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GLORIOUS QUR'AN

         
Ahle Sunnah                               Shi'ites

There is unanimous agreement        To some of them, the Qur'an's

among them regarding its            authenticity is doubtful, and if it

authenticity, and its text being    appears to contradict any of their

safeguarded from any additions      sectarian beliefs or doctrines, then

or deletions. The Qur'an is to be   they give the Qur'anic text

understood in consonance with       strange, far-fetched interpretations

the rules and bases of the Arabic   that agree with their sectarian

language. They believe in every     views. They love to draw attention

single letter of it, it being the   to the discord that occurred at the 

word of Allah the Exalted. The      time when the Qur'an was first

Qur'an is neither temporal nor      compiled. The views and opinions 

newly created, but is eternal.      that they falsely attribute to the 

Falsehood does not approach it      Imams of Ahlu-l-Bayt are the primary

from before it or behind it. It     source of their jurisprudence.

is the primary source of all the         

Muslims' tenets of faith, their     

rites and rules of conduct.        

                  AHAADEETH (THE PROPHETIC TRADITIONS)

              Sunnis                               Shi'ite

For the Sunnis, it is the second       The Shi'ites reject all Prophetic

source of revealed law, com-           Traditions which were not related

plementary to the Noble Quran          by members of Ahlu-l-Bayt, or their

It is not permissible to contradict    descendants. The only exception

or reject the rulings and direc-       to this rule is their acceptance of 

tives contained in those               a few ahaadeeth narrated by those

ahaadeeth which are reliably at-       who sided with 'Ali (may Allah be

tributed to the Prophet (may           pleased with him) in his political

Allah's blessings and peace be         wars. They do not attend to the

upon him). The methodology ap-         authenticity and soundness of the

plied in determining the authen-       chain of narrators, nor do they ap-

ticity of these traditions utilizes a  approach the study of the Prophetic

set of stringent rules agreed upon     Traditions with a scientific 

by the scholars who specialize in      attitude. Their narrations often ap-

this field, and involves a detailed    pear in a form like that of the

analysis of the chain of transmit-     following example: "It has been

ters of any given tradition. No        reported regarding Muhammad

distinction is made between            bin Isma'eel by way of some of

male and female narrators; judg-       our friends through a man who

ment is made solely on the basis       transmitted it from him ['Ali] that

of individual trustworthiness and      he said...". Their books are filled

technical ability in relating tradi-   with hundreds of thousands of

tions, and every narrator's            traditions whose authenticity can-

history is recorded. No tradition      not be confirmed. They have built

is accepted from a known liar, or      their religion specifically upon

from one whose morals or               these spurious texts while outright

scholarly ability were not cor-        rejecting over three quarters of the

roborated, or from anyone,             authentic Prophetic Traditions.

merely on the basis of his family      This is one of the main differences

connection or lineage. The com-        between the Shi'ites and the Sun-

pilation of the Prophetic Tradi-       nis.

tions is taken to be a sacred Trust,

the fulfillment of which overrides

all other considerations.

                     THE COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET

         Sunnis                              Shi'ites

It is unanimously agreed that the   They charge that all save a few of

noble Companions deserve our        the Companions had turned

utmost respect, and are absolute-   apostate after the death of the

ly trustworthy. As for the discord  Prophet (may the peace and

which occurred among them, it       blessings of Allah be upon him).

is to be considered as the conse-   On the other hand, they grant

quence of the sincere exercise of   the Companion 'Ali bin Abi

personal conviction and opinion.    Taalib a very special status; some

The discord was resolved and is a   of them consider him vicegerent,

thing of the past. It is not per-   and some view him as a prophet,

missible for us to hold, on the     while others take him for a god!

basis of past differences among     Shi'ites pass judgment on

the Companions, grudges and ill-    Muslims in accordance with their

will which continue for genera-     position with regards to 'Ali.

tions. The Companions are those     Whoever was elected caliph

whom Allah has described in the     before 'Ali is held by them to be

best of terms; He has praised       a tyrant, an apostate or a sinner.

