From what I can gather the Shia hate the Sunni's - why is that and what is it that the Shia Muslims beleive that seperates them from Sunni Muslims ??
Can any one answer..?
2007-01-03 11:22:12 · 17 answers · asked by Sabreen 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Great Pretender (Mo.) was born in 570AD or 571AD and died in 632AD.
Mo left no instructions as to which son or whoever should lead the cult after his death.
The Tikrit moon worshipers have been fighting and killing each other over the leadership ever since.
That is 1,375 (?) years....so much for the religion of PEACE !
Shia and Sunni both want to lead the pack.
2007-01-03 11:25:18 · answer #1 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 6⤊ 4⤋
Well as a sunni muslim this is what happened Main article: Historical Shia-Sunni relations
The Shia believe that the split between the Shia and Sunni began with Muhammad's death, when some number of Muslims supported the successorship of Ali and the rest accepted Abu Bakr, then Umar and Uthman. They believe that the successorship was given to Ali at Ghadir Khum (a hadith accepted by both Sunni and Shi’a scholars[citation needed]), and that the testimony that can be traced back to reliable sources is to be trusted, while traditions that cannot be fully verified are suspect.
Shia and Sunni historians record that many Shia have been persecuted, intimidated, and killed, through what Shia consider a coup d'état against Ali's caliphate.[citation needed] Many prominent Sunni scholars are known to have openly considered the Shia as "kufar" (disbelievers). Imam Ash-Shafi'i, one of the most prominent early scholars of his time said in regards to the Shia "I have not seen among the heretics a people more famous for falsehood than the Raafidite Shi’ites."[11] Such statements stem mainly from differences in beliefs regarding Ali, Umar, and other companions, and in the Shia's use of various concepts, such as Muta.
2007-01-03 11:32:49 · answer #2 · answered by Meenah;* 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Shia believe in saints in a similar way to Catholics.
The Sunni are more like protestants denying any saints being in any way divine or worthy of reverence.
The Shia also respect the descendents of Mohammed (eg. the King of Jordan) whilst Sunni's do not.
2007-01-03 11:34:21 · answer #3 · answered by Red P 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-29 22:34:31 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shia'a hate Sunni's
it's started from a long time
look Shia think that only Ali ( cousin of the prophet Mohamed) deserve to be trusted and loved from all the earliest followers
Sunni believe that Muslims must love and respect all the earliest followers,
2007-01-03 11:32:36 · answer #5 · answered by suma 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) , wanted his successor not to be based on family, rather on piousness, righteousness and knowledge. This is why Abu Bakr was chosen as the first Caliph. At the time the people agreed and gave their pledge, even Ali did. Ali was the cousin of the Prophet and some people with their small minds thought he should be the rightful leader. Ali did become the leader, he was the 4th Caliph. So the Shia have some other beliefs about Ali being the heir, and some other concepts of 12 Imams and what not. We as Sunni which means followers of the Sunnah (the Prophets sayings and teachings) and the Qu'ran take very seriously this hadith about sects.
006:159] Verily, those who divide their religion and break up into sects (all kinds of religious sects), you (O Muhammad [Peace Be Upon Him]) have no concern with them in the least. Their affair is only with God, Who then will tell them what they used to do.
It has been narrated by Abu Hurairah [May God be Pleased with Him] in the Hadîth Books (At-Tirmidhi, Ibn Mâjah and Abu Dâwûd) that the Prophet [Peace Be Upon Him] said: "The Jews and Christians were divided into seventy-one or seventy-two religious sects, and this nation will be divided into seventy-three religious sects -- all in Hell, except one, and that one is the one on which I and my Companions are today [i.e. following the Qur'ân and the Prophet's Sunnah (legal ways, orders, acts of worship and statements of the Prophet )]."
So nowadays the conflict is more political, quite analogous to the Irish Protestant , Catholic conflict.
If you want more knowledge check out this link
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/politics/firstfourcaliphs.html#conclusion
2007-01-03 13:57:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
After the death of Muhammed, he had appointed his best friend (hamza) as the new leader (leader not prohet) however, some muslims disagreesd and said that he had appointed his son-in-law Ali, but they had covered it up. So they started to call themselves shias after Ali, and called the Sunnis liars, and they did not appreciate this.
2007-01-04 08:48:35 · answer #7 · answered by taxi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is all to do with 2 brothers! One fighting the other I think (not sure though, it could be cousins!) had the same thing in in this country many times! We resolved, they have not!
Or have we resolved? think about the welsh, Celtic, Anglo thing? Hatred is still there! Is it not? Banter most of the time, but some of us do take it too far at times!
Down to to law and order I guess!
Either way, it is down to old age tradition!
Think footie and rugger games!
We, as a law abiding country do not bomb the so called enemy into oblivion! Just slag each other off! That is the difference!
2007-01-03 11:38:29 · answer #8 · answered by Welshchick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shia's do not hate the Sunni's, nor do the Sunni's hate the Shia's,
They both are Brothers and Sisters
It seems like YOU Do!
Don't Chat S h i t!
2007-01-03 20:28:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Muhammad didn't trust muslims, so he didn't train anyone to take over after he died. The whole islam thing was muhammad's con game for his own enrichment and so he could have sex slaves, and he was afraid that if he named a successor, that person would kill him to take over the business.
When muhammad died, muslims naturally started fighting over it all and formed rival groups that still murder each other in the name of pagan moon god allah to this day. The only thing that united them is their hatred for Jews and Christians because Jews and Christians still tell people about the real God instead of falling for the lie that pagan moon god allah is the real God.
2007-01-03 11:52:40 · answer #10 · answered by mountainclass 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