Worshipping in a Shia Mosque August 12, 2007
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This post in response to Ali Eteraz’ post about worshiping in another house of worship. I would like to start off by saying that I do not consider Shiism to be a different religion than mine.
So I went to a Shia mosque because simply my Shia friend died (May Allah grant her Jannah) and that’s where the memorial was, and we we had to pray Maghrib/Isha. I’m still not sure how that works, I think they pray them together.
So, in reality I expected everything I encountered there. I have come of age and I know many things about Shias. As a kid I was clueless. To pray, the women put on these white amira type scarves, kind of like those 1 piece really long prayer garments that go over the head? The scarf part covers all the way up to the chin and the scarf stops right under the lips, kind of like Shafi3i style hijab. What was really interesting to me was that even if the particular woman was wearing a full black abaya and stuff she still put on the white over-cover. Beautiful.
They pray with their hands to the sides, so do I sometimes. (Maliki school of law) I didn’t grow up praying with my hands to the sides but I was used to the idea since my family is Maliki. Some Malikis pray that way and some don’t. I digress.
When I prayed Maghrib alone, I left my hands to my sides, ( I didn’t know we were going to pray Maghrib later on as well.)
But when we prayed in jam3a (congregation), I put my hands to my chest. I don’t know why. Was I having an identity crisis?
There was the adhan, it’s the same with the Ali waliuAllah part added.
So in the place where we did sujood, they put a long velvet rectangular carpet thingie in front of us with pictures of the kaba on each place where your forehead was supposed to go. Then there were optional rocks to use for your forehead. I didn’t use mine. Frankly because I didn’t notice it was there until after we prayed.
Then there was the prayer. The most interesting thing about the jam3a was the fact that the Imam says EVERYTHING out loud.
Like when you go into sujood, he says the adhkar out loud in the microphone, he says the adhkar in sujood on the mic as well. The tashahud. I had to say my own tashahud prayer though because I was getting really confused.
And he says a dua after salam. And it seems they make salam in congregation but not alone?
But the experience overall was beautiful. What can I say? I loved hearing the adhkar during rukoo3 and sujood. When I heard the shahada, it pierced me. The shahada is our uniting factor. We share the most important thing.
And I also want to comment on the community. MashaAllah. What a community. None of the petty racism that goes in Sunni mosques. These people truly fit exactly what I see as a Muslim in regards to their character and teh nur emanating from their faces. And no doubt they knew that our group was all Sunni and you would think they were our long lost sisters and brothers! And there was no petty dawah gimmicks or anything. If a big group of Shias came to our mosques would we be like that? I doubt it.
I hope I don’t sound too much like an Orientalist. There you have it.
Salaam ‘Alaikum
I just wanted to say that we used to have several Iranian families (related to the consul) who attended our masjid and school in NY and no one ever said a word to them about praying with the hands at the sides or being Shi’a. Actually, one of the older boys is one of the most popular kids at school. Only one person ever tangled with one mother and she was an extremist who was gone after three months (she was the type who gave graphic descriptions of hell to 5 yr olds).
I don’t think the blog is available anymore, but perhaps through web archives you can read some of the posts about American Shi’a and race by Umm Ali (blog was called This Here Garden).
wa alaykom assalam
that’s awesome Umm Zaid, thanks for that info
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Salaam
I ran into a Shia dude I’ve met maybe once, the other night at the grocery store. He knows I’m not Shia but invited me earnestly to the Shia Jummah this Friday, and clapped me on the shouler in a friendly manner. When I meet Shia, they usually treat me like a brother, invite me to dinner, jummah, etc. Do Sunnis extend them the same courtesy? Not often, in my experience.
Interesting blog, by the way. I will be back.
Dave
salam dave
jazakAllah khair for your input, please do come back and give me your blog address too!
I’ve never been to a Shia mosque simply because I dont have a clue where the one in my city is. If I knew, I’d probably go and “see” what its like. My Shia friends arent crazed maniacs. Some of them are hesitant in admitting they are Shia because they’ll get a sour reaction, which I think is a great shame.
