Why are Muslims divided into sects?
The Qur'an replies this question in Surah Al Imran verse 103
"Hold to the rope of Allah strongly and be not divided".
The rope of Allah SWT is the glorious Qur'an. The Qur'an also says obey Allah SWT and obey the rasul.
In Surah Al An'am it is written "If anyone breaks the religion and divides the religion into sects O Prophet you have nothing to do with him. Allah will look after His affairs on the day of judgement."
But when you ask the Muslim normally what are you, he says Sunni, or shia, or sufi, or hanafi, shafi, hambali, some say maliki, some say deobandi, some say Salafi, some say Jama'atul islamiyyah.
What was the Prophet Muhammad SAW? what was he? was he shia? hambali? shafi? no, he was a Muslim, simple as that.
Allah SWT says in the Qur'an in Surah Al Imran verse 52:
"Jesus (pbuh) was a Muslim"
And in verse 67 Allah says
"Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was one inclining toward truth, a Muslim [submitting to Allah ]. And he was not of the polytheists."
In Surah Fusilat verse 33 Allah SWT says
"Who is better in speech who invites in the way of thy lord, works righteousness and says that i am a Muslim". In another part of the Quran Allah says "O people of the book (Muslims, Christians, Jews) come to common terms that is equitable between us and you, that we worship non but God, that we associate no partners with him, that we erects non amongst ourselves as lords instead of Allah. But if they turn away, then say, Bear witness that we are Muslims [submitting to Him]."
I am a Muslim, we are Muslims. no less than 22 places in the Qur'an Allah says call yourself a Muslim, call yourself a Muslim. Prophet Abraham in Surah Hajj asked God "make my children Muslims". All the great scholars of Islam, Imam Abu Hanifa, Hanbal, Malik and Shafi (may Allah SWT have mercy on them and may Allah SWT be pleased with them all) if you ask them what are they, what reply will they give you? we are Muslims. All the scholars said if you find any of my fatwa which goes against Allah SWT and his Rasul, throw it on the wall. All of them came to help us to become better practicing Muslims, not to divide the religion.
In Surah An Nisa verse 59 Allah SWT says
That verse clearly shows you can follow your scholars, Ulama and Sheikhs, but if they differ among themselves then you should go back to Allah and his Rasul because there is no confusion there. Where is the question of dividing the deen?
In Sunan Abu Dawud 4579 the Rasulullah SAW said "There will be 73 sects in Islam", he is prophesying here, he said there will be, he was not saying "make". in Tirmidhi Rasulullah also prophesized there will be 73 sects in Islam out of which all will go to hell except one, the sahabah/companions asked which one, Rasul said "those that follow me and my companions, those that follow the Quran and authentic Hadith". Who are main companions of Rasulullah SAW? when Rasulullah SAW was asked who is his most beloved, Who amongst people are dearest to you? He said: Aisha. He was then asked Who amongst men? He said: her father, and he was asked again who is next? He said: Umar Bin Khattab. He then enumerated some other men. Ali (ra) pledged allegiance to Abubakar (ra).
Rasulullah SAW never raised the status of his relatives more than the rest of the Muslims and he prohibited the choice of the next ruler (no crown prince in Islam) even the Khalifah is equal with all Muslims.
Sunnah = what the prophet Muhammad (saws) says and does and those so-called Sunni is those who following this.
Salafi = to be like the first Muslims, this one is also Sunnah/Sunni.
Shia/shiite = jewish "Ibn Salul" says and does.
And Sufi = to wear wool and stay in the hermitage.
Ahmadiyah = the deviant group that claims they have their own prophet after Prophet Muhammad SAW.
Shia created the first sect in Islam, they were the first
innovators, at the time of Prophet Muhammad (saws)
people followed only his teachings and his behavior and i think you
know what's the synonym of following Muhammad's (saws)
teachings don't you? the Sunnah/Sunni. so simple.
In Ahmad, Nasa’i and Dârimi Ahadith, Prophet Muhammad, (saws), drew a straight line in the dirt with a stick. He said, "This is the straight path to Allah SWT [meaning the Way of Islam]." Then he drew angles right and left off of the straight line and said, "These are the deviant groups (or sects of Islam) and each one has a devil calling to it."
Shia/shiite was the first astray sect in Islam.
Prophet Muhammad (saws) mentioned in his Khutbatul Wada' (also known as The last Sermon of Prophet Muhammad SAW) that there would always be a main body of Muslims who would be on the straight path until the Last Day.
