Why don't sunnis and shias get along?

Question

This is something I cannot understand at all. Can somone who is Islamic answer this question for me. Don't both sects serve Allah and would Allah be happy with one follower killing another follower?

I guess the same could be said with any religion but it is harder for me to understand with Islam because of there very strong bond with Allah.

THANK YOU EVERYONE! I have a lot to read and catch up on now. All of your comments are appreciated.

Answer 1

Both are "doctrines" of Islam not sects.

Islam doesn't use the word sect because of a hadith that says
71 sects of Judaism and one will go to heaven 70 to hell
72 sects of Christanity one will go to heaven 71 to hell
73 sects of Islam one will go to heaven 72 to hell.

Bahaism (which is its own religion), Nation of Islam and Ahmaadis are considered "sects".

Shi'as are cool with me as long as they don't curse Muhammad's (s) companions and beat themselves on ashoura.

Answer 2

Yes they can , and they are doing good in most part of the world...its only somewhere that they do not doing along in peace...and the actual cause behind is "politics"........there are few groups in both the sects who are playing as puppets in some political hands.who want them to fight so that they can rule them easily....and these goups are then highlighted.......what i could get is that this is all for power..and stupid peoples realy have no idea what are they doing actualy, the fact is that both are muslims and share the same believes.....some changes are always there and there is flexibility for such changes...but firghting each other is rediculous......but this fight is actualy political , wrapped in religion coating !this is the summery of these fights !

Answer 3

It goes back to the time immediately following the Prophet Muhammad's (SAW) death. The divide came because each group wanted a different successor to Muhammad as the Khalif (leader of all Muslims). To this day they still argue over the same fact.

Allah would not be happy with believer killing believer:

Qur'an [4.93] - And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his punishment is hell; he shall abide in it, and Allah will send His wrath on him and curse him and prepare for him a painful chastisement

Answer 4

Sunni Muslims are the largest denomination of Islam. They are also referred to as Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jamaa'h (Arabic: أهل السنة والجماعة) (people of the example (of Muhammad) and the community) which implies that they are the majority, or Ahl ul-Sunna (Arabic: أهل السنة; "The people of the example (of Muhammad)") for short. The word Sunni comes from the word sunna (Arabic : سنة ), which means the words and actions [1] or example of the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad. They represent the branch of Islam that accepted the caliphate of Abu Bakr due to him being chosen by majority, thus elections, or Shurah, on the caliphate being the first distinguishing factor in Sunni Islam. Most Sunni lawyers define themselves as those Muslims who are rooted in one of the four orthodox schools of Sunni law (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafii or Hanbali).

Shī‘a, also Shi'ah, Shi'ih and Shi‘ite (Arabic شيعة šīʿa), is the second largest denomination of Islam. The singular/adjective form is šīʿī (شيعي.) and refers to a follower of the faction of Imam Ali according to the Shia ideology.

Shias adhere to the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad and the religious guidance of his family, as well as those descendents of Muhammad known as Shi'a Imams. They believe that Muhammad's bloodline properly continues only through his daughter Fatima Zahra and her husband Ali ibn Abu Talib, who along with the Prophet Muhammad's grandsons are among the Ahl al-Bayt ("people of the house [of Prophet Muhammad]"). According to Shia theology, after the death of Muhammad, the rightful teachers of Islam and guides of Muslim society were those who have been called Imams; they believe that such people are the divinely appointed rulers of Muslims, and should be deferred to in matters of religion. Shi'as consider the first three ruling Sunni caliphs to have been historical rulers without religious authority, instead holding Muhammad's descendants as the true source of guidance.

In the second and third centuries of Islamic history, Shia Islam was divided into many branches due to disagreement over the rightful succession of Imams; however, only three brances currently have a significant number of followers. The best known and the one with most adherents is the Twelvers (اثنا عشرية iṯnāʿašariyya) which have a large percentage (90%) in Iran and Iraq; the others are Ismaili and Zaidiyyah. Alawites and Druzes consider themselves Shias, although this is sometimes disputed by mainstream Shias.[1] The Sufi orders among the Shias are the Alevi, Bektashi, Kubrawiya, Noorbakhshi, Oveyssi, Qizilbashi, Hamadani and Fatimid orders and denominations.

According to most sources, including the US Library of Congress, present estimates indicate that approximately 85% of the world's Muslims are Sunni and approximately 15% are Shi'a. Today there are estimated to be between 130 and 190 million Shi'a Muslims[2] (including Twelvers, Ismailis, Zaydis) throughout the world, about three quarters of whom reside in Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan and India.

Answer 5

it's an old dispute about who should succeed the Prophet Mohammed. in theory, Allah wouldn't like murders in his name, but both sides probably think it's worse if Allah gets misrepresented and Islam distorted. All religions eventually create people willing to kill to keep it pure. The stakes are just too high in their eyes.

Answer 6

For better or worse, the devout of each considers the devout of the other are heretical. Unfortunately, political ideals have become attached to religious background (similar to Catholics and Protestants in Ireland) so that to challenge the one is to challenge the other. So, as devout Muslims seek political power either democratically or otherwise, challenges to those in power are often interpreted as challenges to religious faith.

HTH

Charles

Answer 7

Perhaps you should pick up a copy of the Holy Bible. That will explain everything you need to know about what is going on between those groups of people. Thank you and may GOD come soon to right the wrongs that have been done on this earth.

Answer 8

first off this question is makin me mad
there is no such thing as sunni or shia. that is all man made it is ridiculous to say that. where in the quran does it mention these names but it does say that we should not divide up into sects like christians, catholics, jehovas witness, all these religions from one book come on we dont wanna be like them there is one religion islam and the quran that is it!!!

Answer 9

christianity did the same thing .. we had a shitload of religious war all teh way up to the 1700s.. islam is about 600 years younger than christianity. so right now they are basicaly where europe was when it came out of hte middle ages (ironicaly at the time when the spanish inquisition was established)... so.. give them time. in a couple hundred years they might be almost civil

Answer 10

AS far as I am concerned, thay are both wrong for calling them selves sunni's or shiites.

I use to call my self a sunni, but no anymore.

Having sects in islam is haram(FORBIDDEN).

People should just call them selves muslims. Thats all that matters.