I remember running into a Shia masjid unwittingly for asr, funny enough I felt something was different when I went through the door in retrospect.
It was my first time there but every one was so happy to see me, it was a weird but a comforting feeling. I did notice slabs of stones of some type laying around but I really didn’t pay it any mind. I had missed the congregational prayer so I prayed alone.
I am a Sunni muslim, of the Maliki Madhab and it was really reassuring to see the traditional sadl being practice in the west. It was amazing to see the similarities of the Maliki prayer and Shia prayer.
I believe Sunni Islam really should honestly,take time to look into these shocking similarities of the Shia sect thats is suppose to be a deviant group compared to the Madhab of one the most prominent Sunni scholar and the jurists of Medina. Actually there was a second break in Islam with the Khariji or Ibadis of today and they too have similarities in their prayer.
I think we should all keep an open mind for truth and traditional Islam.
Honestly I really enjoyed reading this. You are soo open minded and it is nice to see not ALL Sunnis hate Shias. I go to a Sunni Mosque simply because I went to that school and grew up there and help serve food during Ramadan and when I go to pray I sometimes have women move away from me or stare at me haha so it is nice to see that there are excepting Muslims!
Mashallah..we should all just unite under the banner of Islam..I want to see a Shia masjid too.
As-Salaamu Alaykum,
As this is a site that states its intention to put forth the view of traditional Islam, I would suggest to the brothers and sisters that they read the works of the traditional Imams in regard to the Shia’. According to my readings they state that you should not pray behind them, in fact the ulama state that you should refrain from giving them the Salaams until they return from their fasiq behavior. A recent anecdote - my wife, who is not as “fanatical” as myself, was recently talking with the extended family of an Shia’ woman and my wife mentioned that our daughter’s name is Asha, which is the East African version of A’isha, and the lady started to laugh and mentioned that it was funny when she was growing up, because when she behaved badly her mother would call her A’isha. What a wretched mentality to disparage the “Mother of the Believers” like that. I know many a Shia’ from a particular community I used to be a part of, and you should hear what they really say about the Sahaba before you want to say “we are all one Ummah, why can’t we all just get along, etc.
wa alaiikom assalam
listen, I don’t condone the bashing of any sahaba or the mother of the believers. I do hear horrible things that are said about them, I’m not naive anymore. But even with that….what?
Like I said, I don’t think it’s very smart or very good to bash Sahaba.
However, I have Sunni Muslim brethren who gang rape Muslim girls because they are not in “proper hijab” I have Muslim brethren who blow up buildings and kill innocents and who do a bunch of things that would qualify them as fasiq. I know you might think I’m comparing apples and oranges, but I really don’t.
I’m not going to discount anyone as Muslim even if I fully disagree with what they do.
It is not in our best interest to fight with anyone.
If you believe it’s haram to pray behind a shia, I respect that, then repeat your prayer. There’s no reason to wreak havoc.
Sacrosanct -
Yes, plenty of people do things that are fasiq - as you said. In regards to that you should not give Salaams to those either. They have to be shamed by people, if they have no shame for themselves to openly commit such acts. I do not say the Shia’ are not Muslim, though some sects aren’t (the ones that believe Jabril was supposed to give revelation to ‘Ali, etc.). The traditional way of behavior towards devaint groups is to leave them alone so long as they obey the Khalif, but not allow them to proseltyze their deviant ideology, though scholars should debate them to show the truth. Like you said - no need to raise havoc, I would not repeat my prayer; I would just not be in a position to pray behind one in the first place. If you believe something is haram, you should just not do it in the first place. Your statement is kind of like “eat ham with the Christians, then throw it up later”, lol, but kind of seriously - we don’t want to bend strong moral values just so we don’t seem “combative” (because we don’t want to wreak havoc).
