What is the difference of muslims

[dilankandy]

My dear Muslim friends...
I have heard that Muslim community is divided into two groups.
One is Shia and other one is Sunni. Is it a difference in religion or is it just a difference in class/caste of people? Pls do correct me if there is no such a thing as Shia and Sunni..

(Please keep in mind that this is not a racial Question! Im just curios to know the difference)

 

[sirajstc]

ema Monawath islam eke ne We are muslims we are belive in one God

It is prohibited to make sects and divisions in Islam.

"It is He (Allah) who has named you MUSLIMS.." [22:78]

The Qur’an says: "Surely, those who split up their religion and break it up into sects, you have no concern at all with them. Their affair is only with Allah, Who will then inform them of what they used to do." [Al-Qur’an 6:159]

And surely this your Ummah is one Ummah, and I am your Lord, so fear Me alone . But they have broken the affair of their religion into sects among themselves, each group rejoices in that which is with it. So leave them in their ignorance for a time. ( Al-Qur'an 23: 52 -54 )

Today we may hear people saying , “ We are Sunnis” or “We are Shiites (Shias)”. Some may call themselves Hanafis, or Shafis or Malikis or Humbalis or Deobandis’.

The Qur’an says: "And hold fast, All together, by the rope Which Allah (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves;" [Al-Qur’an 3:103]

Which is the rope of Allah that is being referred to in this verse? It is the Qur’an. The Qur’an is the rope of Allah which all Muslims should hold fast together. There is double emphasis in this verse. Besides saying ‘hold fast all together’ it also says, ‘be not divided’.

Qur’an further says,

O you who believe! obey Allah and obey the Messenger, and make not vain your deeds! ( 47 : 33 )

Almighty Allah also says,

Say : ' If you love Allah, follow me ( Prophet Muhammad ( sm. ) ); Allah will love you, and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.' ( 3 :31 )

All the Muslims are to follow the Qur’an and authentic hadiths and be not divided among themselves. Muslims are to take the Sunnah of the beloved Prophet Muhammad ( Sm ) in corcern in order to achieve nearness to Allah as instructed by Allah Himself.

Qur’an tells us to call ourselves Muslims.

If anyone poses a Muslim the question : “What are you?”, he should say "I am a Muslim, not a Shia or a Hanafi". Surah Fussilat chapter 41 verse 33 says,

“And who is better in speech than he who calls to Allah and does good and says : “ I am indeed one of the Muslims.” “ [Al-Qur’an 41:33]

The Prophet (pbuh) dictated letters to non-Muslim kings and rulers inviting them to accept Islam. In these letters he mentioned the verse of the Qur’an from Surah Al Imran chapter 3 verse 64:

....but if they turn back, then say: Bear witness that we are Muslims. ( 3 :64 )

 

[navodwickra]

Well Siraj that doesnt really answer Dilan's question does it now? All you said was whats in Q'ran but we can clearly see there are two groups among muslims. I had a friend once from Iran (yeah I know hard to belive ) well I asked him after the lectures wont you go to the mosque for prayers and he said no these mosques in SL are not the same that he normally goes in Iran and he also told me about these two groups. Is it something like Catholics & Christians ?

 

[ela_eluwa120]

Well Siraj that doesnt really answer Dilan's question

oooh!..that hurts..

 

[one_genuine]

siraj bro... are you sure...?

 

[sirajstc]

siraj bro... are you sure...?

ow eyi 100 % sure ema monawath islam eke kiyala nemeyala ada gattata anith muslim pali nene ema neda??We Are Muslims no sunni or shiaa oya monawath ne read my post again

ema hadagatta kattiyata wedaneeya daduwam tiyanawa judgement day eke

 

[one_genuine]

ow eyi 100 % sure ema monawath islam eke kiyala nemeyala ada gattata anith muslim pali nene ema neda??We Are Muslims no sunni or shiaa oya monawath ne read my post again

ema hadagatta kattiyata wedaneeya daduwam tiyanawa judgement day eke

මේකයි siraj,... ඉස්ලාම් එකේ එහෙම එකක් නැති වෙන්න පුළුවන්, ඒත් මම දන්න දන්න තරමින් නම් "මුස්ලිම්" අය අතරේ එහෙම දෙයක් තියෙනවා..(ලංකාව ගැන නෙවෙයි මේ කියන්නේ) ඔයාට ඕනෑ නම් මම උදාහරනයක් දෙන්නම්, පුද්ගලිකවම මම දන්න කෙනෙක් එයාගෙ surname එකත් වෙනස් කලා, ඔය හේතුව නිසා...