Prophet Muhammad (saws) said; He had prayed and asked Allah for three things, but he was only granted two of them; He asked Allah SWT that his nation (the Muslims) would not be destroyed by being out numbered. And Allah SWT granted that prayer. He asked Allah SWT that his nation (Muslims) would not be destroyed from poverty. And Allah SWT granted that prayer. He asked Allah that his nation (Muslims) would not be destroyed by being divided and fighting amongst themselves. And Allah SWT did not grant that prayer. (Sahih Muslim)
Additionally in Tirmidhi, Kitab ul Imaan, the Prophet Muhammad (saws) said, that as the Jews and the Christians divided into 71 or 72 sects, that you (meaning the Muslims) would divide into 73 groups and all of them would be in HELL, except for ONE. And the "saved sect" would be those who remained on what he and his companions were on: "Quran and Sunnah."
It is very true that Muslims need to be united into one Ummah, and one nation. However, we must be united on the truth, and we cannot compromise or negotiate on Islam. We cannot give up one belief in exchange for a deviant group to give up one belief. If we do so then it means we do not really believe that Islam has been revealed from Allah SWT, or else how can we buy and sell the religion of Allah SWT? Many Muslims so badly want all Muslims to be united that they sometimes also want to include deviant groups. They also attack anyone who tries to expose those deviant groups, and they accuse them with trying to divide the Islamic Ummah.
We must unite all Muslims on the Holy Qur'an and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), based on the understanding of the Sahabha and the Salaf, the early generations of Muslims who followed pure Islam before any innovations and deviations entered into it. We must unite based on the understanding of the great majority of the scholars of Islam, the scholars of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama'ah.
Unfortunately, many Muslims today who did not have the advantage of having Islamic education have fallen as victim to the lies spread by these deviant groups. This is especially Muslims who did not get an Islamic education and have no access to authentic Islamic materials. Therefore, anyone can start lying about Islam and making any claims and the people will fall victim to their lies because they do not have the proper Islamic background.
One of the most dangerous deviant groups today are the shia/shiite sect. The reason we says they are the most dangerous is because more Muslims have fallen as victim to their lies, and because the message they spreads are very destructive one. Their lies have demolished the belief of many Muslims, rendering them to become atheists or making them give up hope about Islam.
The reason for this is that the main message the shia sect tries to spread to Muslims is first of all to attack well-known Islamic personalities. They attack the Sahabah and accuse them of being unjust, Munafiqeen or even Kuffar. The second step is that they says that since these people were such bad people, then all the Islamic knowledge transmitted through them is false. By doing this they cancel out the entire Sunnah. The third step is to say that since all Islamic scholars based on their writings on the Qur'an and Sunnah, and since they claim the Sunnah has been falsified, then we should not trust any Islamic scholar.
Once the victim has seen all the foundations of his religion fall apart, and he doesn't know what to follow anymore, they start adding in their deviant ideology. They tell him that Allah SWT has appointed certain Imams who have all the knowledge that Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) had. They tell him these Imams are infallible! They do not make any mistakes, and all their opinions are 100% guaranteed to be correct and in accordance with the will of Allah (swt)! They tell him these Imams even have knowledge of the Ghayb (unknown), and that they are superior in rank to the rest of the Prophets and Messengers of Allah (swt).
Then they tell the victim that Allah SWT, his Messenger and the infallible Imams have allowed temporary or mut'a marriage. This is a type of marriage which requires no contract and no witnesses and no minimum time limit! This type of marriage allows a man to pay a woman to marry her for one hour! In fact, the Shia recently suggested creating "houses of virtue" where women are available for temporary marriage, in order to fight against prostitution!
They also claim that it is allowed, in fact recommended, for them to beat themselves and injure themselves every year in memory of the murder of Al-Hussein (ra). We have all seen the horrible images every year of what the Shia do. Sometimes it is worse than the Christians, who crucify themselves in memory of Prophet Isaa' (pbuh), as they falsely claim that he was crucified.
They also add that the holy Qur'an has been modified and falsified by the Sahabah. After all, they claim that only a few (less than 10 by all accounts) of the Sahabah remained Muslim and the rest were Munafiqeen (hypocrites, non-Muslims at heart but claiming to be Muslims). The Shia will always deny this, however, their main source of knowledge after the holy Qur'an, a book named "Al-Kafi", clearly states that the holy Qur'an we have today is only 1/3 the size of the original. Anyone interested can find "Al-Kafi" and verify this fact.
The Shia also tell the victim that by praying at the graves of the "saints" such as the Imams and other pious people, that your prayers will be answered and you will gain rewards. Of course, as Muslims we know that in Islam there are no "saints", and praying to anyone except Allah SWT is shirk.