Salaam,
Interesting post. I personally don’t hate Shia, as many of my close friends are Shia, but I am very, very wary of their beliefs. We happened to get a Shia tv channel via satelite recently, and what a revelation. Never have I seen a group of people so bigoted and full of hate and never have I seen a greater group of hypocrites. All day long they talk about how Fatima (R) and her sons were victimised by the Sunnis, and how they will get their revenge. They continuously praise Ali and Al-Hussain, but rarely do they mention the Prophet himself!
The problem with the Shia is that they are ‘batiniyeen’ which means they will neven reveal to you their true intentions. This is not just with regards to religion, but that is the way they behave everyday. Of course they have a strong community spirit - as long as you are Shia mind. They all group together and support each other. This is beccause they are a minority compared to Sunnis, and they have their own agenda to pursue, namely strengthening the Shia faith. They take a lot of care to educate their children and reach positions of influence. Whereas the Sunnis are still steeped in the mire of ignorance and confusion.
If you think the Shia are such wonderful people here are a few examples of their behaviour:
1. A facebook group has been created against Dr. Zakir Naik because he praised Yazid. Now that group wall is covered with messages from people saing they hope he goes to hell. Lovely people.
2. During the recent Lebanon war, a group of Shia took refuge in a school which had the word ‘Omar’ in its name. Upon entering, they crossed his name out and wrote ‘Ali’ instead. Such open mindedness. They obviously don’t just bash the Sahaba, they positively detest them. These are people who have been promised Jannah by Allah, and yet the Shia curse them!
3. These people believe that Aisha (R), the wife of the Prophet (saw) commited zina! And the punishment in Sharia of one who accuses a chaste woman of zina is that they should be whipped, and their testimony never accepted in a court of law. That’d be all the Shia then.
4. I one asked a Shia friend why they joined the prayers together (duhr and asr, maghrib and isha’), when the prophet never used to pray like this. Her response? ‘Maybe the Prophet was wrong’! Now I’m not sure how you guys were brought up, but that’s a pretty awful thing to say in my book. As if the Prophet (saw) is not able to teach us how to pray but their Imams can!
5. Look at what the Shia in Lebanon are doing to the country. They make it no secret that they want to establish their own Shia state within Lebanon itself. Remember before the Shia-Sunni divide, we were ALL muslims. They split from us.
Sorry for the long post, but this is something I feel our community needs to be aware of…
Asalaamu ‘alaykum,
I have Shia family members and friends. We’re good friends and I give them the benefit of the doubt and try not to be suspect their intentions. After all, it is the Sunni thing to do. If you look at the views of Sunnis towards the Sahaba and look at the views of Shia towards the Sahaba, a big difference is that Sunnis give the Sahaba the benefit of the doubt and have a good opinion of them as they were selectively chosen by Allah to be in the company of the Prophet (PBUH). IMHO, for those of us living in the West, being distrustful of Shia will only make non-Muslims distrustful of Muslims in general. How many times is taqiyyah used to describe Shia and consequently all Muslims by Islamophobes on TV?
As far as praying behind them, I don’t knowingly do it for fiqh reasons. My Shia friends know this and know it is not personal and from what I can tell don’t make a big deal out of it.
