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What Do The Shia Believe
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To know what the Shia believe, study the Quran, for Shias believe in everything stated by the Quran. The shias of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and Ali Ibn Abu Talib believe that:
- There is
no god but Allah,
creator of the universe and
Prophet Muhammad is
the last prophet of God. (Hz Gabriel was meant to give the divine
revelations to none other than the last prophet of Islam)
- It must be borne in mind that according to Shia
belief, every book authored by a
human mortal can be subject to error, and, therefore, unlike the
Sunni brothers, they
do not consider their books of Ahadith as 'SAHIH' or fully authentic and sound.
While the Sunni school has 6 books labelled as 'SIHAH', eg Sahih of Bukhari
and Muslim etc., the Shias believe that the
only book which can
be classified as pristine and unsullied is the Book of Allah, the Holy Qur'an.
- Quran states that wahi was sent to Musa's mother as
well, thus it is evident that WAHY is used by the Holy Qur'an to mean
inspirations, intuitive knowledge, apart from the WAHY in the form of a
revelation to the Prophets.
WAHY to Imams came
as the inspirations as vouched by the Holy Qur'an.
- Shia schools agree that
not only the Imams,
but also an ordinary MU'MIN, following the Shariah of Islam can achieve higher
status than the angels. Angels do not have emotions, passions and
desires. Humans have to combat all the evils to achieve purity. Therefore,
when he frees himself from base desires and obeys his Master, he has a higher
place. As for our
Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, no Shia scholar has ever claimed a
higher status for any Imam.
- We, Shias, unlike our Sunni brothers do not accord the
status of 'SAHIH' to any book other than the Holy Qur'an. Every report is
subjected to a meticulous study, based on the laid down standards of RIJAAL
and SANAD. Time and
again we have reiterated that the Holy Qur'an as it exists is the WHOLE book,
having no interpolations at all. I guarantee that the Holy Quran found
in any Shi'a home is not different from the Quran in any other mosque or a
Sunni home.
- We Shia believe that
Abu Bakr and Umar
were MUSLIMS. And the SAHABA who survived the Prophet, peace be upon
him and his progeny, were MUSLIMS.
The qualifying term
"pious or saintly" is judged by the actions of an individual.
- The practice of MUTA'H was ordained by the HOLY Quran. Shia's do believe in its legitimacy
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