They also claim that their 12th Imam has disappeared hundreds of years ago, but that he is alive and that he will come back to rule the earth as Al-Mahdi. In fact, many Shia wait for him at the cellar where he is thought to be hiding!
But some might ask, with all these clearly deviant beliefs, how can the Shia convince any Muslim of their false beliefs?
First of all, the Shia work very hard to make it look as if the Shia deviant sect is just one of the four schools (madahib). They call their sect (the Jafari school), as if it is just like the four schools. The truth is that the differences between Islam and the deviant Shia sect are not only in fiqh issues, but also in Aqeedah and in the whole foundation of Islam, as we discussed earlier.
In addition, they always mention that they are followers of Ahlul Bayt, which makes it seem as if the rest of the Muslims are against Ahlul Bayt. They also mention the great injustice and the disaster of the killing of Al-Hussein (ra) and they arouse your emotions making you believe that the Sunnah Muslims are responsible for this crime!
This is completely false, since Muslims are the true supporters of Al-Hussein (ra). The deviant Shia sect were the original people who called on Al-Hussein (ra) to come to them to fight against the unjust rulers of the time, and once the battle was about to start they all abandoned him except for forty men who were martyred fighting with Al-Hussein (ra). This is why the Shia beat themselves when remembering him, because they were the ones who betrayed him and they felt guilty about that. Then the Shia continued this horrible practice year after year.
Therefore, by trying to portray themselves as one of the schools of fiqh, and hiding the fact that their aqeedah is different than the rest of the Muslims, and by arousing peoples emotions and love for Ahlul Bayt and Al-Hussein, the Shia are able to trick some Muslims. However, the sad reality is that most of those who are tricked by the Shia simply become non-practicing Muslims because of the doubts and wrong ideas planted in their heads.
Shiite/shia is a mix of a tiny bit of Islam, and a massive chunk of Judaism, Magi fire worship and Zoroastrianism (the religion of the Persians).
In Ahmad, Nasa’i and Dârimi Ahadith, Prophet Muhammad, (saws), drew a straight line in the dirt with a stick. He said, "This is the straight path to Allah SWT [meaning the Way of Islam]." Then he drew angles right and left off of the straight line and said, "These are the deviant groups (or sects of Islam) and each one has a devil calling to it."
Shia/shiite was the first astray sect in Islam.
Prophet Muhammad (saws) mentioned in his Khutbatul Wada' (also known as The last Sermon of Prophet Muhammad SAW) that there would always be a main body of Muslims who would be on the straight path until the Last Day.
Prophet Muhammad (saws) said; He had prayed and asked Allah for three things, but he was only granted two of them; He asked Allah SWT that his nation (the Muslims) would not be destroyed by being out numbered. And Allah SWT granted that prayer. He asked Allah SWT that his nation (Muslims) would not be destroyed from poverty. And Allah SWT granted that prayer. He asked Allah that his nation (Muslims) would not be destroyed by being divided and fighting amongst themselves. And Allah SWT did not grant that prayer. (Sahih Muslim)
Additionally in Tirmidhi, Kitab ul Imaan, the Prophet Muhammad (saws) said, that as the Jews and the Christians divided into 71 or 72 sects, that you (meaning the Muslims) would divide into 73 groups and all of them would be in HELL, except for ONE. And the "saved sect" would be those who remained on what he and his companions were on: "Quran and Sunnah."
It is very true that Muslims need to be united into one Ummah, and one nation. However, we must be united on the truth, and we cannot compromise or negotiate on Islam. We cannot give up one belief in exchange for a deviant group to give up one belief. If we do so then it means we do not really believe that Islam has been revealed from Allah SWT, or else how can we buy and sell the religion of Allah SWT? Many Muslims so badly want all Muslims to be united that they sometimes also want to include deviant groups. They also attack anyone who tries to expose those deviant groups, and they accuse them with trying to divide the Islamic Ummah.
We must unite all Muslims on the Holy Qur'an and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), based on the understanding of the Sahabha and the Salaf, the early generations of Muslims who followed pure Islam before any innovations and deviations entered into it. We must unite based on the understanding of the great majority of the scholars of Islam, the scholars of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama'ah.
Unfortunately, many Muslims today who did not have the advantage of having Islamic education have fallen as victim to the lies spread by these deviant groups. This is especially Muslims who did not get an Islamic education and have no access to authentic Islamic materials. Therefore, anyone can start lying about Islam and making any claims and the people will fall victim to their lies because they do not have the proper Islamic background.