 

[DrZakirNaik]

All the sects of Islam are listed here

 

[sirajstc]

මේකයි siraj,... ඉස්ලාම් එකේ එහෙම එකක් නැති වෙන්න පුළුවන්, ඒත් මම දන්න දන්න තරමින් නම් "මුස්ලිම්" අය අතරේ එහෙම දෙයක් තියෙනවා..(ලංකාව ගැන නෙවෙයි මේ කියන්නේ) ඔයාට ඕනෑ නම් මම උදාහරනයක් දෙන්නම්, පුද්ගලිකවම මම දන්න කෙනෙක් එයාගෙ surname එකත් වෙනස් කලා, ඔය හේතුව නිසා...

itin oba tumaata mamath eka tamai kiyanne islam eke ema monaath ne we are muslims we are belive in one god eyala ema hadagattada Allah judgement day eke eyalata daduwam dei kiyala man issala kiwwa neda?

mage uda tiyana post eka oya issala kiyewwada?
We are not Sunnis or Shiites, we are Muslims, Alhamdulillah meka ema musim ekkenektama podui

 

[IcedEarth]

Sirajtc. uda thiyena post eke 73k thiyenawa!!!! Api nemei damme.

 

[navodwickra]

itin oba tumaata mamath eka tamai kiyanne islam eke ema monaath ne we are muslims we are belive in one god eyala ema hadagattada Allah judgement day eke eyalata daduwam dei kiyala man issala kiwwa neda?

mage uda tiyana post eka oya issala kiyewwada?
We are not Sunnis or Shiites, we are Muslims, Alhamdulillah meka ema musim ekkenektama podui

But that list which was posted by Dr.Merlin says otherwise

 

[dilankandy]

Ape ammo ara Zakir Naik dunna link 1e Sunni Shia witharak neme thawa 71 divishins thiyenawane... Meka tribal difference 1kda nattan belief difference 1kda? Okkoma follow karanne ekama quran 1da?
man meka danaganna ahuwe mokada dannawada man ahala thiyenawa loke bahutharaya sunni muslimslalu... Eth Shia sulutharaya Dadi mathadhari ayalu (Beli kapana aya).. Sunni peaceful kattiyalu. Shiala pahara denawalu Sunnilata. Oya okkoma LU keewe man hariyatama danne nathi nisa. Parana Muthuhara sagarawaka kiyewwe...

 

[ela_eluwa120]

Zakir Naik keewa nan aththa wenna oni

 

[one_genuine]

haffoi mata mE thread eka amataka unaa..

Zakir Naik keewa nan aththa wenna oni

malli hari malli... eya kiwwoth baduma thamaa... massenger kenekda danneth naeh..

 

[ela_eluwa120]

haffoi mata mE thread eka amataka unaa..
malli hari malli... eya kiwwoth baduma thamaa... massenger kenekda danneth naeh..

yahoo messenger wage ekak wenna athi..

 

[one_genuine]

yahoo messenger wage ekak wenna athi..

kata kata ... judgement day eke eluwata maxxxa hambawei...

 

[dilankandy]

" Khazimiyah - They believe Allah loves men of all faiths even if one has been disbeliever most of his life. "

I like these fellows... World will be much peaceful if they were the majority....

 

[ela_eluwa120]

kata kata ... judgement day eke eluwata maxxxa hambawei...

 

[ex-muslim Ahmed]

Ok, let me resolve this confusion!ලොකු ඈයෝ කොරන්න ඕනෙ වැඩ පොඩි එවුන්ට දීල හරියන්නෙ නැහැ.

In Quran it is said that in Janna-paradise, all males will have 72 virgins, hoories. it also says you will have ETERNAL ERECTION! නයි කයිද රෝස් පාන්?