Good Post - Anon. As far as your examples - for # 1: I don’t know who Dr. Naik is, but that is alittle harsh to tell him to go to hell, though I don’t know why he would praise Yazid, as according to history he was a tyrannical ruler who openly drunk wine and performed various other sins. For # 2 - Sick # 3 - Exactly! # 4 - Sick, once again it is statements such as these that actually border on outright kufr (disbelief). The Ahl as Sunnah believe that Rasulullah was perfected from any type of incorrect belief or action when it came to matters of the deen, excepting actions which Allah caused him to perform to show a better way, or an abrogation. Salat at 5 specific times during the day while a resident (not a traveller), is not an action that was ever deviated from, excepting certain days where extreme circumstances caused a devaition from the norm, such as when events occurring during the siege of Madinah caused the Muslims to miss ‘Asr salat, and they hade to make this prayer outside of its time period. A pretty awful thing in your book; basically kufr in mine (which is as awful as you can get, but that’s not how I was raised because I’m a convert, lol). My main thing is for Sunnin Muslims to just be careful in their associations with Shia, as one of the main goals of the “unity” movement is to shift Sunni Muslims to their deviant beliefs, though they won’t express this from the start and will just say that “we’re all Mulsims, let’s pray together, learn about each other, etc. As I stated earlier, I was a member of a community that supported unity between Shia and Sunni, and who studied the Iranian revolution and the establishment of the “Islamic” Republic of Iran more than we studied the rule of the 4, or Umar Ibn Abdul-Aziz, or the establishment of (Sunni) Islamic states in Africa, such as the Sokoto Empire of Uthman Dan Fodio, etc. But for all of this talk of unity, I never saw a Shia come from their masjid and become a part of ours, but I saw plenty of our (Sunni) patrons become Shia. I, however, went the opposite way after reading classical texts, such as the Shifa’ of Qadi Iyad, and became staunch in my opposition to those whom the classical texts refer to as Rafidite {a term which I actually think is more accurate, as Shia came from Shia ‘Ali - the party of ‘Ali - which I do not believe to be a good term, as a member of the party of ‘Ali would actually not curse Abu Bakr, Umar, etc. as he (RAA) refused to do so; whereas Rafidite means the group of the rejectors (as they reject the Khalifates of Abu Bakr, etc., or they reject that they were righteous Muslims)}
how many shia are there in sokoto or nigeria do u know?
In reply to Abdo - Not very sure on an exact number, but it is very small, though they do have some because I recently read about a Sunni preacher being shot by a Shia for talking about them probably in a similar way that I did in my post, I think that was in a different city though. If you are talking about pre-Modern era, then the answer would be nil. Shia’s in Nigeria are a recent introduction.
In the Name of Allah Most Beneficent and Most Merciful
FAITH – UNITY – PEACE
APPEAL
Dear Sirs
As’Salâm Alaikum Wa’Rahmatullâhi Wa’Barakâtuh
I am sending you a request or appeal for your consideration and a discussion with other Muslim scholars for archiving this goal for showing the unity of Ummah. I hope you will consider this appeal and do this job.
Accept my kind wishes and best regards.
May Allah guide us.
Wa `alaykum Salam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh
In The Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
We shall guide those who strive in our cause to the paths leading to us. Surely God is with those who do good.
(Al-Ankabut-69)
FAITH – UNITY – PEACE
APPEAL TO ALL
SUNNI AND SHIA MUFTIS, AYATOLLAHS, SCHOLARS, IMAMS, NEED A JOINT EFFORT
FOR THE ARRANGEMENT OF JOINT FRIDAY PRAYER OF ALL SECT OF MUSLIMS THROUGHOUT WORLD
THIS IS A ONLY WAY TO PROVE UNITY OF UMMAH
(LIKE PRAYERS IN HARMAIN SHAREEFAIN)
In the light of Recent Sermon of Arafat - Dhul Hijja 9, 1427/ December 29, 2006
“Prayer behind one Imam teaches the unity of Ummah” – Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh
This initiative may seems difficult to be accepted by all sect of Ummah but it can be made possible if true sprit of the Unity is kept in mind by all the Ayatollahs, Muftis, Scholars, Imams. If we will not be successful in implementing the decisions for the Unity of Ummah, the anti Muslim powers will succeed in their plans for the division of Ummah, which they have been doing so far and forcing the Muslim nations to a battle field (also mentioned by Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh in his recent sermon of Arafat). The current scenario of the world and conditions of Muslims all around the globe eagerly need major steps to be taken as soon as possible, by the religious leaders of Ummah.