One of the most dangerous deviant groups today are the shia/shiite sect. The reason we says they are the most dangerous is because more Muslims have fallen as victim to their lies, and because the message they spreads are very destructive one. Their lies have demolished the belief of many Muslims, rendering them to become atheists or making them give up hope about Islam.
The reason for this is that the main message the shia sect tries to spread to Muslims is first of all to attack well-known Islamic personalities. They attack the Sahabah and accuse them of being unjust, Munafiqeen or even Kuffar. The second step is that they says that since these people were such bad people, then all the Islamic knowledge transmitted through them is false. By doing this they cancel out the entire Sunnah. The third step is to say that since all Islamic scholars based on their writings on the Qur'an and Sunnah, and since they claim the Sunnah has been falsified, then we should not trust any Islamic scholar.
Once the victim has seen all the foundations of his religion fall apart, and he doesn't know what to follow anymore, they start adding in their deviant ideology. They tell him that Allah SWT has appointed certain Imams who have all the knowledge that Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) had. They tell him these Imams are infallible! They do not make any mistakes, and all their opinions are 100% guaranteed to be correct and in accordance with the will of Allah (swt)! They tell him these Imams even have knowledge of the Ghayb (unknown), and that they are superior in rank to the rest of the Prophets and Messengers of Allah (swt).
Then they tell the victim that Allah SWT, his Messenger and the infallible Imams have allowed temporary or mut'a marriage. This is a type of marriage which requires no contract and no witnesses and no minimum time limit! This type of marriage allows a man to pay a woman to marry her for one hour! In fact, the Shia recently suggested creating "houses of virtue" where women are available for temporary marriage, in order to fight against prostitution!
They also claim that it is allowed, in fact recommended, for them to beat themselves and injure themselves every year in memory of the murder of Al-Hussein (ra). We have all seen the horrible images every year of what the Shia do. Sometimes it is worse than the Christians, who crucify themselves in memory of Prophet Isaa' (pbuh), as they falsely claim that he was crucified.
They also add that the holy Qur'an has been modified and falsified by the Sahabah. After all, they claim that only a few (less than 10 by all accounts) of the Sahabah remained Muslim and the rest were Munafiqeen (hypocrites, non-Muslims at heart but claiming to be Muslims). The Shia will always deny this, however, their main source of knowledge after the holy Qur'an, a book named "Al-Kafi", clearly states that the holy Qur'an we have today is only 1/3 the size of the original. Anyone interested can find "Al-Kafi" and verify this fact.
The Shia also tell the victim that by praying at the graves of the "saints" such as the Imams and other pious people, that your prayers will be answered and you will gain rewards. Of course, as Muslims we know that in Islam there are no "saints", and praying to anyone except Allah SWT is shirk.
They also claim that their 12th Imam has disappeared hundreds of years ago, but that he is alive and that he will come back to rule the earth as Al-Mahdi. In fact, many Shia wait for him at the cellar where he is thought to be hiding!
But some might ask, with all these clearly deviant beliefs, how can the Shia convince any Muslim of their false beliefs?
First of all, the Shia work very hard to make it look as if the Shia deviant sect is just one of the four schools (madahib). They call their sect (the Jafari school), as if it is just like the four schools. The truth is that the differences between Islam and the deviant Shia sect are not only in fiqh issues, but also in Aqeedah and in the whole foundation of Islam, as we discussed earlier.
In addition, they always mention that they are followers of Ahlul Bayt, which makes it seem as if the rest of the Muslims are against Ahlul Bayt. They also mention the great injustice and the disaster of the killing of Al-Hussein (ra) and they arouse your emotions making you believe that the Sunnah Muslims are responsible for this crime!
This is completely false, since Muslims are the true supporters of Al-Hussein (ra). The deviant Shia sect were the original people who called on Al-Hussein (ra) to come to them to fight against the unjust rulers of the time, and once the battle was about to start they all abandoned him except for forty men who were martyred fighting with Al-Hussein (ra). This is why the Shia beat themselves when remembering him, because they were the ones who betrayed him and they felt guilty about that. Then the Shia continued this horrible practice year after year.
Therefore, by trying to portray themselves as one of the schools of fiqh, and hiding the fact that their aqeedah is different than the rest of the Muslims, and by arousing peoples emotions and love for Ahlul Bayt and Al-Hussein, the Shia are able to trick some Muslims. However, the sad reality is that most of those who are tricked by the Shia simply become non-practicing Muslims because of the doubts and wrong ideas planted in their heads.
Shiite/shia is a mix of a tiny bit of Islam, and a massive chunk of Judaism, Magi fire worship and Zoroastrianism (the religion of the Persians).
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