them upon many occasions. It is     The same judgment is passed on

not lawful for anyone to make       every Muslim ruler who did not

any accusation against them or      step down for any of the descen-

cast suspicion upon them, and       dants of 'Ali and his wife Fatimah

there is no benefit to be derived   (may Allah be pleased with

therefrom.                          them). The Shi'ites have thus

                                    created an atmosphere of

                                    animosity throughout the history

                                    of Islam, and the question of par-

                                    tisanship of Ahlu-l-Bayt developed

                                    into a school of thought which

                                    preached and perpetuated such

                                    detrimental teachings down

                                    through the generations.

                   BELIEF IN THE ONENESS OF ALLAH

        Sunnis                             Shi'ites

Sunnis believe that Allah is        The Shi'ites also believe in Allah

One and the Only God, the           the Exalted and His Oneness, ex-

Almighty Subduer. He has no         cept that they adulterate this 

partners or rivals, and He has no   belief with Mu'tazilism and other

equal. They believe in His at-      and strange observances. 

tributes as they were revealed in   They consider their Imams to be

the Qur'anic verses, and they do    infallible, to have knowledge of

not obscure their obvious mean-     the unseen, and to partake in the

ins with far-fetched interpreta-    administration of the universe. 

tions. They do not strike any       Shi'ite scholars and clergy im-

comparison between the divine       pressed upon their followers the

attributes and other things, for    concept of a hereditary privileg-

as Allah says in His Book "There    ed class as a matter of religion, 

is nothing like unto Him."          although this has no foundation

They believe that Allah sent the    in Islam at all.

Prophets and commissioned           Knowledge of Allah, is attained,

them with conveying to mankind      according to them, through the

His Message and Guidance.           exercise of reason, not by 

They conveyed Allah's Message       knowledge of divinely revealed

so that since people could accept   law. That which came to us by

it.They believe that knowledge      way of revelation in the Qur'an

of the unseen belongs to Allah,     merely represents an affirmation

and His servant can only            of reason's judgment; it is not

understand, about Him, what He      considered to be a source which

chooses to reveal to them.          is independent of, and beyond

                                    the limits of reason.

                          SEEING ALLAH

            Sunnis                             Shi'ites

Sunnis believe that believers       The Shi'ites believe that to see

will be blessed with the sight      Allah is not possible in this world

of Allah in the Hereafter, as is    nor in the Hereafter.

mentioned in the Qur'an: ''On 

that Day faces of the believers] 

will be resplendent, looking 

towards their Lord."

                            THE UNSEEN

             Sunni                              Shi'ites

Allah the Exalted has reserved     They claim that knowledge of the

knowledge of the unseen for        unseen belongs solely to their

Himself; however, He has           Imams, and it is not for the Pro-

revealed to His Prophets and       phet to inform us about the un-

Saints some of the affairs and     seen. Some Shi'ites have gone so

conditions of the unseen, for      far as to claim godhead(l for those

particular reasons. The Qur'an     Imams.

says: "And they do not encompass   

anything of Allah's knowledge,   

except what He reveals thereof"

              AALUR-RASOOL (THE FAMILY OF THE MESSENGER)

                 (May Allah be pleased with them all)

                   Sunnis                Shi'ites

Aalur-Rasool, according to the         According to the Shi'ites the

Sunnis, refers to all the believing    term Aalur-Rasool refers only to

descendants and relatives of the       'Ali bin Abi Taalib, and to some 

Prophet Muhammad, from the tribes      of his descendants.

of Haashim and 'Abdul-Muttalib.                                      

The pious and God-fearing people

of the Prophet's Community, and

particularly the converts to Islam,

are also called Aalur-Rasool in a

special sense.