The foremost and important problem that Muslim nations are currently facing is the sectarian differences, majorly between the Shia and Sunni Muslims. Anti-Muslim hidden powers are continuously struggling for the dividing of Ummah through different angles/plans to fulfill their agenda needs. These powers are creating differences between Shia and Sunni Muslims especially in Middle East as well as in other Muslim countries. The Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh clearly indicated this threat in his recent sermon of Arafat – Dhul Hijja 9, 1427/ December 29, 2006. He also stressed the need of Unity among Muslims is the key to safeguard their interests. (In the sermon Grand Mufti said ” Prayer behind one Imam teaches the unity of Ummah”.
Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei on Zilhajjah 3, 1427 issued a message on the occasion of the great hajj congress.
As far as the political aspect of the hajj is concerned, the main objective pursued by this pilgrimage is to display the unified identity of the Islamic Ummah. The separation of Muslim brethren from each other paves the way for those with malevolent intentions and helps the seeds of discord grow among Muslims.
The Islamic Ummah comprises various nations and races and followers of different Islamic schools of thought. This diversity, which is accompanied by geographical dispersion in a volatile and important region of the planet Earth, may be regarded as a strong point of this great community which makes its common heritage and culture and history more efficient in a vast expanse of land and puts a multiplicity of human and natural capabilities and potentials at its disposal.
Ever since their encroachment on the Islamic countries, Western colonial powers have been cognizant of this point, and they have been constantly engaged in divisive provocations. Colonial politicians knew well that if the unified identity of the Islamic world was formed, it would pose an obstacle to their political and economic domination.
Consequently, they sowed the seeds of discord among Muslims through long-term and intricate machinations and, in line with this wicked policy, took advantage of the negligence on the part of the ordinary people and the feeble will on the part of political officials and cultural authorities and achieved their goal of dominating the Islamic countries.
The suppression of liberation movements in the Islamic countries over the past century and the colonialists’ domination of those countries and the establishment or the bolstering up of despotic regimes there and the plundering of their natural resources and the destruction of their human resources and the Muslim nations’ lagging behind in science and technology all have taken place as a result of discord and division and alienation, which in some cases even resulted in enmity and altercation and fratricidal conflict.
The present stage is a historic and decisive era. The Islamic elite, scholars and intellectuals are shouldering a momentous responsibility at the present stage. Any weakness of purpose, unprincipledness, ill-will and neglect of duty on their part may lead to a tragedy. The Islamic Ulema should not remain silent in the face of measures that are aimed at fomenting religious schism and discord. Muslim intellectuals are expected to imbue youngsters with hopes and aspirations. Islamic politicians and statesmen should call for the public presence on the scene and rely on their nations. Islamic governments are expected to consolidate their solidarity with one another and utilize this genuine power in the face of the threats posed by the hegemonic countries.
These irrational and spiteful acts have provided conclusive evidence for Muslim nations and contributed to their Islamic awakening. Today, whether they like it or not, a deep-rooted movement has begun in the Islamic world, and this movement will culminate in the independence, dignity and revival of the Muslim Ummah in due course. ”
Muslim Countries and Islamic Organizations are trying to settle issues between Shia and Sunni Muslim especially in Iraq. Few months back the Saudi Government took a major step by arranging a conference of Shia and Sunni Muslims of Iraq in the Holy City of Makkah tul Mukarram, but the result did not come up to the expectations. Similarly the Iran government is struggling for peace and harmony in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine. A major step, in this regard, by Iran government was the provision of financial and moral support to Hammas government in Palestine. On the other hand the Anti-Muslim elements are working rapidly for the division of Ummah, between shia and sunni, to fulfill their satanic aims and also to capture the resources of Muslim countries. Few months back an expected future map of revised territorial division was also introduce via media by these Anti-Muslim groups. The map was clearly showing the division of Muslim countries on ethnic and sectarian basis ( i.e. the Saudi Arabian, Iranian, Pakistani, Afghan territory were clearly divided and also division of Iraq on sectarian basis). If the planner succeeds in his planning then Muslim Ummah divided for centuries
We all understand that we have, so far, been unsuccessful in eliminating differences between the two major sects but this does not mean that we should lose hope and sit doing nothing for the remedy of the problem.
