ... so ask the people of the message if you do not know. ‌[21:7]

Also according to Hadithes, one sign of them is:

They never say I do not know.

You know Abubakr and Umar and Uthman always asked their questions from Ali (sa)

This is a simple way to know them and Shia always asked them questions to test them. For example as Shia asked how much money is now in my pocket and Imam exactly replied.

Who are "ahl zekr"?

They can easily do any miracle also, and other signs.

Also many more verses. It's long to write. If you are a serious seeker you should read some books listed in the related links below.

Without spending time and investigation you will not reach truth. Truth is not in TV or laziness.

But it needs knowing history. You should know at when this verses revealed and what said prophet that time.

Here is huge number of references from Sunni books about verse of Ghadir 5:76 , 5:3 and what said prophet when they revealed at end of life of prophet.