                 THE MEANING OF SHARI'AH AND HAQEEQAH

                    Sunnis                 Shi'ites

In the Sunnis' view, the shariah       The Shi'ites see the shari'ah as

(the divinely revealed law) is         being merely the various rulings

itself a relevant aspect of the        and directives set forth by the

haqeeqah (the essential knowledge,     Prophet; they concern the com-

the reality). They hold that the       mon and superficial folk only. As

Messenger of Allah did not con-        for the haqeeqah, no one knows

ceal from his community of believ-     it except the Imams of Ahlu-l-Bayt

ers any part of knowledge that con-    These Imams acquired the

cerns the revealed law. There          sciences of haqeeqah through in-

was no good thing that he did          heritance, one generation after

not guide us to, and no evil thing     another. It remains a secret

that he did not warn us about.         possession among them. Further-

Allah has said 'On this day I have     more, the Shi'ites consider their

completed your religion.               Imams infallible; every work and

Therefore, the sources of the          practice of theirs is deemed in-

Islamic faith are Allah's Book and     cumbent upon their followers.

the Sunnah (practice) of the Pro-      They believe that one may com-

phet; bad innovations are blamed       municate with God only through

and rejected. The relationship         intermediaries, and it is for this

of the believer with Allah, and        reason that their religious leaders

the path to the achievement of         have such an inflated opinion of

good works and worship, are            themselves, as evidenced by the

clear and evident.                     exaggerated titles they take for

                                       themselves, e.g. Baabullah (the

                                       door to Allah), Hujjatullah

                                       (Allah's proof), Ayatullah (the

                                       sign of Allah), Al-Ma'soorn (the

                                       infallible one), etc.

                       ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE

        Sunnis                               Shi'ites

Ahlus-s-Sunnah adhere strictly to    They depend only on the ex-

the legal rulings and directives of  clusive sources which they claim

the Noble Qur'an, as clarified by    for their Imams, upon their far-

the sayings and practices of the     fetched interpretations of the

Messenger of Allah. We also depend   Quran and upon their contrary

upon the sayings of the Com-         attitude which puts them at odds

panions and the generation of        with the majority of the Muslim

trustworthy scholars who follow-     peoples. The Shi'ites consider

ed them. They were the nearest ones  their Imams to be infallible, and

to the Prophet's era and the most    to have the right to create new

sincere in supporting his mission,   rulings and directives .in con-

throughout the tests and trials      tradiction to the revealed law.

which had to be endured in the       For example, they have altered:

course of establishing Islam.        (a) The call to prayer and the

Since this religion has been com-    prescribed times and postures of

pleted, no one has the right to      prayers.

forge new legislation or             (b) The rites of Hajj (pilgrimage)

directives; however, in order to     and visitation to the sacred

properly understand the details      places.

of the revealed law, and to apply    (c) The specified times for begin-

it according to new situations       ning and breaking the fast.

and circumstances while keep-        (d) The rulings with regards to

ing in mind the general welfare      zakaah (alms-tax) and its distribu-

of the people, one must refer to     tion.

the qualified Muslim scholars        (e) The inheritance laws.

who must work solely within the      The Shi'ites are very particular to

bounds established by Allah's        take positions in opposition to

Book and the Sunnah of the Pro-      Ahlus-Sunnah, thus widening the

phet (may Allah's blessings and      gap between us and them.

peace be upon him).                  The Shi'ites follow the so-called

Sunnis accept as authoritative       Ja'fari school of law, and attribute

only those schools of law that are   its origin to Ja'far ibn Muhammad  

transmitted on the authority of      as-Sadiq. These claims are comple-

the Prophet through the first        tely false, since Ja'far as-Sadiq

generations of Muslims. Of all       was not a Shi'te, but a Sunni scholar 

these schools, only four survive     and one of Abu Hanifah's teachers.

until today, that is the Hanafi,     He has no connection to the so-called

Maliki, Shafi'i and Hanbali           Ja'fari school, that was forged more  

schools. Sunni scholars are una-     than one hundred years after his 

nimous in saying that - among the    death.   

contemporary Muslims - whoever 

does not follow one of them is not

a member of Ahlu-s-Sunnah but a

follower of innovation. They also 

strive their best in refuting

heretic schools of law, like the

pseudo-Ja'fari (Shi'ite) or the

pseudo-Salafi (Wahhabi).