1. Arrange meetings of Muslim Scholars for discussion on this matter from all sect’s of Muslims i.e. Scholars, Imams, Muftis and Ayatollahs and finalize
2. Muslims of all sects should offer Joint Friday Prayers behind one Imam in their respective area of the world (each and every Friday) to promote Unity and Harmony among Muslim Ummah. For reference we can refer back to the last sermon of Hazrat Mohammad PBUH at Arafat – which gives the definition of Muslim and Unity of Muslim).
3. Imams from different sects may be invited to lead the prayers for a particular Friday. The Imams should be encouraged to promote the Unity and Harmony of Ummah. The Prayers must be offered in the same manner as are being offered in both Holy places (i.e. Makkah tul Mukarama and Madina Al Munawara). People from all sects should offer their prayers behind one Imam in the manner as prescribed by their Fiqah and no one should be discouraged or discriminated.
4. The media of Muslims nations should also play its pivotal role for the promotion of this activity ( i.e. through talk shows, documentaries, discussions, and live coverage of Joint Fridays Prayers in different areas of the World, and etc)
The Muslims are believe in the appearances of Hazrat Imam Mehdi and Hazrat Essa (AS)
The Muslim scholars are in a better position to provide opportunity and ground for the Ummah to start offering their prayers behind one Imam and wait for time of appearance of Hazrat Imam Mehdi and Hazrat Essa (AS)
I am very confident that Insha-allah this initiative will definitely be a major milestone for the Unity of Ummah. Again to clarify this for all Muftis, Scholars, Ayatollahs and Imams that this initiative is aimed at Unity of Muslim Ummah. I request all the Muftis, Scholars, Ayatollahs and Imams to please keep the Unity of Ummah in mind while taking decision on the matter above.
WHAT WE ARE LOOSING THE GRIP
And hold fast, all together, by the Rope which Allah (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude Allah’s favour on you; for ye were enemies and He jointed your hearts in love, so that by His Grace ye became brethren; and ye were on the brink of the Pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus doth Allah make his signs clear to you; that ye may guided.
(Surah 3 : 103 Al Imran)
Shia Islam is a great danger to our Islam, I have known a lot of Shia and I have debated with many shia about their believes. I came to one conclusion about this misguided shia believe that was established by a jew. These shia have too much hate for the Suhabah and any one who praises them. Their Ulu Ma’a has explicitly said that any one who is not shia is not a muslim and they are not allowed to pray behind the sunnies. They basically called all the sunnies as Kuffar
The make Ali RA and his sons more important than all the messengers except prophet mohammed pbuh (they claim that the 12Imams are in the same level as our beloved prophet pbuh) that Allah has sent to guide the people. They believe that Imams know the unseen, they believe that the Imams know all the knowledge of the religone including the holy books that were sent before the Quran, they believe that their Imams are infallible and without the Imam presence in this world it will be destroyed, They believe that the Imams will be judging the people in the day of judgment and sending who ever they want to haven and who ever they want to hell. They believe that all the Suhabah apostated after the death of the prophet and were only munafiqs except three of four (Amar Ibn Yaser, Bilal, and Suliman Alfarsi)
Their greatest scholars have published many books that proofs that the Quran has been changed and its not the same Quran that the prophet delievered. also when it comes to the tafseer of the Quran they twist and change the meaning of the Ayahat so they can proof their false Aqeeda.
According to their scholars their # 1 enemy is Abo Baker then Umer and then Satan. they believe that Imam Al-Mahdi when he comes he will go to the grave of abo baker and umer and bring them back to life and he will torture them and kill them and bring them back to life many times.
Sunnies should take serious action against this cancer and and cut it off the Muslim body before it spreads all over the body.
One last thing about the Shia is the Taqiyyya thing they always do when talking to a sunnie. This is how they can lie to you and tell you all what makes you think positively about their believes while its all actual lies. According to the shia their Imam Jafar RA says that the Taqiyya is his deen and the deen of his ancestors and who does not practice Taqiyyya (lie) is as if he has not religone and another quote for the same Imam he says that Taqiyya is 90% of the deen. how can you trust any one who believes in such a thing this the real hypocrisy Allah SWT has mentioned in the Quran.