Shia believes that eternal erection will eventually lead to a sperm-flood in Janna - paradise.

Sunni believes that erection is for pure pleasure (No ejaculation), so no such sperm-flood problem.

ඔන්න කිව්වා. දැන් පාං කාලක් කාලා බුදිය ගනිල්ලා, කැත ප්‍රස්න අහන්නෙ නැතුව

 

[hafizsaad]

My dear Muslim friends...
I have heard that Muslim community is divided into two groups.
One is Shia and other one is Sunni. Is it a difference in religion or is it just a difference in class/caste of people? Pls do correct me if there is no such a thing as Shia and Sunni..

(Please keep in mind that this is not a racial Question! Im just curios to know the difference)

Is it something like Catholics & Christians ?

Introduction :
there no such likeness with cristian belief distribution of Catholics & protestient , you will understand this after reading the whole.


Sunni and Shī‘ah are the two major denominations of Islam. The demographic breakdown between the two groups is difficult to assess but clear from the books and thoughts, a good approximation is that 85% of the world's Muslims are Sunni, and 15% are Shī‘ī, with most Shī‘īs belonging to the Twelver tradition and the rest divided between several other groups. (Wiki)

The division between Shia and Sunni dates back to the death of the Prophet Muhammad, and the question of who was to take over the leadership of the Muslim nation. Sunni Muslims agree with the position taken by majority of the Prophet's companions, that the new leader should be elected from among those capable of the job and prophet had selected them to rule in their life at many event. This is what was done, and the Prophet Muhammad's close friend and advisor, Abu Bakr, became the first Caliph of the Islamic nation. The word "Sunni" in Arabic comes from a word meaning "one who follows the traditions of the Prophet."

On the other hand, some deviated People asked for caliph should be cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Hazrat Ali r.a (who become the 4th caliph after ward). This was their self desire, no close Friend of caliph even Ali had not accept their this idea, as Ali themselves want Abu Bakar to be caliph because of their experience and closeness with Prophet.

the People who deviated they make the organization with name "shiaan e ali". The term Shia or Shi'ite derives from a shortening of Shiat Ali or partisans of Ali.they were joined afterward some Munafiq (the people who are showing themselves muslim but are not muslim) they came mostly from Iran they kill second caliph umer, third caliph uthman and also then ALi, their son Hussain at Karbala etc. Their Belief are so devaited that Ali R.a Punished many of them.

Why shia are not Muslim:

The Shia shahadah (declaration of faith) states:

"There is no god but Alláh, Muhammad is the Messenger of Alláh, Alí is the Friend of Alláh. The Successor of the Messenger of Alláh And his first Caliph."

If you are already familiar with standard muslims beliefs, you will immediately notice the addition to the shahadah regarding Imam Ali (ra), cousin of the Prophet (pbuh), So They dont accept The shahadah which was approved and teached by prophet.this First Basic point throw them out from islam. other are:

They do not follow what Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) taught But Self created Imam who has their own shairah.
they commit alot of Bidah (Innovation in Islam) that not match with Prophet teaching.

They do not follow hadith and Sunnah only those who linked with their thoughts and prefer those narrated by Ali and Fatima to those related by other companions of the Prophet (pbuh).

Shias think that Quran is incomplete (they say 10 parts are missing) whereas Allah said in Quran that he will protect Quran himself so disbelieve quran also.

They mourn and beat themselves (which is haraam in islam) on 1st Muharram in the name of Ali,Hasan,Hussain (whereas Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) forbide beating themselves) because they we cant seek forgiveness from Allah throught this beating .

they do as a part of their Islam which Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) never taught us to do.

On a practical daily level, Shias have a different call to prayer, they perform wudu and salat differently including placing the forehead onto a piece of hardened clay from Karbala, not directly onto the prayer mat when prostrating. They also tend to combine prayers, sometimes worshipping three times per day instead of five.

Shia Islam also permits muttah - fixed-term temporary marriage - which is banned by Prophet.

so as a whole they have no practical and spirtual link with islam in any matter.
see more detail in below links

A big Glance on shia Belief

why they are not muslims, evidance from their books

why shia are non muslims .