                Al-WALAA' (OBEDIENCE AND DEVOTION)

                  Sunnis                Shi'ites

Al-walaa' means "total ad-           They view al-walaa' as being one

herence, obedience and devo-         of the pillars of iman. They define

tion." The Sunnis believe that       it as the firm belief in the Twelve

it is due to the Messenger           Imams. including the "hidden"

of Allah, for Allah says in His      Imam. They consider one who

Book "Whosoever obeys the            does not have strict devotion to

Messenger, he has verily obeyed      their Imams as one who has no

Allah." Other persons deserve        faith. They will not pray behind

our obedience only when they         such a person, nor will they give

strictly abide by Islam. Our         him zakaah although he be deserv-

responsibilities to others are       ing of it. Such a person would be

defined by known legal prin-         treated as a kaafr by them.

ciples, and there is no obedience

due to any human being if that

entails disobedience to the

Creator.

                    TAQIYYAH (CALCULATED DECEPTION)

                   Sunnis                Shi'ites

It is defined as presenting an       In spite of the differences among

outer appearance that belies         the various Shi'ite sects, they all

what one conceals inside, to pro-    agree that taqiyyah is a prescrib-

tect oneself from harm. It is con-   ed duty and a pillar of their faith.

sidered impermissible for a          Their school of thought could

Muslim to deceive other              not stand without it. They learn

Muslims, because of the Pro-         its principles and methods and

phet's saying: Whoever deceives      they practice it, especially if they

is not one of us." Resorting to      are in dire circumstances. They

taqiyyah is permitted only in some   exaggeratedly praise and flatter

special situations, like jihad       those whom they consider

against those disbelievers who       disbelievers, whom they con-

persecute Muslims. That is part of   sider deserving of slaughter and

the etiquette of war. It is incum-   destruction. The verdict of kufr is

bent on the Muslim to be truthful    passed on anyone who is not of

and courageous in upholding the      their sectarian school, and for

truth, and to be neither osten-      them "the end justifies the

tatious, nor deceiving, nor          means." Their ethics allow every

treacherous. He should give          manner of lying, cunning and

sincere counsel, enjoin what is      deception. 

good and forbid what is evil.

                    GOVERNING THE ISLAMIC STATE

            Sunnis                              Shi'ite

The Khilafah is ruled by a caliph   Generally speaking, the right to

elected to his position of leader-  govern, according to Shi'ites, is

ship from among the Muslim          hereditary, and restricted to 'Ali,         

must be sane, honest and            and his descendants by Fatimah

knowledgeable. He should be         There is, however, some slight

known for his piety and trustwor-   difference among them on the

thiness, and should also be         point of the hereditary right as to

capable of bearing such a           whom it belongs to. Due to this

responsibility. The caliph is       view of theirs, the Shi'ites are

nominate to his position of         never loyal to any ruler unless he

leadership by those Muslims en-     is one of the descendants of 'Ali

dowed with knowledge and ex-        bin Abi Taalib. When the prac-

perience.                           tice of hereditary leadership

If he does not hold firm to his     vested in the descendants of 'Ali

duty, and deviates from the         and Fatimah could no longer be

directives of the Qur'an, Muslims   maintained, because the line had

can openly admonish him and invite  come to an end, the Shi'ites in-

him to repent and to change his     vented the doctrine of Ar-Raj'ah,

ways. Otherwise, he totally         according to which the last Imam

deserves the obedience and          was not dead, but "hidden". He

cooperation of every Muslim.        is expected to arise and return at

The role of Khilafah is, to the     the end of time, when he will

Sunnis, a great burden and          slaughter all of his political op-

responsibility, not a mere          ponents, and those of his

honour or an opportunity for ex-    ancestors, and will restore to the

ploitations.                        Shi'ites their rights-which were

                                    "plundered" by the other sects

                                    over the centuries.