Dear Brothers and Sister who are reading this blog would like to add is that not every muslims be shia sunni are all the same and if u areamuslim momin then u believe in allah and rasool and in the main books tora anjee zabur quran and a muslim saying another muslim is a non believer it makes islam mukru for himself proofreadthe quran it allahs word and yes i believe that alot of shia muslim may say things about sahaba but that a minoroty so they areall not the same we should unite and get rid ofthese ahmedia and whabis that are trying to make us fight each other another usa properganda the differance between shia sunni in the aqeeda is calaphite thats it not is so stop political arguments a sahaba is on asahaba they can do wrong as well read bukhari and muslim and then get the facts so pls all muslim be 2gether in factwe can go all day on arguing pety things
so ALLAH ho Akbar Ya Rasoolalah Ya Ali
As Salamu Alaikum. I am a Sunni by birth. But I prefer to be just called a muslim. I have limited knowledge and I dont know what is right and wrong. I currently dont have means by which I can verify who is correct. Sunni(Hanafi, Shafi, Malliki, Hanabli) or Shia. I pray to Allah to guide us muslims to the right path. As of know all I can say is that I love Allah, our beloved prophet (peace be upon him), Hazrat Ali, Hazrat Fathima, Hazrat Hassan and Hazrat Hussain (peace be upon all of them) more than anyone else. Also there is no fool proof way of knowing how the relations between Hazrat Ali and the other Sahaba’s were. So based on what my heart says, I even love Hazrat Abu Bakr, Hazrat Omar and Hazrat Uthman (may peace be upon all of them). We should also remember that Hazrat Uthman bought Hazrat Ali’s sheild so that Hazrat Ali could pay for his Mehr(for marriage with Hazrat Fathima). He later gave the same sheild as a wedding gift. I doubt whether the relations between the sahabas were strained. But Allah knows best. I beg Allah to guide me and all muslims to the right path. May Allah forgive me if I have spoken wrong.
Maa Salama.
apparently shias look good muslims, they r disguised as muslims but when u practice shiaism in routine , one will notice that shiaism is a diverted sect from the mainstream of islam. at first every one try to be very polite and full of love so that they can attract you to their sect. basically shiasim is based on hatred, mostly weak hadiths, many fabricated hadiths, misinterpretation of quran to proof their own dogma, if one see into them simply, one will find them practicing some thing which was not practiced by our rasool allah s.w.s or even by imam ali a.s. just take the example of Eid e ghadeer, imam ali a.s was present at the ghadeer e qum, but he never celebrated it as an Eid, neither he ordered to do so even when he was Khaliph himself, why because addition in islam is haram and it makes it out of islam. whereas shiaism is full of addition, all the rituals in shiaism are out of islam like Matam, noha, tabarah, taqiyya, turba, even at later stages they have amended the kalima and azan as well. then comes fabrications based on those fabricated stories shias disrespect the family of rasool allah s.w.s and abause His wives and companions, they use very dirty words for the beloved wives of rasool allah s.w.s One shold be aware of shias, they show affection but internally they are very different people. May Allah save us form the Shar of Shaytan.
appearance of imam mehdi or essa a.s both are non quranic and this concept is found in the hadithses only, mostly i sunni books. this make it a bit dubious. if such and important even had to happen Allah would have given a slightest hint in the Quran, Allah has mentioned surah e Kahaf, but did not say any thing about such an important issue that whole foundation of shiaism is based on his appearance. it occurs to me that to protect imam mehdi from being killed people would have hid him and spread a rumour that he had been vanished and will appear again with Essa a.s. if this had to happen this important event would have definitely been given in quran. Hadithses are mostly dubious, no matter what sunnies say how authentic they are, whereas shias are master in fabrication of hadtihs. so this is adubious idea of imam mehdi.